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A photo illustration of a three-quarter view of a sliver aircraft with blue wings with blueprint in the background.

September 12, 2025

The Quest to Replicate the Splendor of the H-1 Racer

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For over a decade now, volunteers at the San Diego Air & Space Museum have been building a reproduction of Howard Hughes’ H-1 Racer, also known as the Hughes 1B. 

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A woman in a pink sweater with amputated legs smiles while sitting on the wing of an airplane.

July 16, 2025

Three History-Making Aviators with Disabilities You'll Want to Know

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Americans with disabilities have made history flying almost since the airplane was invented.

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The red, white, and blue Sonex Waiex-B experimental aircraft is displayed on the floor of the spacious Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, with other aircraft visible in the background and suspended from the ceiling.

June 24, 2025

How to Build an Airplane in Seven Days

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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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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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Wearing a white blouse and a dark blue blazer, a woman stands below a single-wing (monoplane) airplane suspended from the ceiling. The airplane, which is painted in red, white, and blue, hangs inverted.

September 20, 2023

Aerobatic Pilot Patty Wagstaff Turned Her World Upside Down

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

When an aerobatic pilot wanted to fly right up to the limit, she chose an aircraft that proved to be a model of instability 

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Rudolph Dirks Painting

September 09, 2022

The Roar of the Crowd

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The first air races, meets, and flight exhibitions kicked off a wave of public enthusiasm for aviation that circled the globe.

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Roscoe Turner, Don Young, and Gilmore

July 18, 2022

Roscoe Turner and Gilmore the Flying Lion

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a...lion?

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Jeremy Kinney, Associate Director for Research and Curatorial, with the Nemesis NXT in the Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Smithsonian Air and at Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

June 21, 2022

The Nemesis Dynasty

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After a shaky start, the Nemesis NXT air racer comes out on top. 

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A black and white photograph of a plane with striped wings.

November 03, 2021

Meet Betty Skelton

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For many years, three-time Female Aerobatic Champion Betty Skelton was known as the “First Lady of Firsts.” The Florida native earned her nickname the hard way, whether as the International Female Aerobatic Champion, flying at 8,839 meters (29,000 feet), or traveling at speeds greater than 486 kph (300 mph) in a jet-powered car. In the process of setting 17 aviation and race car records, she also paved the way for women to enjoy equal opportunities in aviation, sports, and business. 

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