Air & Space Magazine: January 2012
Features
Is SpaceX changing the rocket equation?
1 visionary + 3 launchers + 1,500 employees = ?
By Andrew Chaikin
A Pearl Harbor Mystery
How a 1940s Interstate Cadet trainer sent a famous airshow pilot on a journey to find a kindred spirit.
By John Fleischman
The Kids Are Trying to Crash
Remote-control models face off in the Extreme Flight Championships.
By Preston Lerner
How Things Work: Dropping in on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover will try a new way of landing on another planet.
By Tony Reichhardt
Design by Rutan
A retrospective of Burt Rutan's high-performance art.
By The Editors
Pointer and Shooter
To nail the air-to-air shot, pilot and photographer have to work together like, well, this pair.
By Debbie Gary
The Second-Moon Theory
Is Earth's moon the product of a big splat as well as a big whack?
By Damond Benningfield
The Other Air Forces
Humorist Bruce McCall's small fleet of little-known aircraft.
By Bruce McCall
The Candle Lighters
Alan Shepard was brave enough to ride the Mercury-Redstone rocket. These guys were brave enough to light it.
By Tony Reichhardt
Viewport: Longer Strides
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: The Original Airliner
The Boeing 247 was the Dreamliner of its day.
By Rebecca Maksel
The Man My Mother Fell in Love With
When the Navy retired the Tomcat, my father went with it.
By Brad Hooker
The Flying Winnebago
For some reason the heli-camper never really caught on.
By James R. Chiles
From Point A to Point A
Twenty-five years ago, Burt Rutan’s Voyager became the first aircraft to make an around-the-world flight without refueling.
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
