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July 2003

Features

"Uh oh. Why is this piston rod left over?" Meet the pilots who are gutsy enough to fly freshly restored airplanes

Mark Huber

Nine guys who have raised puttering in the garage to an art form.

Matthew Stibbe

The systems that cool the threat from heat-seeking missiles

Sam Goldberg

Fifty years ago, North Korea's secret allies plotted to heist from the United States a North American F-86.

Ralph Wetterhahn

When your batteries are dead and solar power is only a distant memory, you're going to need something else in your power pack.

Ben Iannotta

From the decks of World War II aircraft carriers to today's airshow circuit-the journey of a Royal Australian Navy Fairey Firefly.

That's the sound of the prop-driven XF-84H, and it brought grown men to their knees. It didn't fly all that great either

Stephan Wilkinson

The astronaut who commanded the first shuttle flight after Challenger explains his decision.

Frederick H. “Rick” Hauck

Wooden propellers are like Louisville Sluggers: The distance

Tom Harpole