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Sky King

Pan Am founder Juan Trippe turned Americans into frequent fliers
November 2007 | By Owen Edwards

Seeking Friendlier Skies

Can radar networks eliminate airplane turbulence?
September 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

President Bush recently gathered some of the country

The World After Oil

As the planet warms up, eco-friendly fuels can't get here fast enough
April 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Modern-day rickshaws use bicycle pedals (often assisted by small motors), are primarily three-wheeled and can be canopied or completely enclosed.

Rickshaws Reinvented

The ancient transportation takes a modern turn
March 01, 2007 | By Dina Modianot-Fox

Orient Express

A Brief History of the Orient Express

Spies used it as a secret weapon. A president tumbled from it. Hitler wanted it destroyed. Just what made this train so intriguing?
March 01, 2007 | By David Zax

The steamboat Arabia, shown here in a 1991 painting, vanished on Sep. 5, 1856.

Pay Dirt

When self-taught archaeologists dug up an 1850s steamboat, they brought to light a slice of American life
December 2006 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

The USS Oriskany, one of the hardest fighting ships in the fleet, now rests on the Gulf floor, 212 feet down, a new attraction for marine life—and divers.

R.I.P., Mighty O

A fabled aircraft carrier sunk deliberately off the coast of Florida is the world's largest artificial reef
November 2006 | By Geoffrey Norman

The Lindberghs piloted this tandem seat, single-engine aircraft, outfitted to Charles

Sky Writer

Anne Morrow Lindbergh chronicled the flights made with her celebrated husband
November 2006 | By Owen Edwards

Abraham Lincoln

Inventive Abe

In 1849, a future president patented an ingenious addition to transportation technology.
October 2006 | By Owen Edwards

Balloon Jupiter had to land after 30 miles; its mail (here) was sent on by train.

Airmail Letter

Stale Mail: The nation's first hot-air balloon postal deliveries barely got off the ground.
August 2006 | By Owen Edwards

Although owners prized their EV1s, the manufacturer did not relent.

The Death of the EV-1

Fans of a battery-powered emissions free sedan mourn its passing
June 2006 | By Owen Edwards

Once the end of the line, the desert oasis of Alice Springs is now merely the halfway point on the rail line that knits Australia together.

Full Speed Ahead

A railroad, finally, crosses Australia's vast interior—linking not only the continent's south with its north, but also its past to its future
January 2006 | By Simon Worrall

Link said he wanted "to preserve a beautiful era" and show "how the railroad interacted with the people who lived along the line."

The Big Picture

A well-planned single image yells the story of 20th-century transportation
December 2005 | By Christine Dell'Amore

Fuel for Thought

Cars that run on vegetable oil? Do-it-yourselfers and entrepreneurs alike fill 'er up with the nation's fastest-growing propellant
September 2005 | By Frances Cerra Whittelsey

Easy Riders

For whistle-stop campaigning or just rolling down memory lane, nothing could be finer than your own railroad car
September 2004 | By Myron Beckenstein

a Titanic life vest

Titanic Sank This Morning

An artifact from the doomed ocean liner evokes that catastrophic night in April 1912
April 2004 | By Owen Edwards

A Century of Flight - Taking Wing

From the Wright brothers' breakthrough 100 years ago this month to the latest robot jets, the past century has been shaped by the men and women who got us off the ground
December 2003 | By Andrew Curry

Crash Junkie

Flight instructor Craig Fuller scales mountains, combs deserts and trudges through wilderness to track down old airplane wrecks
November 2003 | By Reed Karaim

[ 1942 Harley-Davidson ] 
National Museum of American History

Wild Thing

For 100 years, Harleys have fueled our road-warrior fantasies
August 2003 | By Robert F. Howe

"Right livelihood," says electric boatbuilder Charles Houghton, is "when everything you have done in your life comes together."

Batteries Included

Let's hear it shhhh, not so loud for electric boats
July 2003 | By Lance Morrow


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