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Get Your Rotor Running

The joy of gyroplanes.

Art From the Bone Yard

Artists decorate derelict airplanes. (05:49)

When the Chase Plane is a Car

Why U-2 pilots get paid to drive fast (7:33)

The East Coast at Night

The lights of Eastern North America, as seen from the Space Station. (1:20)

The Milky Way From Orbit

Space Station astronauts capture stars and storms on HD film. (0:22)

Cameras Instead of Guns

Air Force filmmakers knew just where to sit in a B-26 to shoot the best scenes. (2:00)

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

This realistic 1944 training film showed airmen what to expect if captured by the Nazis. (1:05:34)

Directing Hermann Göring

The German Luftwaffe commander did a turn for the film cameras in the final days of World War II. (3:16)

Mr. Gilmore Builds an Airplane

This California inventor knew what an aircraft looked like—flying it was another matter. (03:44)

Comet Lovejoy From Space

Space Station astronauts get a spectacular view of an interplanetary visitor. (1:55)

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