Air & Space Magazine: March 2008
Features
Best of the Battle of Britain
In this corner, the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire; across the ring, the Hawker Hurricane. Which is the more valuable restoration?
By John Fleischman
The Search for Steve Fossett
One tough job for the U.S. Civil Air Patrol.
By Michael Behar
Who Says a Jet Can't Be Cheap?
Gerry Merrill says he can build you one for $150,000.
By David Noland
High Fashion
Space tourists, dressed to thrill.
By Bettina H. Chavanne
America the Cruisable
The seaplane Glenn Curtiss designed in 1914 may have had trouble on the ocean, but its reproduction is delighting a whole town on a lake.
By James Wynbrandt
Satellite Smashers
Space-faring nations: Clean up low Earth orbit or you're grounded.
By Tony Reichhardt
Ed Maloney's Mission
The man behind, beside, and all over, the Planes of Fame Air Museum.
By Marshall Lumsden
Air America's Black Helicopter
The secret aircraft that helped the CIA tap phones in North Vietnam.
By James R. Chiles
Viewport: Ask the Archivists
By J. R. Dailey
In The Museum: Connie's Comeback
By Rebecca Maksel
Above & Beyond: Wings? Frail. Engine? Weak. Fly? Let's.
By Larry Lowe
Flights & Fancy: Thai Boom
By R.R. "Boom" Powell
Then & Now: Pass the Popcorn
By Roger A. Mola
Moments & Milestones: The Unknown Aeronaut
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
