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Centuries

Aviation innovations, milestones and developments from the 18th through the 21st century
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Jeff Williams testing two of three SPHERES satellites onboard the space station in August 2006.

STS-116: The Inside Guide

A tip sheet for following this week's space shuttle mission.
January 2007 | By Tony Reichhardt

Visitors wait at Los Angeles International Airport to tour the new Pan Am Jet Clipper Liberty Bell, grounded during Skyshield II in October, 1961.

The Day Nobody Flew

September 11, 2001 wasn't the first time U.S. air traffic was grounded.
November 2006 | By Roger A. Mola

An aerial view of Baghdad International Airport.

Landing in Baghdad

At the world's most dangerous airport, it's best to get down quickly.
November 2006 | By Allan T. Duffin

Honda

The Next Little Thing

Why 2006 is the year of the very light jet.
November 2006 | By Mark Huber

Voyager ends its round-the-world trip in December 1986.

Why was the Voyager aircraft not symmetrical?

A 20-year mystery solved.
November 01, 2006 | By Joe Pappalardo

How much is my Lindbergh photo worth?

Some Lindys are luckier than others.
November 01, 2006 | By Joe Pappalardo

Iranian F-14 pilots were part of an air force that endured 12-hour combat air patrols, a brutal regime, and a ruthless enemy.

Persian Cats

How Iranian air crews, cut off from U.S. technical support, used the F-14 against Iraqi attackers.
September 2006 | By Tom Cooper

The Grumman Cats

Just under nine lives that created a company legend.
September 2006 | By Brian Nicklas

The eight survivors: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Pluto's Planethood: What Now?

Two leading scientific experts debate whether eight is enough.
September 2006 | By airspacemag.com

Cassini views Enceladus in July 2005.

Mission to Enceladus

NASA summer students plot a course for Saturn's mysterious ice world.
September 2006 | By Tony Reichhardt

The roof of the building chosen to host El Paso

Show Me the Way to Go Home

Long before the Global Positioning System, pilots got from town to town by reading rooftops.
September 2006 | By Roger A. Mola

The U.S. Air Force began using an off-the-shelf Skyhawk in 1964 to train cadets.

Cessna's Golden Oldie

What flies into your mind when you hear the words "light aircraft"? We bet it's the 172.
July 2006 | By Roger A. Mola

Commentary: Thank You For Not Flying

Helicopter ambulances could be hazardous to your health.
July 2006 | By Bryan E. Bledsoe M.D.

The SBX, shown here on a cargo vessel in Texas, practiced two days of "weather avoidance" when Hurricane Emily arrived in the Gulf of Mexico during 2005 testing. The range of the array inside the dome is limited only by Earth

How Things Work: Phased-Array Radar

It takes a big eye to see a missile coming.
July 2006 | By Sam Goldberg

An Iraqi Air Force C-130 gets a thumbs-up from a U.S. Air Force crew chief during a July 2005 mission from Ali Air Base.

Iraq Air Force One

New pilots, new government.
July 2006 | By George C. Larson

Operation Hot Wheels

Far away in the Middle East, soapbox racing flies the hearts of military persons back home.
July 2006 | By Allan T. Duffin

Like a whale in a tanning salon, a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy bakes under a bank of heat lamps in the main chamber, which was enlarged in 1968 to accommodate the Air Force

Torture Chamber

Because airplanes must fly in the real world, the Air Force built a fake one.
May 2006 | By Ed Regis

Think Small

Eleven airplanes you could only call "cute."
May 2006 | By Patricia Trenner

A volunteer lays new wood stringers into the belly of Little Gee Bee.

Barnstorming the Beltway

How a homebuilder's determination won liberty and experimental licenses for all.
May 2006 | By Ken Scott

Jump in a Lake

At the Moosehead Lake seaplane fly-in, the dress is casual, the rules are bent, the competition is crazy, and the scenery is Maine.
May 2006 | By airspacemag.com


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