Air & Space Magazine: January 2007

Articles

The Physics of Winning

What Reno air race winners know that losers don't.
By George C. Larson

Lake Murray's Mitchell

For a B-25, it was a short flight and a 62-year layover.
By Kay Gordon

Mystery on Guadalcanal

In the wreckage of a Wildcat lay clues to what happened in a famous World War II dogfight.
By Ralph Wetterhahn

How Things Work: Electromagnetic Catapults

From zero to 150 in less than a second.
By Tim Wright

Build This Airplane for 10 Grand

How to get from the dollar store to the runway.
By Bettina H. Chavanne

475,000 Takeoffs and Landings a Year

The intricate choreography required to keep Heathrow running smoothly.
By Michael Milstein

Extreme Airshow

A fellow performer remembers the act that pushed too far.
By Debbie Gary

Moonbound

Who isn't planning a lunar mission these days?
By Tony Reichhardt

The Thin Aluminum Line

Supersonic airplanes and a screen of radar stood ready during the cold war to avert the end of the world.
By Carl Posey

Then & Now

No More New Orleans Cover-up
By Vincent P. Caire

My Favorite Artifact: The Apollo Landing Sites

This space historian's ideal exhibit is one that's not quite ready to open.
By Diane Tedeschi

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