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U.S. Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager circa 1947.

The Book of Hours

A peek into the logbooks of history’s notable pilots.
November 2009 | By Tom LeCompte

To Snatch a Sabre

Fifty years ago, North Korea's secret allies plotted to heist from the United States a North American F-86.
July 2003 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Jimmy Doolittle had a doctorate in aeronautical engineering.

10 Great Pilots

Machines alone could not have pushed the airplane forward.
March 2003 | By Patricia Trenner

Befitting a Paris audience, Alberto Santos-Dumont cut a dandy figure in the pilot basket of his 14-bis.

10 Milestone Flights

You wouldn't have wanted to be along on most of them.
March 2003 | By Perry Turner

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

My First Time

Aerospace celebrities talk about the flights that changed their lives.
July 2002 | By Phil Scott

XP-86 Sabre

Mach Match

Did an XP-86 beat Yeager to the punch?
January 1999 | By Al Blackburn


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