Air & Space Magazine: May 2005
Features
The People and Planes of Anoka County
Denizens of a small Minnesota airport: bombers, ones-of-a-kind, T-6s, Cubs, a 1938 Stinson SR10 once owned by the governor of Pennsylvania, and a veritable hive of homebuilders.
By Carl Posey
The Space Shuttle Returns
How NASA recovered from the Columbia tragedy and tackled the job of getting the shuttle flying again.
By Linda Shiner
Despots Aloft
To the three most infamous dictators of the 20th century, the airplane was much more than a way to get from Stalag A to Gulag B.
By Von Hardesty
Comet Cracker
If you want to see what's inside a comet, you've got to break some spacecraft.
By Tony Reichhardt
Red Bull's Rodeo
Take two parts aerobatic skill, add daring, throw in obstacles and speed: Air racing's got a brand-new bag.
By Larry Lowe
Red Bull's Rodeo
Take two parts aerobatic skill, add daring, throw in obstacles and speed: Air racing's got a brand-new bag.
By Larry Lowe
So You Want to Be an Airshow Pilot
First, get a high-paying day job.
By Phil Scott
A Little Lift
Gliders so responsive they can stay up on a breath of fresh air.
By Paul Ciotti
The Meatball
Pilots who make it safely to the deck of an aircraft carrier have seen the light.
By Sam Goldberg
