Air & Space Magazine: July 2006
Articles
Cessna's Golden Oldie
What flies into your mind when you hear the words "light aircraft"? We bet it's the 172.
The Beaver and the Swans
How de Havilland's famous bushplane has helped protect a species.
At the Movies: Take Two
World War I airplanes star in a feature film about the Lafayette Escadrille.
Commentary: Thank You For Not Flying
Helicopter ambulances could be hazardous to your health.
Glenn Curtiss Slept Here
Has Hammondsport, New York, done right by its most famous citizen?
Floaters
Mars, Venus, Titan - wherever there's air, we can explore by balloon.
Beautiful Climber
In the summer of '58, nothing was faster to 50,000 feet.
Superduperjumbo
Double the size of an Airbus A380? No problem, aerodynamicists say.
We Haul It All
For armored vehicles, fossilized pachyderms, and other oversize loads, your best bet is the Russian Mi-26 helicopter.
How Things Work: Phased-Array Radar
It takes a big eye to see a missile coming.
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Need to Know
What does it take to become an "ace"?
And has anyone ever been stripped of their status?
