Smithsonian AIR & SPACE May 2010

Smithsonian AIR & SPACE  May 2010

The Smithsonian AIR & SPACE  Magazine  May 2010 issue is available to read online here:

May’s articles include:

HISTORY OF FLIGHT

Grab the Airplane and Go

How to repossess an airliner without getting shot, or thrown in jail, or beat up, or slammed into a wall, or…

MILITARY AVIATION

How Things Work: Missile Killer

In this tables-turned scenario, the airplane shoots down the missile.

MILITARY AVIATION

Osprey at War

Can the MV-22 pass muster in Afghanistan?

MILITARY AVIATION

Photo Gallery: A Tiltrotor Squadron in Afghanistan

Scenes of a Marine unit flying the incredible, versatile Osprey.

SPACE EXPLORATION

Mr. Fix-It

Frank Cepollina takes repair calls to new heights.

FLIGHT TODAY

How Good Is Your Airline?

Two professors analyze the stats.

HISTORY OF FLIGHT

A Family Affair

Bernard Pietenpol’s happiest moments came when he was flying one of his homebuilt airplanes—with a child or two in tow.

HISTORY OF FLIGHT

Pack Man

Charles Broadwick invented a new way of falling.

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