Air & Space Magazine

Eight spoilers on each wing add aerodynamic brakes to the A380’s mechanical ones. The nacelle sleeve on this Rolls- Royce turbofan is beginning to slide aft for thrust reversal.

How Things Work: Stopping the A380

Hint: Plan ahead.

Located in Sweden’s isolated far north, the tiny town of Kiruna, with its Esrange rocket range, hopes to become a major space tourism attraction.

Spaceport at the Top of the World

How an ore-mining town in Sweden sees a new identity over the horizon.

Possibly the world’s pointiest jet, the X-3 Stiletto is described in the NASA Dryden photo collection as having “a high-fineness ratio and a low-aspect ratio; in other words, a long fuselage with short and stubby wings.”

Loser X-Planes

Every research aircraft poses a question. Sometimes the answer is "forget it."

A Dassault Falcon 2000, a Maybach luxury auto, and freshly swept stairs: NetJets set up this publicity shot in Switzerland, but for fractional jet owners, such fantasy is the reality.

Ride-Sharing With the Rich

How fractional jet owners get out of flying coach

Patty Wagstaff’s latest mission: use the discipline of aerobatics to combat the chaos of California wildfires (photo-composite).

Patty Wagstaff’s Second Act

An airshow superstar adds firefighting to her repertoire.

Hurricane Mk1 at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, 2008.

Last of the Few

The Battle of Britain in the words of the pilots who won it

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Visions Don’t Pass Away – A Tribute to John Marburger

Recently deceased John H. Marburger, former Science Advisor to President George W. Bush & Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

The SULSA: Taking homebuilts to a new level

Print Your Own Airplane

3-D printing ushers in a new era for making airplane parts

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test flight

F-35 Catapult Test

Test flights continue despite budget struggles.

071025-F-5735S-100 Three-thousand gallons of fire retardant are deployed from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over the Witch fire in Northern San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2007. The C-130 and its crew are assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing out of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

Dousing the Flames

<p>A C-130 Hercules chokes the blaze.</p>

A KC-135R Stratotanker refueling an F-15C Eagle.

Saving Gas Over the Top

An Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker's mission over the North Pole reveals the potential for saving $54,000 and 4.5 hours of flight time

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Russians On Board

<p>Cosmonauts will miss the space shuttle, too.</p>

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Sims A Lot

<p>Virtual pilots log 20 million hours.</p>

The Next 10 Americans in Space

The shuttle has retired, but the astronauts have not.

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Stop That Stick Figure

The Transportation Security Administration has finally faced the naked truth

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Expect Heavy Traffic

<p>World War 2 student pilots grasp a lesson in landing.&nbsp;</p>

The Olympic flame arrives in London onboard a Sea King Helicopter on July 20.

Above the Games

Aircraft will be all over London during the Olympics, delivering visitors, filming the action, and patrolling the skies.

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Canaveral Launches Its Business

<p>The Bumper missile is first off the pad.</p>

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Drive Away the Blues

<p>Bid on a Blue Angels Ford Mustang at AirVenture</p>

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Goodbye, Shuttle

Parting thoughts

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