The Editors

Our Top 10 Stories of 2015

The most-viewed stories on AirSpaceMag.com this year included coverage of the massive WW2 flyover in D.C. and a rare SR-71 Blackbird crash.

Luftwaffe test pilot Hanna Reitsch.

Meeting Hanna Reitsch

In 1952, a young Frederick Forsyth met Hitler's personal pilot.

Exploring Europa

The Evolution of Space Art

From the first imaginings of other worlds to today’s realistic planet-scapes.

During his flight, Lindbergh made a mark on the instrument panel for each hour of fuel consumed.

An Inside Look at the <i>Spirit of St. Louis</i>

Grand Prize Winner Jeff Cook (Over Mt. Rainier, Washington) | August 2012. “NASA chose the Museum of Flight to be the recipient of the full-size trainer used by all space shuttle astronauts at the facility in Houston,” says Cook. “Because of its size, the trainer had to be moved by one of the largest transport craft available, the Aero Spacelines B-377-SG/SGT Super Guppy. It took three flights to deliver all the components.”

Winners of Our Second Annual Photo Contest

Red bombs indicate the number of missions Flak-Bait flew.

Secrets of Flak-Bait Revealed

Conservationists find hidden treasures in the Museum’s B-26.

A Blackbird takes off from Beale AFB. The SR-71 was the last major aircraft designed with a slide rule.

Blackbird Diaries

Stories from the fastest jet ever flown.

SpaceShipTwo shows its characteristic “wing feathering” in a gliding test over Mojave, California in May 2011.

SpaceShipTwo Suffers Fatal Accident During a Test Flight

One pilot is lost; investigation is under way.

U.S. Army helicopters pour machine-gun fire into the tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops as they attack a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, in March 1965.

Vietnam: A Photographic History

Unforgettable images from the AP photographers who covered the war in Southeast Asia.

Grand Prize Winner: “This MiG-15 was one of the last aircraft to depart the old St. George Airport for the new airport, which is located five miles to the southeast. The MiG-15 is owned by the Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum in St. George, Utah.”

1st Annual Photo Contest Prize Winners

Presenting the First <em>Air & Space</em> Photo Contest Winners

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High Spy: The Amazing U-2

Keeping watch for more than half a century.

Jack Schmitt in the Taurus-Littrow valley on the Moon, Apollo 17, December 1972.

Apollo on the Moon

Readings, photos, and videos about the golden age of lunar exploration.

From left to right, Airmail Pilot Robert Shank; Dr. Julius Juhlin, postmaster general of Sweden; and Second Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger pose for a photograph at the Washington, D.C., airfield in College Park, Maryland, on March 8, 1919.

The Father of Airmail Looks Back

On the 20th anniversary of airmail service, three key players recalled the early days.

Is every airplane beautiful? Get real. (Read more about the knock-kneed PZL-104 Wilga, below.)

Plug-Ugly

A dozen dogs, or airplanes with, um, good personalities.

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