Air & Space Magazine

A Lockheed XC-35 Electra.

How Things Work: Cabin Pressure

Why you remain conscious at 30,000 feet

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Science Floats

What a satellite can do, balloons can do cheaper.

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Restoration: The Bat

ASM-N-2 Guided Missle

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The Front Office

Every pilot needs a place to work.

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The Rocket Ships

Tracking launches from Cape Canaveral required old boats and iron guts.

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Air Combat U

At the USAF Fighter Weapons School in 1957, the instructors were mean, but the aircraft were meaner.

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In the Museum: Centuries of Upward Gazes

In the Museum: Centuries of Upward Gazes

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Above & Beyond: Pushback: Newark Airport, 8:45 a.m.

What 9/11 looked like from one airliner’s cockpit

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Flights & Fancy: When Pigs Fly

An ingenious new use for an old Cessna

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Moments and Milestones: Finding the Wright Spot

Moments and Milestones: Finding the Wright Spot

The Aichi M6A1 Seiran (Clear Sky Storm) (shown here on a beaching dolly) was designed to operate from a submarine.

All and Nothing

After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese planned to strike the United States with aircraft borne by giant submarines.

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Aichi M6A1 Seiran

Japan's secret foldable-flier weapon.

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How Things Work: Celestial Navigation

Knowing where you are going in space.

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The Mirror Makers

The fight is on for the chance to build the world's most advanced space telescope.

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Restoration: Unearthing a Diamond

The Diamond is the only one of its kind ever built.

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The Avengers

They torpedoed enemy ships during World War II. Now they fight fire.

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Unbreakable

World War II aircraft that were shot to hell—and came back.

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In the Museum: Smokers Welcome

In the Museum: Smokers Welcome

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Above & Beyond: Relief Flight

Above & Beyond: Relief Flight

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Oldies and Oddities: Closer to Mars

Oldies and Oddities: Closer to Mars

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