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Amid deeply furrowed fields 25 miles southeast of Moscow -- behind concrete walls, barbed wire and a sign reading FORBIDDEN ZONE -- sprawls the Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute. Employing 10,000 scientists and technicians, the research center combines the theoretical study of aerodynamics with practical experiments on airplanes and spacecraft. In one hangar-size workshop, stress- testing sensors cling like barnacles to prototypes of the new MiG-31 fighter and the next generation of Soviet civilian airliners, the Tu-204 and Il-114. Nearby is the T-128 transonic wind tunnel, where the space shuttle Buran and the Energiya booster rocket were tested...
Standing in the hangar under bright spotlights, the YF-22 Lightning looks just like what it is: a low-slung, sharply angled killing machine. In the air, the advanced jet fighter is not only fast (sprinting up to twice the speed of sound) and agile (pitching and rolling like a Piper Cub) but almost invisible to enemy radar. If the Air Force has its way, the plane will rule the skies for the better part of the 21st century...
Think you have watched the cutting edge of aerospace technology at work in the gulf? Well, you haven't seen anything yet, say test pilots participating in the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter program. Stowed in a secure hangar at California's Edwards Air Force Base are hand-built prototypes of what these pilots claim are the two hottest fighter planes ever made. The flyers should know. For three months, in separate flight tests, they have been putting the experimental aircraft, designated YF-22 and YF-23, through their paces: landing in crosswinds, performing stomach-churning 360 degrees...
Unlike dreary discount stores or outlets of the past, which tended to be about as cozy as an airplane hangar, Sawgrass Mills has a Disneyesque ambiance that offers fun along with bargains. The innovative Coral Gables, Fla., firm Arquitectonica designed the mall in a wacky alligator shape, a nice touch considering its location at the edge of the Everglades. The Florida theme extends from the logo, a saw-toothed alligator, to parking-lot markers (a yellow toucan, a pink flamingo, etc.), to a windswept-looking Hurricane Food Court, complete with wind sounds and swirling banners. Shoppers stroll under palmetto trees...
...years later, the Osceola New Life Assembly Church bought the hangar, and the SST was thrown in for free. Pastor Ernie DeLoach began holding services in the hangar, with the pterodactyl-like mock-up perched near his pulpit. But now the building needs renovation, and the SST must go. Unless someone comes to the rescue, the church will sell it to the highest bidder. One proposal: hack up the plane into 1-in. squares to be sold for souvenirs...