Jet Aircraft
Swing Wings
It's all done with computers (and good old-fashioned hydraulics).
September 2006 |
By Joe Pappalardo
Persian Cats
How Iranian air crews, cut off from U.S. technical support, used the F-14 against Iraqi attackers.
September 2006 |
By Tom Cooper
The Grumman Cats
Just under nine lives that created a company legend.
September 2006 |
By Brian Nicklas
Star Quality
How did we love the Tomcat? On the 20th anniversary of Top Gun, we count the ways.
September 2006 |
By The Editors
The Raptor Rocks
F-22s treat airshow fans to a maneuverability demo.
September 2006 |
By Linda Shiner
A Hard Day's Night
Cold war B-52s flew an icy northern route on alert for a Soviet missile strike.
September 2006 |
By Bill Robinson
Beautiful Climber
In the summer of '58, nothing was faster to 50,000 feet.
July 2006 |
By Carl Posey
Superduperjumbo
Double the size of an Airbus A380? No problem, aerodynamicists say.
July 2006 |
By Michael Milstein
Torture Chamber
Because airplanes must fly in the real world, the Air Force built a fake one.
May 2006 |
By Ed Regis
Mach 1 for Millionaires
Briefcase-toting suits who travel in bizjets-those will be the next pioneers in supersonic flight.
March 2006 |
By Mark Huber
Speed Freak
In the 1950s, the Mach 2+ B-58 Hustler seemed a safe bet to win the arms race.
January 2006 |
By Dale Smith
The Little Engine That Couldn't
The new Eclipse 500 lightjet will no doubt make a lot of customers happy
November 2005 |
By David Noland
A Full Retaliatory Response
When President John Kennedy contemplated nuclear war, what went through the minds of the U.S. bomber crews?
November 2005 |
By Thomas Jones
The Raptor Arrives
Debriefing the pilots who got the first crack at the F-22.
November 2005 |
By Carl Hoffman
The Boom Stops Here
Hush, hush, sweet SST. Engineers are inventing a supersonic airplane that won't bust windows.
November 2005 |
By T.A. Heppenheimer
