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Summer at the Smithsonian

Planning a visit to the Museum? We provide some helpful hints.
July 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

At the 2002 Nellis Air Show near Las Vegas, a Sabre heads up an A team in a USAF Heritage Flight: (from left) P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, F-15 Eagle, P-38 Lightning, and TF-51.

Could You Fly a Sabre?

The challenge of handling a 1950s MiG killer.
November 2011 | By Paul Hoversten

Airman George Johnson (in a T-33 in late 1955) spent hundreds of hours maintaining Sabrejets and much less time flying one.

Mind If I Borrow It?

The day an Air Force mechanic commandeered a North American F-86.
November 2011 | By Paul D. Mather

The prone-pilot Gloster Meteor testbed

Oldies and Oddities: Lying Down on the Job

Piloting in the prone position
September 2011 | By Graham Chandler

Eight spoilers on each wing add aerodynamic brakes to the A380’s mechanical ones

How Things Work: Stopping the A380

Hint: Plan ahead.
August 2011 | By Mark Huber

Flights and Fancy: How I Bagged an F-4J

Who would think a kite could down a fighter?
August 2011 | By Michael Barton

A Dassault Falcon 2000, a Maybach luxury auto, and freshly swept stairs: NetJets set up this publicity shot in Switzerland, but for fractional jet owners, such fantasy is the reality.

Ride-Sharing With the Rich

How fractional jet owners get out of flying coach.
August 2011 | By David Freed

The flight and ground crews for the DC-8 supersonic run included flight test engineer Richard H. Edwards

I Was There: When the DC-8 Went Supersonic

The day a Douglas DC-8 busted Mach 1.
August 2011 | By Bill Wasserzieher

Possibly the world’s pointiest jet

Loser X-Planes

Every research aircraft poses a question. Sometimes the answer is "forget it."
August 2011 | By The Editors

Northrop Grummans portrait of the future for naval aviation the X47B on the runway in Palmdale California

*Pilot Not Included

Military aviation prepares for the inevitable.
July 2011 | By Michael Milstein

No soft underbelly here: The EA-18G Growler hauls missiles, fuel tanks, and electronic warfare pods.

When Hornets Growl

The new, supersonic face of e-warfare.
March 2011 | By D.C. Agle

F/A 18V

100 Years of Naval Aviation

The Navy's first pilot and 10 more milestones.
March 2011 | By The Editors

Nesher

The Lion That Never Roared

CANCELLED: Israel's Arieh Fighter
March 2011 | By Gary Rashba

The Boeing behemoth on its first flight (with Lockheed T-33 chase plane), last February.

Moments and Milestones: Max Takeoff

January 2011 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

After the B-52D crash was solved, over 200 “cause unknown” aircraft losses were attributed to the same condition.

Above and Beyond: Fire and Ice

November 2010 | By Leonard R. Scotty

Robert Hyman helped search for fellow adventurer Steve Fossett. The undertaking inspired him and other Fossett searchers to create MAST.

Cold Case

A new team sets out to solve old disappearances.
September 2010 | By Michael Behar

An Air Force EC-130H gasses up from a KC-135R tanker’s boom while flying over the Colorado River in western Arizona.

Then and Now: Fill ’er Up

August 2010 | By Roger A. Mola

An Air Force T-38A trainer over Texas.

Batstrike!

A loud thud. A shower of purple-white sparks. This can't be good.
December 14, 2009 | By Randy Gordon

With highly trained engineers coming to the United States from abroad, chances are good that we’ll see more naturalized citizens in line for the Wright Trophy.

Moments and Milestones: The American Way

November 2009 | By George C. Larson, member, NAA

Tufts on the Jetwing fuselage and vertical stabilizer would reveal airflow patterns.

Oldies and Oddities: Blown Away

November 2009 | By Ken Scott


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