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This archival image depicts a flat barren landscape with a single pillar of dense white smoke at the center of the photo.

December 18, 2024

That Time We Bombed a Volcano

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

In 1935, a squad of U.S. bombers dropped a total of 20 of the 600-pound bombs on the lava channels in the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii.

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A middle-aged man stands in front of a vintage biplane in a dark museum setting.

December 18, 2024

A Beautiful Restored Biplane Represents a Future That Never Was

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk was a light 1930s biplane fighter aircraft that was designed to launch from the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon.

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A rendering of a museum gallery with a small aircraft suspended from the ceiling visible in the foreground and a weather balloon in the background, with interpretive panels throughout the space.

December 18, 2024

Our Changing Planet

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The new climate change exhibition focuses on how aerospace innovations are helping us to both understand what is happening and how we can potentially mitigate the causes and effects.

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A gray, twin-engine military airplane with a twin-boom tail flies low over a dark ocean.

December 18, 2024

One Man's Tale of Courage Flying Fighters in the Dark

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

An interview with Paul Hendrickson, the son of a P-61 World War II night-fighter pilot.

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Group of ten men stand in a semi-circle with a large prop aircraft in the background.

December 18, 2024

The U.S. Military Finds a Way to Complete Challenging Missions

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Over its long career, the P-3 Orion's superior engineering has allowed the U.S. military to achieve its goals.

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Portrait of the vintage biplane, the 1909 Wright Military Flyer, on a black background.

December 18, 2024

Wilbur and Orville Wright’s 1909 Triumph for the U.S. Army

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

An in-depth look at the National Air and Space Museum's Wright Military Flyer.

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A group of ten people wearing casual clothing stand beside a single-propellar, pristine-looking World War II aircraft painted with green, brown, and gray camoulage stripes and the large red star of the Soviet Union on its tail.

December 18, 2024

The Ilyushin Il-2 Was Known as the “Flying Tank”

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

What's new in aviation and space.

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A large hand-carved teakwood chest with scalloped edges and four round feet. The chest appears to be stained a rich reddish brown. The front panel on the chest has a bas-relief globe pattern flanked by a pair of airplane wings.

December 18, 2024

This Trophy Chest Belonged to Amelia Earhart

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Amelia Earhart's trophy chest will be displayed in the Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight gallery in 2025.

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November 28, 2024

AirSpace Bonus! The Air Up There: Airplane Facts with Max

Story | AirSpace Podcast

While we get Season 10 ready we're bringing you this episode from our friends at the Federal Aviation Administration's Podcast, The Air Up There.

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Portrait of Arthur Van Haren, Jr.

October 12, 2024

WWII Ace Arthur Van Haren Jr.

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Arthur Van Haren Jr. became one of the most decorated naval aviators to come from Arizona, and one of the most decorated Latino pilots of World War II.  He embodied many Americans who entered the war with no previous military experience, yet through training, skills, and bravery, performed above what could have been imagined.

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