Air & Space Magazine: January 2011
Features
The Other Gulf War
After the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 200 aircraft took up the fight to save the coast.
By Mark Huber
A 747 for Star-gazing
How engineers altered a jumbo jet to carry the world's biggest airborne telescope.
By Trudy E. Bell
The New Afghanistan Air Force
How the U.S. military is training Afghans to fly.
By Stewart Nusbaumer
Shuttlenauts
The faces of the Space Shuttle Era.
By Tony Reichhardt
Too Hot to Handle: McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat
Man cannot zoom by blended wing alone; he must have an engine that, well, works.
By Stephan Wilkinson
The Great Escape
For U.S. airmen trapped in Yugoslavia during World War II, building a secret airstrip was their only way out.
By Phil Scott
How Things Work: Whole-Airplane Parachute
When everything else fails, or fails all at once, pull the parachute that saves the whole airplane.
By Michael Klesius
From Kites to the Space Shuttle
A new photo-filled book is a diary of life at the National Air and Space Museum.
By The Editors
Viewport: Our Family Albums
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: Flying Outside the Boundaries
By Mary McKillop
Above and Beyond: The Iditarod Air Force
Not all the action in dogsled racing is on the ground.
By John Phillips
Flight and Fancy: How I Failed “Purdue’s Got Talent”
By Jeremy Davis
Then and Now: From Airships to Waterslides
The world's largest free-standing building gets a second lease on life.
By Roger A. Mola
Moments and Milestones: Max Takeoff
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
