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SPECIAL REPORT

Aviation's ugly duckling starts odyssey
British pilot begins globe-girdling trip in autogyro

'Experimental' aircraft push the envelope
More pilots are building their own planes

Airlines' flighty finances
After 100 years, it's no easier to get rich

Secondhand fleet soars
Old planes continue to fly routes less traveled

A DC-3 flies the northern skies
Every day, 60-year-old planes are in the air

An airplane hall of fame
With the help of readers, we’ve selected 10 planes that shaped modern aviation.

Just 10 planes? But what about ...
Readers weigh in on our Hall of Fame picks

Seven flights of fancy that fizzled
Why flying cars, jetpacks haven’t taken hold

Aviation’s past sets future path
The ‘Wright stuff,’ then and now

INTERACTIVE

A century of flight
Learn how the Wright brothers’ first flight set the stage for the ever-higher flights that followed

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS

Thousands gather to mark anniversary

Re-enactment has Wright stuff, wrong weather

INTERACTIVE

A look at the 1903 Wright Flyer
Dissect the aircraft that holds the highest place of honor in the history of aviation

QUIZZES

Test your aviation IQ:

10 famous firsts
Orville or Wilbur?

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