And so begins the first powered flight of the experimental plane designed to take man to the edge of space.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

"The plane is still very high and it's quite clear that he's not coming in for his bombing run.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Post and the famous American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post's plane crashed on takeoff near Point Barrow.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Today,Frank Oliver and Doug Johnson tell about a special plane called Voyager and the effort to set a difficult world record.

VOA: special.2010.10.06

It began in April of nineteen ninety-four after a plane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, both Hutus,was shot down.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

United States government agencies and America's airplane industry realized then that it was possible to build an even faster plane.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

Post would fly the plane. On June twenty-third,nineteen thirty-one, Post and Gatty took off from Roosevelt Field in New York.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

The passengers and crew got onto the wings as water entered the plane and the aircraft floated downriver.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

The pilot gets on his radio and calls "mayday,mayday,mayday" to tell that his plane is in danger of crashing to the ground.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

On Friday, at an airport in Vienna,Austria, an American plane and a Russian plane landed, parked side by side and exchanged occupants.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

A memorial sign where his plane crashed contains lines from his song "Windsong": "So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

She learned to plan an airplane flight as a navigator, operate a radio and fly a plane.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

Once the flight landed in New York he deployed the emergency slide and left the plane.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

The storms have been known to carry homes, cars and trees from one plane to another.

VOA: special.2009.06.09