Air & Space Magazine: September 2010
Features
The Truth is Out There
A veteran reporter describes his search for the aircraft of Area 51.
By William B. Scott
Lost In Space
Microgravity's mysterious side effect: Stuff disappears
By Tom Jones
Department of Flying Saucers
Nick Pope, formerly with the UK's Ministry of Defence, warns that space aliens will be drawn to the Olympic's Closing Ceremonies. Read more about the UK's UFO program—which ran from 1959 to 2009—here.
By Craig Mellow
Checking In...
...on the Missing Persons File
By The Editors
The Curse of the Cargomaster
Readied to transport the first U.S. ICBMs, the Douglas C-133 had a peculiar habit. It kept crashing.
By John Sotham
The Force Is With Them
What changes the speed of spacecraft flying by Earth?
By Sam Kean
What Made Yuri Fall?
Igor Kuznetsov reopened the Gagarin inquest to find out.
By Andrew Osborn
The 727 that Vanished
A case pursued by the FBI, the CIA, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security, CENTCOM, and the sister of Ben Padilla.
By Tim Wright
The Curious Case of Edgar Mix
The celebrated aeronaut found Earth-bound life difficult to navigate.
By Rebecca Maksel
Cause Unknown
What brought down these five airplanes?
By Lester A. Reingold
One More For The Checklist
For some pilots, a good-luck charm is standard equipment.
By Michael Klesius
Case Closed
Mysteries solved, secrets revealed, and questions finally answered.
By The Editors
Viewport: Conquering the Unknown
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: The Mysterious Second Seat
By Rebecca Maksel
Above and Beyond: The Oldest Powered Flying Machine?
By Tom D. Crouch
Then and Now: Mercury Unmasked
By Paul Hoversten
Moments and Milestones: Travel Air’s Mystery Ship
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
