Air & Space Magazine: November 2006
Articles
Weight Watchers
How a team of engineers and a crash diet saved the Joint Strike Fighter.
By Joe Pappalardo
The X-35 on Display
The fighter of the future comes to the Hazy Center.
By airspacemag.com
Stormbird
By Douglas Gantenbein
Landing in Baghdad
At the world's most dangerous airport, it's best to get down quickly.
By Allan T. Duffin
The Ground
Astronauts get the glory, but flight directors run the show.
By Michael Behar
How Things Work: Aircraft Identiļ¬cation
A digital communications system could put the control tower in the cockpit.
By Lester A. Reingold
The Great Warplanes
Portraits of military aviation's first fleet.
By airspacemag.com
Cecil Lewis' War
One writer's view of flying in WWI.
By airspacemag.com
Space Trippers
Did the first paying guests aboard the international space station get their $20 million worth?
By Craig Mellow
The Next Little Thing
Why 2006 is the year of the very light jet.
By Mark Huber
The Not-So-Big Dig
With the equivalent power of an electric can opener, engineers try to do more than scratch the Martian surface.
By Tom Harpole
In the Museum
The Spirit of Santos-Dumont
By Bettina H. Chavanne
Above & Beyond: A Bougainville Mystery
By Paul A. Roales
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