Aviation Eras
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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
The Art of War
The paintings of Tom Lea, Life magazine's artist-correspondent during World War II.
February 06, 2009 |
By Rebecca Maksel
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
A Smashing Success
How the Ranger probes’ moon crashes helped pave the way for Apollo.
January 21, 2009 |
By Paul Hoversten
Cities From the Sky
Sherman Fairchild, the photographer who transformed aviation
January 12, 2009 |
By Rebecca Maksel
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
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
To Boldly Go
Sending Apollo 8 to the moon was a risky mix of cold war politics, bravery, and the faith of one man, George Low, in his engineers.
December 19, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
Warbird Obsession
It's an addiction. Admitting you have it is the first step.
December 03, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
The Last to Die
The war in the Pacific ended as it began, with a surprise attack by Japanese warplanes.
November 2008 |
By Stephen Harding
Accidental Classic
From the designers who brought you the P-51 Mustang, an airplane with a complicated past…and a controversial present.
November 2008 |
By Mark Huber
Restoration: The Memphis Belle
For this famous B-17, surviving 25 missions in World War II was the easy part.
November 2008 |
By Mark Bernstein
Flying Tigercats: And Then There Were Five
A couple of strays join the prowl, and the world’s supply of flyable Grumman F7Fs increases by two-thirds.
October 24, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
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
