Air & Space Magazine: January 2005

Articles

Fork-tailed Devils and Flying Shoes

What does the Northrop P-61 have in common with Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne?

Send in the Global Hawk

In combat trials, the RQ-4A unmanned reconnaissance aircraft showed intelligence analysts what it means to have eyes like a Hawk.

The Nightmare of Voskhod 2

A cosmonaut remembers the exhilaration-and terror-of his first space mission.

Uncommon Force

All the action of Red Flag air combat exercises comes to movie screens through the magic of IMAX(r)

Hush Kits

Engineer to airplane: Stifle

The Things That Fell to Earth

How NASA can predict when space junk will fall in your back yard.

Save the Mentor!

T-34 owners are the latest to prove the value of good old-fashioned American ingenuity.

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Reader Scrapbook

Need to Know

What does it take to become an "ace"?

And has anyone ever been stripped of their status?