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January 11, 2024

AirSpace Season 8, Ep. 8: An Eye from Above

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Hurricanes are a fact of life in the Caribbean but in 2017, the season was so bad that it changed everything for the people of Puerto Rico. We spoke to two Coast Guard members, as well as one of our own colleagues, about what the hurricane was like, and what happened after.

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Walt Disney, an senior man in a white button up short-sleeved shirt, with a tie and slacks, greets a small crowd of people in front of his airplane, which is large enough it extends out of frame and is white with orange and blue stripes.

January 03, 2024

Mickey Mouse One

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Walt Disney was an aviation enthusiast who traveled around the country aboard his private airplane, which was nicknamed Mickey Mouse One.

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A military jet powered by twin jet engines lifts off from the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The ocean is visible beyond the flight deck.

December 21, 2023

Just Doing Their Jobs

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

In this Air and Space Quarterly exclusive, five U.S. Navy pilots who became the first American women to fly in combat tell their stories.

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Two military jets prepare to launch from the deck of an aircraft carrier during a daytime mission. Seven U.S. Navy crewmen are in action around the two airplanes, they are dwarfed by the size of the airplanes.

December 20, 2023

Unbroken

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The Air and Space Quarterly Interview with F-4 aviator Porter Halyburton about his time as a POW in Hanoi during the Vietnam War.

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A multitude of stars packed together in a dense region of space, shining brightly in the surrounding darkness. A bright blue cloud in the lower half of the image with pitch black patches appearing within the cloud—areas which are so dense with matter that they block the light of distant stars.

December 20, 2023

Up To Speed

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

What’s new in aviation and space.

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Speedball Alice, a restored dark green P-51D airplane with white stripes, is parked on a tarmac in the Reno desert, with mountains and blue sky in the background.

December 20, 2023

Last Race at Reno

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

This past September, the National Championship Air Races took a final lap in the Reno, Nevada venue.

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Detail of ornate sterling silver trophy sits featuring a gold lined silver cup with an angel arms extended holding a Wright military flyer.

December 20, 2023

Silver and Gold

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The museum's ornate trophy recognizes valor displayed by the men and women of the U.S. Air Force.

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A small taildragger airplane is parked on the ramp at Reno-Stead Airport, which is flanked by mountains. Under a partly cloudy blue sky, three people sit or stand near the airplane's left wing.

December 20, 2023

The Sun Sets on Reno

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The National Championship Air Races ends it run in Reno, NV.

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Portrait of a man in military uniform with arms folded.

November 27, 2023

Garland Fulton on Airships and Lift Gases

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In the early 20th century, airships were seen as the ideal air transportation for carrying freight and most notably, passengers, around the world. Garland Fulton was an early advocate of lighter-than-air vehicles (LTA) for the United States Navy. During his life he studied and collected articles on airships.

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Leon leaning on the propeller of the San Fernando school’s Standard J-1 in 1920.

November 17, 2023

Lawrence Leon and the Curtiss Aeroplane Co. in 1920s Argentina

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Curtiss aircraft sales representative and flight instructor Lawrence Leon won hearts, minds, and aircraft orders in interwar Argentina through the power of his personality and excellence as a pilot.

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