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Modern Aviation

An era from 1991 to the present marked by achievements in air and space flight, including unmanned aerial vehicles and the International Space Station
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Proud to be at Oshkosh, Julie Clark performs in a restored Beechcraft T-34 to patriotic music.

How to Do Oshkosh

What to see, where to eat, who to talk to, and how to make the most of the great big airshow in the quiet little town.
May 2003 | By Mark Huber

The X-35B lifts off the hover pit with its nozzle vectored for short-takeoffvertical-landing. To convert the engine’s operation from conventional takeoff to STOVL, the pilot moves a lever back about an inch. This opens four sets of doors behind the cockpit, allowing air to flow through the lift fan and starting the nozzle moving through its full range of travel. Simultaneously a clutch engages, transferring power from the engine to the lift fan.

Winner Take All

All the nail biting, second guessing, and sheer engineering brilliance in the battle to build the better Joint Strike Fighter.
January 2003 | By Evan Hadingham

ShinMaywa’s US-1A, cleansed of the corrosive sea after every mission, continues an ancestral line of flying boats.

Giant Amphibian

Japan has one godzilla of a seaplane.
January 2003 | By Tim Wright

Outback Scramjet

A University of Queensland lab has supersonic success.
November 2002 | By Luba Vangelova

Commentary: Emergency Exit

Give the U.S. space program a mission that means something: saving the species.
November 2002 | By William E. Burrows

São Paulo Traffic Report

It's rotor to rotor out there.
November 2002 | By Carl A. Posey

The Lockheed SR-71.

How Things Work: Supersonic Inlets

November 2002 | By Diane Tedeschi

Project 921

Russia and the United States have held the inside tracks in the space race. In the stretch, here comes China.
November 2002 | By Joe McDonald

A live-fire test on a North American F-86.  During the Vietnam War, engineers looked for ways to toughen aircraft against ground fire and surface-to-air missiles.

Shoot 'Em Up

Sometimes you have to destroy the aircraft in order to save it.
November 2002 | By Carl Hoffman

How Things Work: Ring Laser Gyros

September 2002 | By Linda Shiner

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Ticket to Orbit

Don't just sit there. Get out and see the world!
September 2002 | By Eric Adams

The Unemployment Line

Where airliners go when they're out of work.
September 2002 | By Howard Stansfield

One of Reno’s most coveted prizes is a pit pass, which allows the audience to get up close and personal with the musclebound Unlimiteds.

Reno Enters the Jet Age

They're not as fast as the top Unlimiteds, but the national air racing organization is gambling on jets to boost attendance.
September 2002 | By Carl Hoffman

Commentary: Is Fatigue Fatal?

An accident blamed on the catch-all "pilot error" could have a single preventable cause.
July 2002 | By Stephan Wilkinson

A Price Too High

For three small airports, there's no way back to life as it was before September 11.
July 2002 | By Mark Huber

The Goodbye Guys

Seeing off the astronauts is one of NASA's most prestigious jobs, and one of the most demanding.
July 2002 | By Beth Dickey

How Things Work: Ejection Seats

July 2002 | By Mary Collins

The Lone Star Observatory

It may be Oklahoma, but this amateur-built observatory is all Texas.
July 2002 | By Eric Adams

Former United States and World Aerobatic Champion Leo Loudenslager demonstrates inverted flight

Flying Upside Down

Devices an aerobatic airplane uses to defy gravity--and convention.
May 2002 | By Patricia Trenner

Shop Class Was Never Like This

The airplane builders of Mundelein High.
May 2002 | By John Fleischman


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