Air & Space Magazine: July 2011
Features
Two Days in the Life of a B-24 Crew
Take a fantasy flight in a real, live Liberator.
By Stephen Joiner
Circling the Moon
In a new autobiography, an Apollo 15 pilot tells what it was like to fly solo.
By Al Worden With Francis French
Pilot Cam
A remote-controlled airplane, a camera, and a pair of goggles can put you in the (virtual) pilot's seat for as little as $500.
By Mark Betancourt
*Pilot Not Included
Military aviation prepares for the inevitable.
By Michael Milstein
A Mailplane for Lindbergh
Donald Hall's 1927 rush job.
By Tom Leech
The United Nations of Oshkosh
Flying. The other universal language.
By James Wynbrandt
Destination: Asteroid
After four years of spiraling out from Earth, the Dawn spacecraft closes in on its first target.
By Tom Jones
That Old Crate
From Minnesota cratemakers, a new CG-4 glider like the ones they built in World War II.
By Lynn Keillor
How Things Work: Lightning Protection
Air travelers, fear not.
By Jack Williams
The Bombing of Waziristan
In this rugged hiding place, outlaws like Osama bin Laden are rarely run to ground. The British learned that lesson in 1939.
By Graham Chandler
Viewport: A Lesson from the Civil War
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: Wanted: TLC for Misunderstood Warbird
Challenging the Helldiver’s bad reputation.
By Rebecca Maksel
Above and Beyond: Warner and the Whale
How we turned the A3D into a tanker.
By Hadley Dixon
Oldies and Oddities: When Civvies Scrambled Fighters
Neighbors, families, and friends watched the skies for enemy bombers.
By Mark Wolverton
From Zero to 250
Sikorsky’s X2 is more hot rod than helicopter.
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
