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I Was There: When the DC-8 Went Supersonic
The day a Douglas DC-8 busted Mach 1.
August 2011 |
By Bill Wasserzieher
A & S Interview: Yang Guoxiang
One of China's top test pilots recalls the H-Bomb that almost backfired.
January 2010 |
By Bob Bergin
The Book of Hours
A peek into the logbooks of history’s notable pilots.
November 2009 |
By Tom LeCompte
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
Sticks for Hire
"Uh oh. Why is this piston rod left over?" Meet the pilots who are gutsy enough to fly freshly restored airplanes.
July 2003 |
By Mark Huber
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
10 Great Pilots
Machines alone could not have pushed the airplane forward.
March 2003 |
By Patricia Trenner
10 Milestone Flights
You wouldn't have wanted to be along on most of them.
March 2003 |
By Perry Turner
My First Time
Aerospace celebrities talk about the flights that changed their lives.
July 2002 |
By Phil Scott
Test Drivers
Behind the glamour boys in X-planes is an entire profession making sure your Cessna has its wings on straight.
January 2001 |
By D.C. Agle
First Up?
Even before NASA was created, civilian and military labs were in search of spacemen.
September 2000 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Edwards Diaries
Test pilot Glen Edwards kept book on the Flying Wing. Now we know what he thought of the airplane he died in.
July 1997 |
By Daniel Ford
