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Aviation History
June 5, 2004
C.V. Glines |
The DC-3 Turns 60 The Douglas Aircraft Company's Grand Old Lady of the Skies still plies the airways it pioneered as the first practical airliner.   |
Aviation History
July 27, 2004
Walter A. Musciano |
Condor Legion: Luftwaffe in Spanish Skies During the Spanish Civil War, a group of German pilots that became known as the Condor Legion honed their hunting skills in Spain's skies. |
World War II
John Bryant |
Robert Felgar: A Bomber Pilot Remembers An interview with Robert Felgar about being shot down and captured in WWII. |
Aviation History
September 2006
John W. Whitman |
Japan's Fatally Flawed Air Forces in World War II Japan entered World War II with two well-trained air organizations, but no long-range plan on how to keep them flying. |
Aviation History
Kelly Bell |
Air War Over Iraq In May 1941, British forces were fighting to keep Iraq in Allied hands -- a struggle that belatedly involved German and Italian aircraft as well. |
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. |
Aviation History
Sam McGowan |
The Four Horsemen Soon after the introduction of the Lockheed C-130, four U.S. Air Force pilots came up with a great way to demonstrate just how maneuverable and powerful the new transport was. |
Aviation History
May 2007
Kelly Bell |
The Forgotten Few: Polish Airmen Fought During the Battle of Britain Polish airmen fought valiantly against marauding Messerschmitts during the Battle of Britain, only to see their contributions largely ignored at war's end as Poland was absorbed into the Communist bloc. |
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
Donald J. Young |
Phantom Raid on L.A. Anxiety about a possible Japanese invasion of the West Coast caused anti-aircraft crews guarding Los Angeles to shoot first and ask questions later. |
National Defense
June 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Training For War: A Multimedia Experience Just as training technologies for the newest fighter jets are going digital, so are those for one of the Air Force's oldest airplanes, the C-130 Hercules. |
Popular Mechanics
January 23, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Turns to Engineers for Troop Transport Fix in Iraq: Analysis (With 6 Next-Gen Chopper Designs!) The Army and Air Force will seek Pentagon approval for the development of new aircraft that can carry big loads and land on poorly built, short runways -- or no runways at all. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
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. |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Future Remotely Piloted Aircraft Will Do More Than Surveillance Military leaders are beginning think about concepts for the third-generation UAVs. In the future, they will want the drones to do a lot more than peer down on adversaries. |
National Defense
May 2015
Valerie Insinna |
Boeing Banks on Cost Effectiveness of C-40 to Deliver Foreign Sales Boeing has begun pitching its C-40 transport aircraft currently in use by the Navy and Air Force to international customers. |
Aviation History
Deborah G. Douglas |
WASPS of War Nancy Harkness Love proved her mettle in the air and gained recognition for women pilots in a man's world. |
| AskMen.com |
Teamwork: Simon Sinek Don't forget to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. "It is that well-oiled machine that makes the pilots and the United States Air Force such a remarkable organization." |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
Reason
December 2004
Dave Copeland |
Poor, Sexy Berlin The top-down, five-year city planning agenda has failed to overcome the culture that Berlin built up during the first 750 years of its explosive history. |
World War II
September 2007 |
Letters From Readers Unlikely Comrades in Arms... The Shot Heard 'Round Shanghai... A Survivor Who Spoke for Many... etc. |
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? |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2007
Gail Edmondson |
Lively, Laid-Back Berlin Germany's capital offers modern architecture, design, and great food - at bargain prices. |
National Defense
November 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Services Competing For Future Airlift Missions A multibillion-dollar program to equip the Army National Guard with new fixed-wing cargo aircraft fleet has rekindled a turf battle between the services that was supposed to have been settled more than half a century ago. |
National Defense
December 2005
Stew Magnuson |
Training Fleet Sees Slow but Steady Progress The U.S. Air Force is about four years away from completing a two decade-long process of revamping its fleet of training aircraft, according to service officials. |
National Defense
April 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Air Force's C-17 Crews Train for Night Operations To speed troops and supplies into combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Air Force has begun training C-17 Globemaster transport crews to fly airlift operations in the dark of night, without artificial lighting. |
National Defense
March 2012
Dan Parsons |
Air Force Trades Quantity For Quality The Air Force will cut airmen and ditch some underperforming and unwanted aircraft, focusing instead on purchasing fewer but more capable new models in order to bridge a years-long investment gap, officials said. |
Smithsonian
June 2006
Tom Mueller |
Beyond the Wall: Berlin Nearly 17 years after the wall came down, Berliners are still trying to escape its shadow. |
Wired
November 2000
Sally McGrane |
Go to: Berlin Driven by hundreds of Hinterhof startups on both sides of the invisible Wall, Germany's dot-de revolution is booming... |
Salon.com
June 11, 2002
Allen Barra |
"The Fall of Berlin 1945" by Antony Beevor A historian describes Germany's fall to the Soviets in 1945, when civilians suffered the full fury and horror of war. |
AskMen.com
James Raiswell |
A World Cup Tour Of Berlin Even outside of World Cup time, there's plenty to do and see in Berlin. Here's a three-day itinerary. |
National Defense
May 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Air Force Struggles to Define Future Airlift Needs The Air Force is walking a political tightrope as it tries to garner support for multibillion-dollar investments in new cargo aircraft while it copes with cost overruns and tightening budgets. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2009
Jack Ewing |
Hip Berlin Goes Corporate With its long recession finally ending, Germany's biggest city has become a magnet for businesses. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2006
Barry Napier |
Two-Day Berlin On Foot Today, Berlin is a happy and prosperous place. Its architecture is superb and its spirit is big. Its past does not detract from its position as a great tourist venue. |
