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20th Century Aviation

Aviation innovations, milestones and developments from 1901-2000
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The Junkers J-13 had an enclosed cabin, all-metal structure, and a high degree of streamlining.

Airplanes that Transformed Aviation

Sixteen historic designs that changed the game.
May 2008 | By Richard P. Hallion

Charlie Kulp, 82, flew this Piper Cub (and wore those overalls) in more than 800 performances since 1973.

Goodbye, Silas Hicks

Charlie Kulp bids farewell to his alter ego, the "Flying Farmer."
March 01, 2008 | By Linda Shiner

Among the first to see the historical value of aircraft, Ed Maloney opened a museum in 1957 and has been adding airplanes ever since, like the Hawker Hurricane. What makes the Planes of Fame Air Museum especially thrilling to airplane fans is aircraft that fly.

Ed Maloney's Mission

The man behind, beside, and all over, the Planes of Fame Air Museum.
March 2008 | By Marshall Lumsden

This colorful Bede BD-J5 takes a break from the action at an airshow in Sion, Switzerland in June 1989.

The Elusive Dream

The Minijet, the Weejet, and other good ideas that went nowhere.
March 01, 2008 | By David Noland

Above & Beyond: Wings? Frail. Engine? Weak. Fly? Let's.

March 2008 | By Larry Lowe

A Short (Very Short) History of the F-19

What airplane came in a little box and never flew?
January 2008 | By Patricia Trenner

Over the years, the family

The Soplata Airplane Sanctuary

Of the 20 stray aircraft his father rescued, the author remembers that first bomber best.
November 2007 | By Wally Soplata

Paul Dimitriu in his Los Angeles jewelry shop.

The Astronaut Jeweler

More than 1,500 pieces designed by Paul Dimitriu have flown on the space shuttle.
September 2007 | By Rick Hauck

On May 17, 1913, Cuban aviation pioneer Domingo Rosillo used a naval escort to make the Key West-to-Cuba trip in a French Morane-Sulnier.

Book Excerpt: "On Cuban Wings"

Chronicling the island's rich aviation history
August 2007 | By Jorge and Diana Rodriguez

Airplanes, not automobiles, cruised the Malecon on parade day in 1953 to mark the 40th anniversary of Parla

The Country Where Nobody Flies

Did Cuba abandon its private pilots or did they abandon Cuba?
August 2007 | By Rafael Lima

Pat McNerney flies the Kreider-Reisner as its 28th owner.

Popularity Contest

Which one of six past champions would have gotten your vote?
August 2007 | By Linda Shiner

Visions of spaceflight, like Friedrich Tsander

Russia's Long Love Affair with Space

It started with Utopian dreams and rocketeers.
August 2007 | By Asif Siddiqi

An airplane-dependent Colorado ranch profiled in a 1952 Look magazine article.

An Airplane in Every Barn

A once-thriving organization of rural pilots is struggling to survive.
August 2007 | By Giles Lambertson

High above Boston

Flight Lines

Why contrails hang around.
July 2007 | By Mariana Gosnell

A & S Interview: Leonard Bruno

The Library of Congress manuscript specialist looks after some of aviation's most historic documents.
July 2007 | By Pat Trenner

Concerto for Merlin and Double Wasp

John Altmann thinks airplane engines make beautiful music, and has sold thousands of CDs to prove it.
May 2007 | By Keith Hatschek

Bob Englar revived the Custer Channel Wing for wind tunnel experiments directing airflow.

That Extra Little Lift

Willard Custer's Channel Wing looked like a mistake. Turns out his critics were the ones who were wrong.
May 2007 | By Tim Wright

Above & Beyond: Milk Run

How a milk run from an aircraft carrier nearly killed me.
May 2007 | By Chris McKenna

A group of astronauts and flight controllers monitor the action in Mission Control during the Apollo 13 mission

Did Ron Howard exaggerate the reentry scene in the movie Apollo 13?

A little bit, maybe, but not much.
May 01, 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

A & S Interview: Frank Robinson

The world's most prolific builder of civilian helicopters.
March 2007 | By Mark Huber


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