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 StationThe Detroit Airlift
This hard-working band of pilots and fleet of weary airplanes keep the U.S. auto industry rolling along.
July 2001 |
By Mark Huber
Commentary: A More Perfect Astronaut
With new techniques in genetic experimentation, can biologists make hardier space dwellers?
July 2001 |
By Kenneth S. Kosik
The Fastest Show on Earth
How two Lockheed F-104 Starfighters became airshow stars.
May 2001 |
By Carl Hoffman
Q
When the job demands ingenuity, NASA engineers whip gadgets worthy of James Bond.
May 2001 |
By Eric Adams
Predator: First Watch
Lesson learned: never send a man to do a machine's job.
May 2001 |
By Linda Shiner
Particle Man
Sam Ting is on a mission: find the other half of the universe.
May 2001 |
By Andrew Lawler
Terra Cognita
A new generation of satellites zooms in on a familiar planet.
March 2001 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Hammer
For every airplane, there's a region of the flight envelope into which it dare not fly.
March 2001 |
By Peter Garrison
Commentary: Metric Mayhem
Practically the entire world uses the metric system. Is it time for the United States to follow suit?
March 2001 |
By Michael Milstein
High Tension
Helicopter pilots play chicken with high-voltage power lines so crews can work on live wires.
March 2001 |
By James R. Chiles
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
Commentary: Why Airline Crashes Aren't Criminal
Airline accidents are usually the results of tragic mistakes, and prosecuting those responsible doesn't benefit anyone.
January 2001 |
By Kenneth P. Quinn
Soaring on Silk
Dixon White teaches students how to use parachutes to go up as well as down.
January 2001 |
By Tom Harpole
Hang a Right at Jupiter
For space navigators, the best course to a distant object is never a straight line.
January 2001 |
By Michael Milstein
Home Grown
Once swallowed whole by TWA, local Missouri favorite Ozark Air Lines flies again.
January 2001 |
By Nan Chase
