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Centuries

Aviation innovations, milestones and developments from the 18th through the 21st century
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From A UH-1N Huey helicopter, Corporal Andy Vistrand, a "Gunrunner" in Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, scans the countryside of Anbar province from behind a .50-caliber machine gun.

Air War Iraq

From Al Asad Air Base, portraits of U.S. aircraft and crews in the fourth year of fighting.
November 2007 | By the Editors

Over the years, the family

The Soplata Airplane Sanctuary

Of the 20 stray aircraft his father rescued, the author remembers that first bomber best.
November 2007 | By Wally Soplata

A computational fluid dynamics image shows how air would behave when Rocketplane XP flies at 2.74 times the speed of sound; red is high pressure, blue is low.

The O Prize

Will Rocketplane launch spacecraft from Oklahoma?
November 2007 | By Michael Belfiore

Paul DiMare

Picturing the Future

How a skilled artist fast-forwards to the hypersonic airplanes of 2025.
September 2007 | By Paul DiMare

Target date 2025: A pilotless, Mach 20 Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle.

Mach 20 or Bust

Weapons research may yet produce a true spaceplane.
September 2007 | By Geoffrey Little

Anousheh Ansari before her launch to the International Space Station in September 2006.

A & S Interview: Anousheh Ansari

The X-Prize sponsor and space tourist talks about trips to orbit, past and future.
September 01, 2007 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

A four-place kitplane with a pusher propeller, the Velocity SE FG offered a sturdy off-the-shelf airframe for a rocket-engine modification.

X-Racers

Can aviation's newest spectator sport lead to routine space travel?
September 2007 | By Larry Lowe

The developers of Cargolifter CL 160, a German design, used to say that their craft could carry 26,000 pounds of food to disaster victims. But the Cargolifter itself needs aid now; its parent company has declared bankruptcy.

Spy Blimps and Heavy Lifters

The latest thing in airships.
September 2007 | By Ben Iannotta

Researchers have been looking far and wide for biofuel sources, including switchgrass.

Fly Green!

Richard Branson and Boeing heap hope-and hype-on biofuels.
September 2007 | By Michael Milstein

The FAA classifies the Osprey as a "powered lift" aircraft-neither airplane nor rotorcraft.

Tilters

You might say that Osprey pilots are neither fish nor fowl.
September 2007 | By John Croft

The Orion simulator: The shape is as old as Apollo, but the dashboard is all new.

Orion's Brain

NASA's new space capsule has a mind of its own.
September 2007 | By Michael Klesius

Anatoly Zak (Moon image: NASA)

Lunar Clipper

With rich tourists traveling to Earth orbit, can a cruise around the moon be far behind?
September 2007 | By Anatoly Zak

Paul Dimitriu in his Los Angeles jewelry shop.

The Astronaut Jeweler

More than 1,500 pieces designed by Paul Dimitriu have flown on the space shuttle.
September 2007 | By Rick Hauck

Rare Bear takes off for the Saturday Gold race. On Sunday, pilot John Penney finished first in the Unlimited class.

Notes from the Reno Races

Dispatches from the 2007 National Championship Air Races.
September 2007 | By Larry Lowe

The Phoenix lander (artist

Northern Exposure

We've already seen water ice on Mars. NASA's Phoenix lander will reach out and touch it.
August 2007 | By Charles Petit

On May 17, 1913, Cuban aviation pioneer Domingo Rosillo used a naval escort to make the Key West-to-Cuba trip in a French Morane-Sulnier.

Book Excerpt: "On Cuban Wings"

Chronicling the island's rich aviation history
August 2007 | By Jorge and Diana Rodriguez

Airplanes, not automobiles, cruised the Malecon on parade day in 1953 to mark the 40th anniversary of Parla

The Country Where Nobody Flies

Did Cuba abandon its private pilots or did they abandon Cuba?
August 2007 | By Rafael Lima

Pat McNerney flies the Kreider-Reisner as its 28th owner.

Popularity Contest

Which one of six past champions would have gotten your vote?
August 2007 | By Linda Shiner

Visions of spaceflight, like Friedrich Tsander

Russia's Long Love Affair with Space

It started with Utopian dreams and rocketeers.
August 2007 | By Asif Siddiqi

An airplane-dependent Colorado ranch profiled in a 1952 Look magazine article.

An Airplane in Every Barn

A once-thriving organization of rural pilots is struggling to survive.
August 2007 | By Giles Lambertson


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