Air & Space Magazine: July 2005

Articles

The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust

Ronald Reagan was president, there was still a Soviet Union, and a 19-year-old pilot set out to change the world.

Confessions of a Spaceship Pilot

If you fall off your horse...

Leroy's Launch

To watch a friend begin his expedition to the International Space Station, our correspondent travels to emptiest Kazakhstan.

People and Planes of Creve Coeur

In the department of flood recovery, Noah and his ark got nuthin' on the folks at this little airport-except that many of the aircraft they saved are ones, not twos, of a kind.

Debrief: Hyper-X

Scramjet power? Simple: Keep a match lit in a 7,000-mph wind.

Robo Repairmen

It's getting harder to find good help these days. So these space engineers built their own

Cold Front

Meet the men who kept the Thunderbolts flying.

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Need to Know

What does it take to become an "ace"?

And has anyone ever been stripped of their status?