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January 2007
Features
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The Physics of Winning
What Reno air race winners know that losers don't.
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Lake Murray's Mitchell
For a B-25, it was a short flight and a 62-year layover.
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Mystery on Guadalcanal
In the wreckage of a Wildcat lay clues to what happened in a famous World War II dogfight.
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How Things Work: Electromagnetic Catapults
From zero to 150 in less than a second.
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Build This Airplane for 10 Grand
How to get from the dollar store to the runway
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475,000 Takeoffs and Landings a Year
The Summer Games will bring 4,000 additional aircraft to London's airports. Find out what it takes to keep Heathrow running smoothly on a normal day.
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Extreme Airshow
A fellow performer remembers the act that pushed too far.
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Moonbound
Who isn't planning a lunar mission these days?
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The Thin Aluminum Line
Supersonic airplanes and a screen of radar stood ready during the cold war to avert the end of the world.
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Then & Now
No more New Orleans cover-up
Departments
My Favorite Artifact: The Apollo Landing Sites
This space historian's ideal exhibit is one that's not quite ready to open.