Senior editor Craig Covault interviewed Alan Stern, overall lead manager and principal investigator for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft, for a feature in the issue dated January 9, 2006.
The cover image for the February 2, 1976, issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, showed a full-scale engineering mockup of the American Jet Industries Hustler 400 business/utility jet on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport, California.
Sixty years ago in Aviation Week, editor C.M. “Tony” Plattner, a U.S. Marine Corps reservist, spent two months covering the military’s rapid buildup in the Vietnam War, flying as an observer on nine combat missions.
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. was conducting flight evaluations of a single-pilot digital fly-by-wire control system installed in the front cockpit of an AH-64 Apache helicopter.
Our Route Opportunities feature explores the latest unserved and underserved routes promoted through Routes 360, providing supporting information for airline network planners to consider and capitalize on.
25 Years Ago in Aviation Week The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Feb. 19, 2001, issue featured an artist’s concept of Northrop Grumman's Pegasus X-47A unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) flying over the U.S. Navy's test facility at China Lake, California.
The Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine cover dated January 21, 1980, featured two Jetprop Commander aircraft; the 980 in the foreground and the 840 in the background, flying over Oklahoma. The accompanying feature was a pilot report for both aircraft.
The cover of the issue dated January 26, 1970, showed a boilerplate version of an advanced upper-stage hybrid rocket engine that developed 8,000-lb. thrust during a 35-second firing at United Technology Center's Coyote, California's facility.
As we welcome the New Year, we are thrilled to celebrate a remarkable milestone: the 40th anniversary of The Air Charter Guide! For four decades, we have proudly served as the definitive directory for air charter operators, brokers, and aircraft, connecting the industry and shaping its growth.
Thirty-five years ago, the cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Jan. 8, 1990, issue featured a full-scale model of the General Dynamics/NASA ejector-lift E-7A short-takeoff-vertical-landing supersonic fighter design mounted 40 ft. above the floor in the then-new 80 X 120-ft. test section of Ames Research Center's low-speed wind tunnel.
