Roger Mola

Roger Mola is the Air & Space researcher.

Before the A-380 flew its first passenger, Airbus showed that more than 800 people could evacuate safely in an emergency.

A Ride on the World’s Largest Passenger Jet

My first trip on an Airbus A-380, at a time when the giant airliner’s future is in doubt.

An SR-71 taxis on the ramp.

What a Blackbird Drinks

On the SR-71, Kelly Johnson once said, everything had to be invented—including the gas.

The Textron AirLand Scorpion taxis to the hangar after landing at Washington’s Reagan National Airport (DCA) on September 13.

How Did This Mean-Looking Jet Get Permission to Land In Washington D.C.?

For one thing, it left its weapons at home.

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Israel’s Iron Dome Gets Boost in Funding After Missile Attacks

A U.S. lawmaker says simply, “It works.”

Airfields in Alaska's Aleutian chain (pictured is Tanaga) started getting steel mat runways in 1942. Marston was better than mud, but a hard landing could bounce a small fighter 30 feet, and heavy bombers made the mat ride up in waves.

These Portable Runways Helped Win the War in the Pacific

Low-tech and still used today, “Marston Mats” were among the most important inventions of World War II.

U.S. Air Force C-47s unload at Tempelhof during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-49.

Tempelhof Airport Needs a Lift

The citizens of Berlin will soon decide the historic airfield’s fate.

X-47 on Deck, Kind Of

This summer the X-47B unmanned combat aircraft made its first arrested landing on the USS Eisenhower. Well, actually it was an F/A-18D Hornet.

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.

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