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Final Four Atlantis flight crew

The Last Shuttle Flight

On board Atlantis, the closing of an era.

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AUSVI tested over 500 drones at their Las Vegas conference.

The newest eyes in the sky are drawing the attention of power companies, conservation groups, and the ACLU.

Beech aircraft

Pilots and Fans Dedicated to Prolonging the Stardom of the Beech 18

About 50 or less remain available for commercial use worldwide.

RV-4

Pilots Spend A Great Deal of Time Building An Airplane in Hopes of Receiving a Pink Certificate

Inventive design or fatal flaw? On a homebuilt airplane, one person makes the call.

The squadron pilots pose on Valley Forge in July 1952

The Ordeal of VF-653

From a Navy Reserve pilot’s letters home, a picture of the darkest days of the Korean War.

Meteor crater

These NASA Alums Want to Build A Spacecraft to Protect Earth, and You Can Help

The B612 Foundation hopes to neutralize the asteroid threat.

Gamera II

University of Maryland Students Close in On The Human-Powered Helicopter Prize

Gamera is one of the few unusually made helicopters to have left ground.

Departments

Viewport

Viewport

A couple of very good deals

J.R. Dailey
In the Museum

The Sikorsky HO5S-1 Made its Name Flying Medevac Missions in Korea.

More than 10,000 troops were evacuated.

Above & Beyond

Smaller Airplanes Can Help Conquer Fear of Flying

An engineer faces his fears in a Cessna 172.

Jeremy Davis
Flights & Fancy

When Airplanes Had Beds

In 1955, some transatlantic flights still offered sleeper berths.

Mariana Gosnell
Uncategorized

The Ranger Series of Space Probes Finally Succeeded — On the Seventh Try

Did President John F. Kennedy's speech in 1962 create a spark?