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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