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Aviation History March 2006 Paige W. Christiansen |
Arthur Goebel Jr.: Forgotten Golden Age Daredevil A skillful transpacific flier, Hollywood stunt pilot and daring racer, Arthur Goebel Jr. seemed to thrive on danger. |
Aviation History Terry Gwynn-Jones |
Harold Gatty: Prince of Navigators A groundbreaker in aerial navigation, Australian Harold Gatty flew with and worked for many of the great names of aviation's golden age. |
Aviation History M.A. Mogus |
Old Glory's Final Flight In the aftermath of Lindbergh's famous flight, veteran airmail pilots J.D. Hill and Lloyd Bertaud set out for Rome in a Fokker monoplane. |
Aviation History Ross Smyth |
Lindbergh of Canada: The Erroll Boyd Story When Erroll Boyd made his flight to London in 1930, he was the first to cross the North Atlantic outside the summer season. |
Aviation History June 5, 2004 Terry Gwynn-Jones |
The Indomitable Lores Bonney Whether circumnavigating Australia, flying from Brisbane to London, or from Brisbane to Cape Town, Lores Bonney heard variations on the same theme: 'This is no place for a woman.' By 1937, she had proved all the naysayers wrong. |
Aviation History Laurel M. Sheppard |
Jerrie Mock: Record-Breaking Aviatrix In 1964, an Ohio woman took up the challenge that led to Amelia Earhart's disappearance, and become the first woman to fly around the world solo. She later chronicled her adventures in the book "Three-eight Charlie." |
Aviation History C.V. Glines |
World's First Winged Airline Scheduled service on the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line in the winter of 1914 treated a passenger or two to a wooden seat, fresh Florida air -- and salt spray in the face. |
Popular Mechanics September 2007 David Noland |
10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane. |
Salon.com August 23, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
Aviation History Radko Vasicek |
When Seaplanes Ruled the Sky Between 1913 and 1931, the Schneider Trophy race inspired some of aviation's greatest designers to devote their talents to building the world's fastest floatplane. |
Salon.com August 9, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? |
Outside September 2005 Brad Wetzler |
Get Your Props Widen the horizons of adventure by taking the controls and becoming a pilot |
Aviation History C.V. Glines |
The Guggenheims: Aviation Visionaries Everyone flying today is a beneficiary of this father-son team's vision and largesse. |
Aviation History C.V. Glines |
The Wright Brothers: The Promise of Flight Fulfilled Far from being hailed as successful innovators for their aviation achievements at Kitty Hawk, Orville and Wilbur Wright initially faced the widespread disbelief of the public. |
Popular Mechanics December 2009 Jeff Wise |
How Plane Crash Forensics Lead to Safer Aviation After each plane crash, investigators study the wreckage, analyze flight data and examine clues regarding flight conditions. Once they have determined a cause, they often help create recommendations that prevent the problem from recurring. |
Aviation History July 2005 H. Paul Brehm |
Navy Helldivers Strike Hyuga A raid on the Japanese battleship-carrier Hyuga was an arduous task for fliers of Air Group 87 from USS Ticonderoga. |
Salon.com August 2, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11? |
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Barbara S. Peterson |
End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS. |
Salon.com September 27, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How could a pilot not be trained for fog landings? And how is "Jet Smarter" author Diana Fairechild like Ralph Nader with a tray of peanuts? |
PC Magazine March 17, 2008 |
Guilt-Free Green Travel Here are some tips to green up your next trip. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2008 Tekla S. Perry |
Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need? |
Wired July 2005 Ron Berler |
Saving the Pentagon's Killer Chopper-Plane 22 years. $16 billion. 30 deaths. The V-22 Osprey has been an R&D nightmare. But now the dream of a tilt-rotor troop transport could finally come true. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Philip E. Ross |
When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots. |
World War II June 2005 Walter Hassell |
USS Lexington: Walter Hassell Recalls the Torpedo Attack That Ended Lady Lex Unlike the flight crews, who had performed so well and valiantly, the ground crew and ship's company had been but spectators in the war. All this was to change. |
Popular Mechanics July 2006 Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
Salon.com December 13, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski |
A no-fly zone for terrorism By taking pilots out of the loop, can software prevent planes from being used as bombs? |
Salon.com July 15, 2000 Phaedra Hise |
JFK Jr.'s fatal mistakes The final report on Kennedy's crash reveals a series of decisions that led him on a spiral crash course one year ago. |
