CURRENT ISSUE

May 2003

Features

Target: Soviet weapons plant. Mission: Low-altitude bombing. Payload: Nuclear. Problem: Getting back.

Marshall Michel

What to see, where to eat, who to talk to, and how to make the most of the great big airshow in the quiet little town.

Mark Huber

No airplane in the world could outshine Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer--until Jim Wright built a copy of it.

Preston Lerner

The Scud missiles causing so much anxiety in the world today are Soviet designs that originated in a weapon developed by the Nazis.

Bruce Berkowitz

Finding another Earth may be easier than the Kepler project's long quest for funding.

Andrew Lawler

In the evolution of the airplane, Darwinian principles have applied unevenly

Bill Sweetman

The weapon system that could have made the enemy die laughing

Graham Chandler