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November 2007

Features

Life came at you fast when you flew the X-15.

Peter Garrison

A short guide to the fastest airplane ever.

From Al Asad Air Base, portraits of U.S. aircraft and crews in the fourth year of fighting.

Of the 20 stray aircraft his father rescued, the author remembers that first bomber best

Wally Soplata

Will Rocketplane launch spacecraft from Oklahoma?

Michael Belfiore

From the collections of Air & Space readers, personal moments in the history of flight.

airspacemag.com

How six X-planes took aviation to 7,000 mph.

Patricia Trenner

Space czar Sergei Korolev won fame for the launch of Sputnik, but a more modest genius deserves the credit.

De-plane in the fast lane

Mark Huber