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March 2010

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Features

Driver Scott Maxwell uses 3-D goggles

Our Favorite Martians

For the scientists and engineers who drive the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, Mars exploration is personal.

F/A-18D Hornets and Russian-built MiG-29s

Hornet v. MiG

U.S. Marine aviators to Malaysian MiG pilots: Show us what you got.

Space Shuttle Enterprise Arival at UHC

Shuttles For Sale

Three orbiters in search of good homes. Not cheap.

Kelly Johnson in his 20s

Head Skunk

Kelly Johnson was a giant in aircraft design. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, we find out how his legend grew

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Don't Cross That Line

Would a fighter pilot shoot down a private airplane?

Everything in the hangar is on wheels

Restoration: Connecticut's State Warbird

What World War II fighter was a product of the Nutmeg State?

Students learned on a WACO UPF-7 trainer

The Other Harlem

In 1930s Chicago, at the corner of 87th Street and Harlem Avenue, Cornelius Coffey made aviation history.

A Bronco returns to Udorn Air Base Thailand.

Legends of Vietnam: Bronco's Tale

One of the most versatile aircraft of the Vietnam War appears on the verge of a comeback

Bombardier Challenger 850 executive jet

The Gold-Plated Cabin

There aren’t many companies that can make an airliner fit for a king.

Departments

Viewport

Viewport: Leave the World Behind

Viewport: Leave the World Behind

Uncategorized

In the Museum: A Wright Relic Surfaces

In the Museum: A Wright Relic Surfaces

Above & Beyond

Above & Beyond: The Unhappy Bottom Riding Club

Above & Beyond: The Unhappy Bottom Riding Club

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Oldies and Oddities: Tinseltown’s Training Base

Oldies and Oddities: Tinseltown’s Training Base

Moments and Milestones

Moments and Milestones: A Day at the Races

Moments and Milestones: A Day at the Races