CURRENT ISSUE

March 2008

Features

In this corner, the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire; across the ring, the Hawker Hurricane. Which is the more valuable restoration?

John Fleischman

One tough job for the U.S. Civil Air Patrol.

Michael Behar

Gerry Merrill says he can build you one for $150,000

David Noland

Space tourists, dressed to thrill.

Bettina H. Chavanne

The seaplane Glenn Curtiss designed in 1914 may have had trouble on the ocean, but its reproduction is delighting a whole town on a lake.

James Wynbrandt

Space-faring nations: Clean up low Earth orbit or you're grounded.

The man behind, beside, and all over, the Planes of Fame Air Museum.

Marshall Lumsden

The secret aircraft that helped the CIA tap phones in North Vietnam

Viewport

J. R. Dailey

In the Museum

Above & Beyond

Larry Lowe

Flights & Fancy

R.R. "Boom" Powell

Then & Now

Roger A. Mola

Moments and Milestones