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May 2001
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Features
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The Fastest Show on Earth
How two Lockheed F-104 Starfighters became airshow stars.
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Hill Climb
Why General Electric put an airplane engine on a truck and drove it to the top of Pikes Peak.
High Honor
The origins of the missing man formation.
Restoration: Grande Dame
The Lockheed L-1649A Starliner gets a makeover.
Q
When the job demands ingenuity, NASA engineers whip gadgets worthy of James Bond.
Predator: First Watch
Lesson learned: never send a man to do a machine's job.
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Fishing for Saint-Ex
There’s something down there. And it may be Antoine De Saint-Exupéry’s P-38.
Particle Man
Sam Ting is on a mission: find the other half of the universe.
One Balloon Bomber (Slightly Used)
First it carried a Japanese bomb 5,000 miles across the Pacific. Then it carried Don Piccard across Minneapolis.
Departments
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Drones
What could go wrong with an F6F drone? You had to ask.
Moments and Milestones
Moments and Milestones: Proteus Maximus
Moments and Milestones: Proteus Maximus