The September 2010 Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine has been posted on the Smithsonian website and is available to read online here.
if you’re not familiar with this magazine it is a high-quality publication, really one of the best aviation related magazines in print today. The articles are entertaining, informative and accurate.
Articles this month include a veteran reporter describing his search for the aircraft of area 51/Groom Lake. Undergoing a major expansion since 2005, Groom Lakes uncompromising secrecy can breed abuses of power. Even in the early 1990s it was estimated that the cost for Groom Lake was almost $100 million a day.
Employees of the base are prohibited from discussing any details concerning their work however some have offered glimpses of what it is like to work at the base to the veteran reporter. Most of the workers live in the Las Vegas area and fly to Groom Lake on Boeing 737s painted white with the nose to tail red stripe. Typically many of the workers fly to the base on a Monday and back to Las Vegas and home on a Thursday or Friday although daily round trips are common.
In space exploration the article lost in space details microgravity’s mysterious side effects and things disappearing.
In how things work a team setting out to solve old disappearances an article titled cold case looks for long-lost aircraft.
In military aviation the Douglas C-133 had a bad habit, it it kept crashing. Originally designed to transport the first US ICBMs the aircraft is discussed in an article is titled “the curse of the cargo master”.
In the article the force is with them, the science of what changes the speed of the spacecraft find Earth is discussed.
Additional articles include:
What Made Yuri Fall?
Igor Kuznetsov reopened the Gagarin inquest to find out.
By Andrew Osborn
The Boeing 727 that Vanished
A case pursued by the FBI, the CIA, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security, CENTCOM, and the sister of Ben Padilla.
By Tim Wright
The Curious Case of Edgar Mix
The celebrated aeronaut found Earth-bound life difficult to navigate.
By Rebecca Maksel
Cause Unknown
What brought down these five airplanes?
By Lester A. Reingold
One More For The Checklist
For some pilots, a good-luck charm is standard equipment.
By Michael Klesius
Case Closed
Mysteries solved, secrets revealed, and questions finally answered.
By The Editors
Viewport: Conquering the Unknown
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: The Mysterious Second Seat
By Rebecca Maksel
Above and Beyond: The Oldest Powered Flying Machine?
By Tom D. Crouch
Then and Now: Mercury Unmasked
By Paul Hoversten
Moments and Milestones: Travel Air’s Mystery Ship
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
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