Oldies and Oddities: Son of Rocket Belt
Don’t wear this at home
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Above & Beyond: No Way Out
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In the Museum: A French Treasure
In the Museum: A French Treasure
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How they put the “A” in the AC-47.
It may be Oklahoma, but this amateur-built observatory is all Texas.
It took 28 seconds for USAir Flight 427 to plummet from the sky. It took the National Transportation Safety Board five years to figure out why.
How Things Work: Ejection Seats
How Things Work: Ejection Seats
Aerospace celebrities talk about the flights that changed their lives.
Seeing off the astronauts is one of NASA’s most prestigious jobs, and one of the most demanding.
For three small airports, there’s no way back to life as it was before September 11.
An accident blamed on the catch-all “pilot error” could have a single preventable cause.
Richard Whitcomb changed the shape of wings to come.
Moments and Milestones: The Greatest Great Circle
Moments and Milestones: The Greatest Great Circle
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Can the author of “Rocket Boys” send a Barbie into space?
Above & Beyond: Mission X
In the Museum: Buck Rogers in the 21st Century
The reality of spaceflight is tangible; a spacecraft or flight spare enables us to preserve the technology involved in a Mars landing so that future generations can understand how it was done. But how do you preserve a “sensation” so that future generations will appreciate its impact on society?
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How Things Work: Flying Upside Down
The tricks that keep the engine from knowing it’s not right side up
Why airshows have so many Russians on their rosters.
The Boeing B-29
On your next flight, the passenger in the seat beside you could be a federal air marshal.
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