Aerospace References
Books and films about air and space
How much is my Lindbergh photo worth?
Some Lindys are luckier than others.
November 01, 2006 |
By Joe Pappalardo
Star Quality
How did we love the Tomcat? On the 20th anniversary of Top Gun, we count the ways.
September 2006 |
By The Editors
Drama in the Cockpit
The last words of doomed airline crews make for riveting theater.
September 2006 |
By Patricia Trenner
At the Movies: Take Two
World War I airplanes star in a feature film about the Lafayette Escadrille.
July 2006 |
By Tom LeCompte
Shuttle Stop
The tensest moment in spaceflight: Docking with a 100-ton space station while orbiting Earth at five miles per second.
May 2006 |
By Thomas D. Jones
Steichen's Navy
With museum-quality photographs, Edward Steichen showed the world what it was like to be a sailor at war.
March 2006 |
By T.A. Heppenheimer
Uncommon Force
All the action of Red Flag air combat exercises comes to movie screens through the magic of IMAX(r)
January 2005 |
By the Editors
Reflecting the Glow of Flight's Golden Age
Page through these vintage magazine covers and return to a time when the world was vast and air travel was grand.
March 2004 |
By Diane Tedeschi
The Dept. of Etc.
Small artifacts that are the garnish of most museum exhibits make a satisfying main course in a new National Air and Space Museum book.
November 2003 |
By airspacemag.com
Seafarers
Bathing beauties from the time when aircraft first crossed oceans.
January 2003 |
By Illustrations by Ian Marshall
Above & Beyond: Nights Over North Vietnam
A former South Vietnamese Air Force commander shares his military experiences in a new book.
September 2002 |
By Nguyen Cao Ky
In the Museum: Buck Rogers in the 21st Century
The reality of spaceflight is tangible; a spacecraft or flight spare enables us to preserve the technology involved in a Mars landing so that future generations can understand how it was done. But how do you preserve a "sensation" so that future generations will appreciate its impact on society?
May 2002 |
By Bob Craddock
Building a Great Air and Space Library
To find the very best books about the world of aviation and spaceflight, we asked for recommendations.
March 2002 |
By Our Panel Of Experts
What Were They Thinking?
The wonderful, unworkable world of airplane design in the years before the Wright brothers.
March 2001 |
By Phil Scott
The Making of Air Force One
Of course you realize nothing like this could ever happen.
August 1997 |
By George C. Larson
The Big Creek Missile Agency
The short story that became the movie October Sky.
March 1995 |
By Homer H. Hickam Jr.
