FEBRUARY/MARCH 1999
- FEATURES:
- Old Hog, New Tricks
- by William L. Smallwood
The A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" may be ugly, but with snazzy electronics upgrades, it sure can cook.
- High Society
- by John Fleischman
In a world about to be be swept away by the trauma of World War II, aviation's blue bloods clung to wealth and privilege at the Long Island Aviation Country Club.
- Talk Radio
- by Greg Freiherr
Any ham radio head will tell you: NASA's mission controllers aren't the only ones who chat up orbiting astronauts.
- On Your Mark, Get Set, BLOW!
- by Joseph Bourque
Pull up a ringside seat for a championship race of the latest in aerial giants: the thermal airships.
- Bring Me the Tail of Wild-2
- by Michael Milstein
A new class of spacecraft is going souvenir hunting through the solar system.
- Commentary:
Lost at Sea
- by Norman Polmar
The U.S. Navy fumbled the future by not fighting for an advanced aircraft carrier.
- The Oxcart Cometh
- by William E. Burrows
A-11, A-12, SR-71--By any name or number, the inventive technology of Lockheed's Skunk Works revolutionized the reconnaissance aircraft.
- How's the Weather Up There?
- by Phil Scott
A highly important question best answered by the lowly weather balloon.
- DEPARTMENTS:
- Flights & Fancy:
- The LaGuardia Letter
- From the Field:
- Signatures from Earth (Cassini)
- In the Museum:
- Garber's Metal Man, GPS planetarium show, NASM trophy to Mars Pathfinder team
- Sightings:
- Over Mt. Everest
- Collections:
- Agplane Museum
- Soundings:
- Bird briefings, Beal's Uber-Rocket, Restaurant Connie replacement, SST Revival, Apollo 8 whodunit, airbases = launcher landing sites, Chopper 4 makes the news, NRO aids in civil disasters, Pan Am Flight 103 commemoration
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