Air & Space Magazine: August 2011
Features
Patty Wagstaff’s Second Act
An airshow superstar adds firefighting to her repertoire.
By Debbie Gary
Ride-Sharing With the Rich
How fractional jet owners get out of flying coach.
By David Freed
Loser X-Planes
Every research aircraft poses a question. Sometimes the answer is "forget it."
By The Editors
Spaceport at the Top of the World
How an ore-mining town in Sweden sees a new identity over the horizon.
By Andrew Curry
How Things Work: Stopping the A380
Hint: Plan ahead.
By Mark Huber
Mr. Inside
George Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight than almost anyone in history, but few outside the field know his name.
By Michael Cassutt
I Was There: When the DC-8 Went Supersonic
The day a Douglas DC-8 busted Mach 1.
By Bill Wasserzieher
Genchi’s Obsession
A grad student in Italy salvages Germany's rarest World War I airplane engines.
By Andrew Lawler
The Perfect Wind Storm
In the 1950s, engineers at Cleveland's brand-new supersonic wind tunnel battled shock waves, unstarts, and the local power company.
By Jeremy Davis
Viewport: Power Hungry
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: My Vostok Is Bigger Than Your Mercury
Launching two very different capsules—and a space race.
By Rebecca Maksel
Above and Beyond: Mantz Versus the Volcano
Filming for Cinerama with a fearless flyer.
By James Morrison
Flights and Fancy: How I Bagged an F-4J
Who would think a kite could down a fighter?
By Michael Barton
Last One Out, Shut off the Helium
Fifty years ago, the Navy ended its lighter-than-air program.
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
