Jet Aircraft
How the 747 Got Its Hump
In the evolution of the airplane, Darwinian principles have applied unevenly.
May 2003 |
By Bill Sweetman
Winner Take All
All the nail biting, second guessing, and sheer engineering brilliance in the battle to build the better Joint Strike Fighter.
January 2003 |
By Evan Hadingham
Outback Scramjet
A University of Queensland lab has supersonic success.
November 2002 |
By Luba Vangelova
Restoration: Mach 2 Heavyweight Champion
The North American RA-5C Vigilante.
November 2002 |
By Robert F. Dorr
Air War in the Falklands
Grand miscalculations, unknown odds, miserable weather, vast distances—and unlikely adversaries.
September 2002 |
By Carl Posey
The Unemployment Line
Where airliners go when they're out of work.
September 2002 |
By Howard Stansfield
Reno Enters the Jet Age
They're not as fast as the top Unlimiteds, but the national air racing organization is gambling on jets to boost attendance.
September 2002 |
By Carl Hoffman
The Man Who Could See Air
Richard Whitcomb changed the shape of wings to come.
July 2002 |
By Peter Garrison
Probable Cause
It took 28 seconds for USAir Flight 427 to plummet from the sky. It took the National Transportation Safety Board five years to figure out why.
July 2002 |
By Bill Adair
“This Is Only a Test”
Fifty years ago, cold-war games halted all civilian air traffic—long before September 11 did the same.
March 2002 |
By Roger A. Mola
The Plane With No Name
The F-111: In Australia, an airplane for all seasons.
March 2002 |
By William Triplett
Young Turks
The Turkish Air Demo team is winning friends at home with its seven Northrop F-5s.
January 2002 |
By Roger A. Mola
