January 2007
Smithsonian magazine delivers trusted and incisive reporting on history, science, nature, culture and travel.
Features
The Physics of Winning
What Reno air race winners know that losers don't.
Lake Murray's Mitchell
For a B-25, it was a short flight and a 62-year layover.
Mystery on Guadalcanal
In the wreckage of a Wildcat lay clues to what happened in a famous World War II dogfight.
How Things Work: Electromagnetic Catapults
From zero to 150 in less than a second.
Build This Airplane for 10 Grand
How to get from the dollar store to the runway
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.
Extreme Airshow
A fellow performer remembers the act that pushed too far.
Moonbound
Who isn't planning a lunar mission these days?
The Thin Aluminum Line
Supersonic airplanes and a screen of radar stood ready during the cold war to avert the end of the world.
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.