Air & Space Magazine

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Pony Power

What do you call a Temco TT-1 Pinto trainer with a new engine? A rare breed with a lot of giddyup-and-go.

Even the wing tips and the midwing "super pods," which look like fuel tanks, are crammed with sensors and electronics. Its paint scheme makes it look stealthy, but a U-2 is detectable by radar.

The U-Deuce

The secret to a spyplane's eternal youth is a new set of gadgets installed on a classic chassis.

The Bv 138 attacked convoys, resupplied U-boats, and swept for mines mostly in Scandinavian waters.

Fork-tailed Devils and Flying Shoes

What does the Northrop P-61 have in common with Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne?

In 2001, a titanium motor casing from a Delta II ended up in Saudi Arabia.

The Things That Fell to Earth

How NASA can predict when space junk will fall in your back yard.

Hush Kits

Engineer to airplane: Stifle

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Uncommon Force

All the action of Red Flag air combat exercises comes to movie screens through the magic of IMAX(r)

Voskhod 2 was Leonov's first spaceflight. Before becoming a cosmonaut, he flew MiGs.

The Nightmare of Voskhod 2

A cosmonaut remembers the exhilaration -- and terror -- of his first space mission.

The RQ-5 Hunter filled the services' UAV role in the '90s and since March 2003 has supported coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Send in the Global Hawk

In combat trials, the RQ-4A unmanned reconnaissance aircraft showed intelligence analysts what it means to have eyes like a Hawk.

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Save the Mentor!

T-34 owners are the latest to prove the value of good old-fashioned American ingenuity.

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Crown Jewels

What gives the restored warbirds of the Flying Heritage Collection their sparkle?

Sterling’s Breguet came with conventional landing gear; he later replaced it with pontoons. “We were somewhat anxious about the results,” he recounted.

Contact

Tales from the era when the Air Age met the Stone Age.

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Explorers Wanted

Hey, kids! The NASA Administrator says you're going to Mars! (Do your homework.)

One of the most beautiful restorations hangared at Flabob is a 1928 Stearman C3B owned by Ron Alexander.

The People and Planes of Flabob

This California airport is hallowed ground for homebuilders and Hollywood stunt pilots alike.

Pointers and illuminators that project infrared light, invisible to the human eye, enable ground commanders and combat controllers in Iraq and Afghanistan to identify targets and designate them for pilots with NVGs.

Dancing in the Dark

Night vision goggles can save a pilot's life or, if he hasn't had adequate training, take it.

Hughes’ first record-setter was a Boeing 100A, a civilian version of the Army’s P-12B pursuit aircraft. In January 1934 Hughes won the Sportsman Pilot Free-For-All at the Miami, Florida All- American Air Meet, averaging 185.7 mph over a 20-mile course.

Howard Hughes' Top Ten

Wealthy beyond measure and weird beyond belief, Howard Hughes was an aerospace leviathan.

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Prop Art

Why posters made of paper can be worth more than gold.

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The WoW Factor

The place to go for the world's best warbird-watching? Warbirds over Wanaka, New Zealand.

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Lockheed Electra 10A

The New England Air Museum discovers the power of Lockheed's 10.

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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Iridium

Iridium's constellation of 66 comsats was a technological triumph but a business disaster-until an executive and a computer geek found salvation in the Pentagon.

The truth is that portable electronic devices can emit powerful electromagnetic radiation that can muck up an aircraft’s navigation and communication systems and actually endanger a flight.

Turn Off That Phone!

For those who use portable electronic devices aboard airliners: Here's why they're dangerous.

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