Air & Space Magazine: July 2002
Features
The Birth of Spooky
How they put the "A" in the AC-47.
By Marshall Michel
The Lone Star Observatory
It may be Oklahoma, but this amateur-built observatory is all Texas.
By Eric Adams
Probable Cause
It took 28 seconds for USAir Flight 427 to plummet from the sky. It took the National Transportation Safety Board five years to figure out why.
By Bill Adair
How Things Work: Ejection Seats
By Mary Collins
My First Time
Aerospace celebrities talk about the flights that changed their lives.
By Phil Scott
The Goodbye Guys
Seeing off the astronauts is one of NASA's most prestigious jobs, and one of the most demanding.
By Beth Dickey
A Price Too High
For three small airports, there's no way back to life as it was before September 11.
By Mark Huber
Commentary: Is Fatigue Fatal?
An accident blamed on the catch-all "pilot error" could have a single preventable cause.
By Stephan Wilkinson
The Man Who Could See Air
Richard Whitcomb changed the shape of wings to come.
By Peter Garrison
Viewport: Halfway to Anywhere
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: A French Treasure
By Roger A. Mola
Above & Beyond: No Way Out
By Thomas D. Jones
Oldies & Oddities: Son of Rocket Belt
Don’t wear this at home.
By Vincent Czaplyski
Moments & Milestones: 50 and Counting
By Stuart Nixon
