On the cover of the Jan. 1, 1996, issue, we featured a Gulfstream G5, a new business jet that would carry eight passengers and was 14,400 lb. heavier than its predecessor, the G4SP. Read more about the aircraft and its test program on page 50 in our archives.
Pictured on the front cover of the January 19, 1976 issue was the RCA 24-channel communications satellite undergoing an RF subsystem checkout on a communications test range.
Aviation Week spoke with Chris Coker about how the company’s commercial spacecraft heritage is driving development of the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), which will serve as Gateway’s electric power source and maneuvering system.
The growth of airline activity in Nigeria seems set to continue, following an announcement by the governor of Enugu State, in the south of the country.
An Evergreen AW139 flies over appropriately picturesque piney woods on an evaluation flight, is featured on the front cover of the issue dated May 15, 2006.
Boeing has delivered almost 540 aircraft by the end of November; there is still an outside possibility it can hit almost 650 deliveries by the end of the year.
As of the end of November, Airbus had delivered nearly 660 aircraft; to get to its new target, the European airframer needs to deliver around 130 aircraft.
This eight-page feature of images, including double-page spreads of the Apollo 15 lunar mission, was part of the Special Report: Communications Satellites feature package in the issue dated August 23, 1971, on page 53.
Thirty years ago, in Aviation Week, the cover featured the U.S. Air Force’s venerable B-52 bomber, accompanying a cover story by Bill Scott on the upgrades that would ensure it would remain an effective dual-role, long-range bomber “for another decade or more.”
Hear from industry leaders using AI now at their companies, as well as a top management adviser and Aviation Week's own technology guru about the real role AI is playing in aerospace engineering.
Flight Friday looks at how flights (cycles) for widebodies still in production, Airbus A330/A350 and Boeing’s 777/787, stack up over the last six years.
NASA's ATS-F communications satellite, scheduled for launch in 1973, was shown in full-scale model, built by ATS-F prime contractor Fairchild Industries, on the cover of the Aug. 23, 1971, issue.
From the Archives, 55 years ago in Aviation Week, we featured on the cover, a Lockheed Poseidon fleet ballistic missile rising from the Atlantic Ocean.
On the cover of the Sept. 28, 1981, issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology was a first-production Gulfstream American Commander 1000 flying over western Oklahoma during a photography mission from Gulfstream's Bethany, Oklahoma, facility.
On the 40th anniversary of the first ATR 42 delivery, Flight Friday looks at how the ATR 42 and the larger ATR 72 have been utilized over the last six years.
