Aviators
Early flight pioneers, military aviators and military and airline pilots
A&S Interview: Brig. Gen. Iftach Spector
Israeli Air Force Ace, teacher, author
August 2009 |
By Peter Mersky
Travels with Churchill
A World War II flight engineer dishes on the most “I” of the VIPs he flew with.
July 2009 |
By Graham Chandler
The Dawn of Discipline
A B-47 pilot remembers when an airplane—and Curtis LeMay—stiffened the spine of the Strategic Air Command
July 2009 |
By Walter J. Boyne
A&S Interview: Captain Eric Brown
Holder of the Guinness World Record for most types of aircraft flown.
July 2009 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Above and Beyond: My Enemy, My Friend
Dan Cherry and Hong My met in the skies over North Vietnam in 1972, then again 36 years later.
May 2009 |
By Dan Cherry
Legends of Vietnam: Shoulder to Shoulder
The Grumman A-6 was ugly, but it sure could cook.
May 2009 |
By Rafael Lima
Marine One
Meet J.T. Bachmann, the first USMC pilot to fly the Joint Strike Fighter.
April 09, 2009 |
By Michael Klesius
Family Formation
The son of famed airshow pilot Sean Tucker follows in his father’s smoke trails.
March 17, 2009 |
By Jill Michaels
A&S Interview: Sully’s Tale
Chesley Sullenberger talks about That Day, his advice for young pilots, and hitting the ditch button (or not).
February 18, 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
A&S Interview: Georgy Mosolov
A top Soviet-era test pilot talks about his favorite MiGs and his friend Yuri Gagarin.
January 22, 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Black Eagle of Harlem
The truth behind the tall tales of Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.
January 2009 |
By David Shaftel
Present at Creation
From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.
January 2009 |
By Tom Crouch
The Great Race
When the Air Mail Service decided to establish a route between New York City and Chicago, two pilots competed to fly it first.
September 18, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
1908: The Year the Airplane Went Public
Five years after Kitty Hawk, the Wrights finally showed the world their invention.
August 29, 2008 |
By Tom D. Crouch
