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November 2002

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Features

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Shoot 'Em Up

Sometimes you have to destroy the aircraft in order to save it.

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Restoration: Mach 2 Heavyweight Champion

The North American RA-5C Vigilante.

Project 921

Russia and the United States have held the inside tracks in the space race. In the stretch, here comes China.

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How Things Work: Supersonic Inlets

How Things Work: Supersonic Inlets

São Paulo Traffic Report

It's rotor to rotor out there.

All That Remains

Old aircraft crash scenes are littered with story fragments.

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Sky High in a Starfighter

My climb to the top in the F-104.

Commentary: Emergency Exit

Give the U.S. space program a mission that means something: saving the species.

Outback Scramjet

A University of Queensland lab has supersonic success.

Departments

Viewport

Viewport: Build It and They Will Browse

Viewport: Build It and They Will Browse

In the Museum

In the Museum: Sailors' Delight

In the Museum: Sailors' Delight

Above & Beyond

Above & Beyond: Ration of Luck

Above & Beyond: Ration of Luck

Oldies and Oddities

Oldies and Oddities: Sikorsky's Piano Man

Oldies and Oddities: Sikorsky's Piano Man

Moments and Milestones

Moments and Milestones: Airfairs

Moments and Milestones: Airfairs