Air & Space Smithsonian – September 2019
NOONELOVEDTHEAVIAS-199atfirstsight. Perchedonnarrow,splayed-outlandinggear,the Czech-builtfighterhada sinisterlookthatmade pilot ...
BATTLING FOR ISRAEL, VOLUNTEERS FOUGHT IN AN AIRCRAFT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GROUNDED. had propelled the Bf 109, was no longer av ...
friendly, not only imposing an embargo on arms to Israel but also supplying aircraft and training to the Arab air forces. Israel ...
American pilot Chalmers “Slick” Goodlin, who was the corporate test pilot for the Bell X-1, volunteered to fl y for Israel durin ...
Israel’sonly survivingAvia S-199is ondisplay attheIsraeliAir ForceMuseum, locatedatthe Hatzerimairbasein theNegevdesert. World W ...
nose. The controller in the makeshift tower radioed for Alon to check his temperatures. They were okay, Alon replied. It was his ...
Somewherebetween 300 and 800 milesabove sealevel,dependingonthetimeofday,a quietly bitterjokehasbeenorbitingEarthforalmost 50 ye ...
IT WAS BRITAIN’S ONE SHOT AT A NUCLEAR MISSILE. IT’S INSPIRING A NEW SHOT AT A FUTURE IN SPACE. ■ BY THOMAS CHIVERS September 20 ...
crashedintotheAustralianoutback, 150 miles or sofromitslaunchsiteattheWoomerarocket rangeinSouthAustralia.Andthereit layfornearl ...
TheBlackArrow designstemmed fromBritain’s effortstodevelopa nuclear-capable ballisticmissile, beginningwiththe BlueStreakrocket ...
(minus 297.3 degrees Fahrenheit). “If you want to build a rocket which would launch a megaton rocket to Moscow,” says Nicholas H ...
After its 10,000-mile journey from Australia, the R3 Black Arrow rocket enters a warehouse before going on display near Skyrora’ ...
Edinburgh Castle dominates the skyline outside Skyrora headquarters (left). History is part of the company’s mission, as it seek ...
And, Hague points out, they’ll use the same per- oxide-and-kerosene system that Black Arrow did. “We’re slightly fuel richer,” h ...
SIGHTINGS NASAPROBESHAVESENTBACKdaz- zlingimagesofthemoonsinoursolarsystem, butspaceartistRonMillerlikensthosephotos toexploring ...
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