The stories behind the skill.

"33 hours"

"Test running log for Whittle W.1 engine"

"February 12, 2009"

"000 miles"

"Yeager trained her. Then she outran him."

"She brought 148 people down on one engine and a prayer."

"From the back seat of a T-38 to the left seat of Columbia."

"665 days. Ten spacewalks. And she was just getting started."

"230 souls. One spark in a fuel tank. A certification assumption that cost everything."

"Seven women, one 727, and a flight schedule written in lipstick and determination."

"The only place where a CFI will let you stall a 747 into downtown Chicago—twice."

"Before METARs, there were telegrams. Before DUATS, there was a Weather Bureau clerk with a map."

"Two sticks of gum and a rubber hose changed global reach forever."

"The Johnson Bar: proof that steam locomotives and retractable gear speak the same language."

"Built for Swedish highways, sold to the world."

"The wing-mount engine that defied every textbook."

"**THE FLIGHT** The air campaign began before the ground..."

"The MiG-21’s delta wing and thirsty Tumansky turbojet mad..."

"500 feet"

"Kelly Johnson promised the impossible in eight months. He delivered in nine."

"The only airliner where passengers could climb downstairs for a cocktail, then upstairs for a nap."

"One airframe, seven missions, forty years of relevance."

"120 feet"

"000 days"