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March 2011

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Features

A ride costs $200 to $1,000, depending on duration.

Z2

The latest in sightseeing tours, brought to you by Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin.

During the war, Wendover Army Air Base was one of the country's most secretive locations.

How B-29 Crews Trained to Drop the Bomb

Wendover’s atomic secret

The Soyuz docking assembly's mating adapter is shown in space just feet away from the International Space Station.

How Things Work: Soyuz-Station Docking

In orbit, it’s all about connections.

No soft underbelly here: The EA-18G Growler hauls missiles, fuel tanks, and electronic warfare pods.

When Hornets Growl

The new, supersonic face of e-warfare

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100 Years of Naval Aviation

The Navy's first pilot and 10 more milestones.

Nesher's descendant, Arieh, wasn't built but morphed into what became a prototype, Lavi.

The Lion That Never Roared

CANCELLED: Israel's Arieh Fighter

Yuri Gagarin's image can be found all over Star City, even in the foyer of the town's planetarium, and he remains the iconic cosmonaut.

Star City at 50

Change comes to the place where spaceflight was born.

Departments

Viewport

Viewport: Naval Aviation’s 100th Birthday

Viewport: Naval Aviation’s 100th Birthday

J.R. Dailey
In the Museum

The Unrecognized First

Emory Malick, an early American pilot, wasn't known to historians until recently.

Above & Beyond

Above & Beyond: Aunt Mildred

A race across the Pacific

Richard A. Durose
Oldies and Oddities

Oldies and Oddities: Buying the Farmhouse

Adventures in Navy ballooning.

Captain Marion Eppes, U.S. Navy (ret.)
Moments and Milestones

Moments and Milestones: Can You Hear Me Now?

When radio communication took to the air.