Aviation and aerospace advanced rapidly in the first decades after the Wright brothers’ 1903 flight. Wind tunnels brought understanding of lift and drag, wood-and-wire biplanes gave way to the stressed-skin monoplanes, wing warping to hydraulic-boosted flight controls

Two technology thrusts that continue to reshape aerospace, materials and computers, began to have a major impact in the 1950s and 60s. Computer-aided design became crucial as airframes moved from bonded-metal structures to carbon-fiber composites. Computational fluid dynamics became the key to advances in aerodynamics.

From its unveiling of the B-52 bomber and Boeing 707 jet to the classified RQ-180 unmanned aircraft and China’s anti-satellite weapon, Aviation Week has produced some legendary scoops over the past 100 years. Here are some of our favorites.

A guide to the aircraft and spacecraft featured on the cover of our 100th anniversary issue and a look at the artist, Ted Williams.

Our pilots documented the evolution of the jet age from early Boeing and Airbus transports to the latest fly-by-wire aircraft.

First-hand observations on spaceflight, simulator missions and space suit tryouts mark Aviation Week coverage

Reports tell how new night-fighting and terrain-avoidance systems operate.

Leadership and financing setback lead XTI Aircraft to plan a less-costly subscale prototype for its ducted-fan VTOL business aircraft.