Air & Space Smithsonian – September 2019

20 GuesteditorsforthiseditionofA+S NEXTarestudents

attheFloridaInternationalUniversityCollegeof

Communication,Architecture+ TheArts(CARTA).They

interviewa recentalumnusnowworkingforTheBoeing

Company,examinespacecraftheatshields,andreport

onanFIUcentertodesignorigamiantennas.

A+SNEXT

24

SeaFuryDynasty

Saythename“Sanders”

toRenoracefans,and

thepicturethey’llseeis a

mightySeaFuryrounding

thehomepylon.

BYPRESTONLERNER

34

AirplaneoftheYear

Oneofa fieldoftreasured

vintageairplaneswillwin

thattitle,basedonyour

votes.Picktheoneyou

thinkdeservesthetrophy.

BYCHRISKLIMEK

40

MoveIt!

CH-47Chinookshave

carriednearlyeverything

nearlyeverywhere,from

VietnamtoAfghanistan.

Thesearetheirstories.

BYEDDARACK

50

HowtoMeasure

a Planet

Sometimesit’svery

importanttoknow

preciselywhereyouare.

BYALEXANDRAWITZE

56

TheCzechKnife

A barelyflyable,re-engined

cloneoftheMesserschmitt

Bf 109 mayhavebeenthe

keytoIsrael’s 1949 victory.

BYROBERTGANDT

62

Returnofthe

BlackArrow

Britainis abouttorecover

thelaunchcapabilityit

abandoned 48 yearsago.

BYTHOMASCHIVERS

Dustswirlsintherotorwashofa CH-47ChinookhelicopterinGhazniprovince,AfghanistanasparatrooperswiththeU.S.Army’s

73rdCavalryRegimentloadfora 2012airassaultmission.Story,p.40.

Cover:At 420

mph,Dennis

Sandersin

Dreadnoughtrips

arounda pylon

atReno’s 2015

championshipair

races.Photograph

byAnthonyTaylor.

02 Viewport

06 Letters

08 UptoSpeed

14 I WasThere

16 AttheMuseum

70 Sightings

72 Reviews

76 Previews

78 Contributors

80 IdeasThatDefy

US ARMY 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM/SGT MIKE MACLEOD

10 UpToSpeed:SikorskyS-

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