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How the 747 Got Its Hump

In the evolution of the airplane, Darwinian principles have applied unevenly.
May 2003 | By Bill Sweetman

Tests at a NASA wind tunnel showed that the Avrocar would not be stable at high speeds.

The Pentagon's Flying Saucer Problem

The weapon system that could have made the enemy die laughing
May 2003 | By Graham Chandler

U.S. Navy PBYs flew in every theater of the Pacific War, their long range ideal for patrolling the waters from the Solomon Islands to the Aleutian Islands.

Restoration: Going the Distance

The ninth life of a PBY-5A Cat.
January 2003 | By Phil Scott

CorsairFest

There's a lot more to the F4U than its past association with black sheep.
January 2003 | By Larry Lowe

The X-35B lifts off the hover pit with its nozzle vectored for short-takeoffvertical-landing. To convert the engine’s operation from conventional takeoff to STOVL, the pilot moves a lever back about an inch. This opens four sets of doors behind the cockpit, allowing air to flow through the lift fan and starting the nozzle moving through its full range of travel. Simultaneously a clutch engages, transferring power from the engine to the lift fan.

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

ShinMaywa’s US-1A, cleansed of the corrosive sea after every mission, continues an ancestral line of flying boats.

Giant Amphibian

Japan has one godzilla of a seaplane.
January 2003 | By Tim Wright

Zoom climbs in the rocket-boosted NF-104 could top out at 120,000 feet in zero gravity (left).

Sky High

My climb to the top in the F-104.
November 2002 | By George J. Marrett

All That Remains

Old aircraft crash scenes are littered with story fragments.
November 2002 | By Howard James Stansfield

The Lockheed SR-71.

How Things Work: Supersonic Inlets

November 2002 | By Diane Tedeschi

In 1964, a trio of RA-5Cs had central Florida covered.

Restoration: Mach 2 Heavyweight Champion

The North American RA-5C Vigilante.
November 2002 | By Robert F. Dorr

A live-fire test on a North American F-86. During the Vietnam War, engineers looked for ways to toughen aircraft against ground fire and surface-to-air missiles.

Shoot 'Em Up

Sometimes you have to destroy the aircraft in order to save it.
November 2002 | By Carl Hoffman

In 1957 midshipmen launched an N3N from the Severn River in Annapolis.

In the Museum: Sailors' Delight

November 2002 | By Roger A. Mola

The author surveys the forbidding Laotian terrain from a C-46.

Above & Beyond: Ration of Luck

November 2002 | By Donald V. Courtney

Air War in the Falklands

Grand miscalculations, unknown odds, miserable weather, vast distances—and unlikely adversaries.
September 2002 | By Carl Posey

Even with careful area ruling, Whitcomb

The Man Who Could See Air

Richard Whitcomb changed the shape of wings to come.
July 2002 | By Peter Garrison

With surgical precision, the AC-130H pinpointed targets, even enemy soldiers who had infiltrated friendly positions.

The Birth of Spooky

How they put the "A" in the AC-47.
July 2002 | By Marshall Michel

The Caudron G.4 served as a bomber and recon craft. The Museum

In the Museum: A French Treasure

July 2002 | By Roger A. Mola

Moments & Milestones: 50 and Counting

July 2002 | By Stuart Nixon

An original Boeing B-29.

Restoration: Best of Seven

The Boeing B-29
May 2002 | By J. Douglas Hinton

Russian Revolution

Why airshows have so many Russians on their rosters.
May 2002 | By Debbie Gary


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