Air & Space Magazine

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Five Alive

<p>Tighten down those bolts.</p>

AmSafe's commercial aviation airbag

Is Bracing For Impact Really Helpful in an Airline Crash?

Or is it just meant to make us feel like we're doing something?

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Replicating Reims

A virtual race to mark the 100th anniversary of the world’s first air meet

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New York to Nome in 1920

In the early days of aviation, any wilderness was a challenge for propeller-driven airplanes made of wood and fabric. And in 1920, there was hardly a territory more rugged and fraught with danger than Alaska.So it was that Billy Mitchell of the Army Air Service, who was always anxious to show off t...

The �B-2 Stealth Bike,� which was designed and built by Orange County Choppers of Newburgh, N. Y., sits on display at the Base Exchange on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., August 12, 2009. Northrop Grumman commissioned the building of the motorcycle to commemorate the anniversary of the first flight of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. The B-2 Stealth Bike will appear at Northrop-sponsored events throughout 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

Stealth Chopper

<p>But still visible to the trooper's radar gun.</p>

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Sixty-five and a half years

Reflections on how anything is possible.

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Scientists vs. The Icy Commander

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Virtual Blue Yonder

You might have the right stuff to be a Blue Angel pilot: a computer and a broadband connection. That's what the Virtual Blue Angels use to fly formation and dazzle online crowds.Established five years ago by former (and real) Marine Corps pilot Bob "Kato" Tyler, currently the number four (slot) vir...

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Osh Gosh

<p>A hard landing is good to find.</p>

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Russian Mail-Order Ride

Is the Saturn V's F-1, first-stage engine more power than you need? Then consider the NK-33, the smaller first-stage engine from the only other moon rocket ever built by the human race.The Soviet N1 lunar rocket, which experienced four failed launches from 1969 to 1972, was a firebreathing behemoth...

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Swine Flew

The 11-17 August issue of Flight International, a global aerospace weekly published in the United Kingdom, noted the results of a poll that asked if the Boeing 787, Airbus 400M, or another slowly evolving work in progress would be the first to make a maiden flight: 787 33% A400M ...

On April 5, 2008 Former adversaries from the Vietnam War, Dan Cherry and Hong My, meet for the first time since Dan shot down Mr. My from the skies over Vietnam in 1972. In April 2009, Hong My and his son Quon visited the United States for the first time. Their amazing journey started in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Kentucky visit included the dedication of the Aviation Heritage Park, sitting in the very cockpit of the F-4D Phantom that shot him down 36 years earlier. Also, a trip to Kentucky state capital and the Kentucky Vietnam Memorial. From Kentucky the entourage traveled to Florida, for the Sun-N-Fun airshow for several appearences and presentations. Following the Sun-N-Fun airshow Dan Cherry, Quan Hong, Phong Vu, Katie Clark and John Fleck visited the Washington DC. The journey to the capital of the United States included a Congressional VIP tour of the US Capital Building and Senate Chambers, as well as a special visit to the Udvar-Hazy National Air & Space Museum of the Smithonian. The trip w

A Unique Moment

<p>Sitting in the other guy's ride.</p>

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Wild New Yonder

The avatar who's giving me a guided tour of MyBase—the first virtual Air Force base—is wearing wings. And I don't mean the kind you pin on your shirt. Real ones, protruding from her back. Because she can fly. Of course, so can I. Or rather, my avatar can. Which makes me wonder why I should bother t...

Futuristic look, vintage airplanes

Wild New Yonder

The Air Force opens a virtual air base in Second Life.

Rutan in his VariEze, back in the day.

The Magician of Mojave

Burt Rutan remembers the birth of the VariEze and names his favorite aircraft.

Last of its Kind

A look inside the Smithsonian's Stratoliner.

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Let's Fly the Hudson Corridor

After the August 8 mid-air collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a Piper Lance over New York City that killed nine people, politicians have been calling for a shut-down or at least a vigorous revamping of the Hudson Corridor, the Visual Flight Rules scenic route up and down the Hudson River. Wh...

Wide angle view of a hot air balloon, from a camera suspended by the balloon. Note the cord in upper right. This can easily be taken out, as with C3 (26) and (2). This image also has a model airplane looping in front of the camera

Strato Streak

<p>And a creative thought balloon...</p>

Engineers test a blended wing-body in a wind tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. The aircraft’s 30 percent fuel savings comes from less drag.

Batplane

Even around other X-planes, the X-48B looks weird.

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Two Views of The Vision

Last week, the Augustine Commission held another public meeting in Washington DC and Dr. John Marburger testified.

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