World War II August 25, 2004 William B. Allmon |
USS Liscome Bay As the escort carrier Liscome Bay turned to launch its aircraft off Makin Atoll on November 24, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Sunao Tabata of I-175 found himself presented with a target that submariners dream of. |
Aviation History January 12, 2005 Gerald A. Schiller |
Squadron of Death: Flying and Dying for Hollywood A daring group of former barnstormers introduced American film fans to flying thrills and chills in the 1920s. |
Salon.com July 18, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
Popular Mechanics June 11, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
World's Priciest Stealth Plane Takes First Run to Vertical Landing Needing a boost after a negative report leak, Lockheed Martin tested a prototype of its latest Joint Strike Fighter for the Marines today -- a supersonic F-35 that lands like a chopper and thinks like a pilot. |
AskMen.com Steve Richer |
How To: Get A Private Pilot's License We are at a point now where human flight is open to just about everyone, even the likes of flyboys Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Accordingly, it's become painless for someone to get their private pilot's license. |
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 Amy Gunderson |
Arriving On A Jet Plane Plans for sharing private jets aren't cheap, but carriers are offering more options. |
National Defense June 2013 Insinna & Tadjdeh |
Air Force Making Headway on Fuel Efficiency Goals The Air Force is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The service requires massive amounts of fuel to power its aircraft, but in a budget crunch, officials know they must curb consumption in order to save money and be less susceptible to a volatile oil market. |
Salon.com November 22, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot The science of weighing airplanes. And, how many things can go wrong with a jet before it's not allowed to fly? |
Salon.com October 25, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Flying Beech 99's, ogling Gulf Air's stunning stewardesses and other career highlights. Plus: What are the scariest airports? |
Aviation History January 2007 |
Letter From the swashbuckling days of the post-World War I barnstormers to long-distance flying feats such as Charles Lindbergh's iconic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, the appeal of flight was on a dizzying climb. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2010 Krishna M. Kavi |
Beyond the Black Box Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground |
Aviation History May 2006 R.E. van Patten |
Hanna Reitsch: Hitler's Female Test Pilot Groundbreaking pilot Hanna Reitsch set more than 40 records in her lifetime. But she was tragically slow to recognize the ruin into which the Nazis were leading her homeland. |
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Jeff Wise |
Fly Your Own Plane for $30,000: Backyard Aircraft Flight Test Two-seaters represent the most affordable way for recreational pilots to get airborne and take a friend along. To tap into this market, plane makers have come up with cool machines that cost about the same as a base-model SUV. |
Salon.com March 8, 2002 P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
Aviation History January 2008 Alan Foster |
A Bad Day For Flying: The story of a WWII B-24 Commander shot down over Hankow Shot down in flames during a raid on Hankow, B-24 commander John T. Foster evaded capture and enjoyed an unlikely reunion with his Chinese nanny. |
Inc. November 2003 Robert X. Cringely |
Flight Club Forget the company car. Getting around is faster -- and less expensive than you may think -- in a private plane. |
CFO August 1, 2012 David Rosenbaum |
Hawaiian's Big Apple Venture How Hawaiian Airlines's CFO prepared for the launch of an ambitious new route. |
Wired Andrew Blum |
Key to Eliminating U.S. Flight Delays? Redesign the Sky Over New York City More than 2 million flights pass over the city every year, most traveling to and from the metropolitan area's three busiest airports: John F. Kennedy, Newark, and LaGuardia. |
Salon.com September 12, 2001 Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
Salon.com August 30, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Airline security. Where are all the female pilots? And how do airliners find the runway in the fog? |
Salon.com July 26, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do seat cushions actually save lives? And why don't U.S. airlines fly to Africa? |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Rich Smith |
Southwest: Non-Stop Dumbness Why did you so unceremoniously escort Generation-X's "biggest" hero, professional funnyman Kevin Smith, off a plane over the weekend for a PR disaster? |
Inc. March 2004 Norm Brodsky |
Street Smarts: Learning From JetBlue One day flying JetBlue, I found myself being served by David Neeleman, the airline's founder. When was the last time you met your customers and asked how you could better serve them? |