21st Century Aviation
Aviation innovations, milestones and developments from 2001 to the present
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
Blinding us with science: the next generation of stealth.
November 2009 |
By Damond Benningfield
Amelia's Astronaut Connection
The grandson of Amelia Earhart's photographer will carry her scarf higher than she ever did—into orbit.
October 23, 2009 |
By Jill Michaels
Reno Wrap-up
What was hot—and what was not—at the 2009 National Championship Air Races.
September 28, 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
Swine Flew
The 11-17 August issue of Flight International, a global aerospace weekly published in the United Kingdom, noted the results of a poll that asked if the Boeing 787, Airbus 400M, or another slowly evolving work in progress would be the first to make a maiden flight:
787
33%
A400M
...
August 18, 2009 |
By Pat Trenner
Help wanted in the aerospace industry
There's little that scares George Muellner, who has bragging rights to 690 combat missions in Vietnam. During three decades in the U.S. Air Force, he accumulated 5,300 hours in the F-4, A-7, F-15, and F-16 as a fighter pilot, fighter weapons instructor, and test pilot. He even flew 50 combat sortie...
March 17, 2009 |
By Mike Klesius
One More Second
The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.
January 2009 |
By James R. Chiles
Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?
How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for
target practice.
January 2009 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Red and The Robots
Red Whittaker’s rovers have already gone where no robot has gone before. Will one of them make it to the moon?
January 2009 |
By Geoffrey Little
Weightless Workouts
A new fitness machine on the space station brings astronaut exercise into the 21st century
December 31, 2008 |
By airspacemag.com
The Flying White House
Presidential airplanes, past and present.
November 06, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
If I Were to Land on Mars...
A small malfunction lands three astronauts on Russia’s version of the Red Planet.
November 2008 |
By Don Pettit
How Things Work: The Ouija Board
Think of a shipboard chess game with airplanes instead of pawns.
November 2008 |
By Mark Wolverton
Fly Us to the Moon
The next lunar explorers will soon report to Houston. Are some already there?
November 2008 |
By Michael Cassutt
A&S Interview: Farouk El-Baz
A veteran space scientist discusses the challenges of the 21st Century.
November 2008 |
By Elizabeth Howell
Company Expected
Three more people will soon move into the International Space Station—and they’ll be drinking, um….
October 30, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
India Aims for the Moon
A U.S. scientist reports from the scene of India's first lunar launch.
October 21, 2008 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Mission to Mir
At the start of a new partnership, U.S. and Russian space travelers learn that every long journey begins with a single step.
October 2008 |
By Tom Harpole
End Run
A small band of rogue rocketeers takes on the NASA establishment.
September 29, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
