Air & Space Magazine: May 2012
Features
Orbiter Autopsies
What NASA will learn from dissecting Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour
By Greg Freiherr
Diary of a Spy
Events that made the U-2 the world's most famous player in the game of espionage.
By Paul Hoversten
Wingman in a Pontiac
It takes two to land the dragon lady.
By Preston Lerner
Lin Xu’s Obsession
It started with a search for images of his hometown in China. Hundreds of miles of film later, he can't stop looking.
By Rebecca Maksel
Killer at 70,000 Feet
The occupational hazards of flying the U-2.
By Mark Betancourt
I Was There: Bring Down the Spyplane
MIG-17 vs. Lockheed U-2.
By Bob Bergin
Air Rangers
The wild flights of Park Service pilots.
By Allen Abel
Cancelled: Design by Committee
The Bristol Brabazon was big and it flew. Much more can’t be said.
By Stephan Wilkinson
The Women’s RAF
In World War II Britain, a new group of pilots answered the call to serve.
By Yona Zeldis McDonough
Viewport: Cold War and Conversation
By J.R. Dailey
The Katzenjammer Kids Take to the Air
It took a cartoonist to paint the first serious depiction of aircraft flight.
By Tom Crouch, Senior Curator, Aeronautics division
Radar Love
Before instrument landing systems, military pilots relied on controllers to steer them right to the runway.
By Robert P. Mark
Lindbergh Ate Here
The young airmail pilot logged plenty of time at the local diner.
By Greg Bailey
The Pressure’s On
The ingenious—and goofy—modifications of endurance flights.
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
