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 StationLight and Magic
On a clear night--with this telescope--you can see forever.
July 2000 |
By Eric Adams
Commentary: Should NASA Sell Ads?
Before answering, we should admit how much we allow commercials to intrude in our lives.
July 2000 |
By Bob Garfield
Bomb Squad
How airborne detectives collect evidence from a cloud of atomic debris.
July 2000 |
By James Schultz
High Mileage
Just how many hours can you wring from an airplane? As the operators, mechanics, and parts suppliers who keep DC-3s in the air.
May 2000 |
By Mark Huber
Turbine-Charged
Since 1990 Basler Turbo Conversions has given new life to dozens of DC-3s.
May 2000 |
By Mark Huber
Lightning Strikes Cape Town
Rare high-performance British jets are drawing fans to a new airshow on the circuit.
May 2000 |
By Bill Garvey
Starz in the Hood
There are more stars in our celestial backyard than we once thought.
May 2000 |
By Michael Milstein
Window on the World
It's only a small pane in the International Space Station.
May 2000 |
By Leonard David
The Sword
Not all of aviation's heroic acts happen on the battlefield.
March 2000 |
By George C. Larson
"Center, This is Compassion Seven-One-Golf"
Helping seriously ill patients reach far-off medical facilities gives pilots the perfect reason to fly.
March 2000 |
By Tom LeCompete
The NeXt Generation
What to expect from the latests flock of X-planes.
January 2000 |
By George C. Larson
The Art of the Chart
Somewhere in those symbols, lines, and colors is all the information you need to fly from here to there.
November 1999 |
By Stephan Wilkinson
The One-Pound Problem
All the Mars Ascent Vehicle has to do is deliver 16 ounces of rocks in a container the size of a grapefruit to Martian orbit. If only it were as easy as it sounds.
November 1999 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Bigfoot
Sometimes the hardest design challenge isn't getting aircraft into the air but getting them back on the ground.
March 1998 |
By John Sotham
