Stories of daring, stories of technological feats, stories of prevailing against the odds ... these are the stories we tell at the National Air and Space Museum. Dive in to the stories below to discover, learn, and be inspired. 

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December 21, 2022 A Homebuilt Built for the Highway Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The Loving WR-3 was a roadable airplane designed and built by Neal V. Loving, an aeronautical engineer and pilot.

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December 19, 2022 You Just Invented the Airplane, Now What? Story

If you were the Wright brothers, you would turn your attention not to perfecting your flying skills but securing a patent and finding customers for their groundbreaking invention.

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October 28, 2022 Landings are Mandatory: Lt. Don Engen and the Mirror Landing System Story

For more than 30 years this partnership between LSO and naval aviators remained crucial to aircraft carrier landing operations. Almost overnight this partnership changed when jet aircraft altered the calculus of a carrier landing. Soon after, the Mirror Landing System (MLS) was born.

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October 13, 2022 Breaking the Sound Barrier: Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 Story

Seventy-five years ago, U.S. Air Force Captain Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis to become the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound (Mach 1).

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September 22, 2022 AirSpace Season 6, Ep. 10: Boom Clap Story | AirSpace Podcast

For six months in 1964 the US Air Force flew an airplane at supersonic speeds over Oklahoma City, often multiple times a day, in a series of tests called Project Bongo. The story of how and why the tests happened is a wild ride, and we’re breaking it down for you today on AirSpace.

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September 21, 2022 The Smoke Ship Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the Huey, remains a powerful symbol of the Vietnam War.

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September 21, 2022 Up to Speed Story | Air & Space Quarterly

What's new in aviation and space.

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September 09, 2022 The Military Gets Its Wings Story

Today we cannot imagine war without the airplane, but there was a time when the airplane's military potential was not yet apparent.

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August 26, 2022 Conservation Treatment and the Story Behind a Model Benoist No. 43 Aircraft Story

A 1/16 scale model of a Benoist XIV Airboat (Benoist No. 43) recently underwent conservation treatment in preparation for its display in the reimagined America by Air gallery. Learn about how it was treated and discover the story behind the model and the actual aircraft.

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August 25, 2022 Take a Trip on the Boeing 247 Story

Read a first-hand account of what it was like to fly aboard a Boeing 247 in 1934.

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