Air & Space Magazine: November 2011
Features
Rough Riders
Five bushplanes and the places only they can fly.
By Tom LeCompte
Byline: Ernie Pyle
The country's best-known war correspondent learned his trade as an aviation reporter.
By Rebecca Maksel
Mind If I Borrow It?
The day an Air Force mechanic commandeered a North American F-86.
By Paul D. Mather
Could You Fly a Sabre?
The challenge of handling a 1950s MiG killer.
By Paul Hoversten
Lost in America
Airplanes that go missing are often untraceable. Why is effective tracking technology being ignored?
By Michael Behar
Just One Word: Plastics
The world's first all-composite airplane may fly again.
By Stephen Joiner
Karachi to Bombay to Calcutta
The struggle to start Air-India.
By David Shaftel
Viewport: From the Director
Something New Under the Sun
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: The People’s Observatory
Bringing telescopes where the people are.
By Rebecca Maksel
Confessions of a Flight Engineer
Flashlights, timers, and breath mints required.
By Andrea Eldridge
Flights & Fancy: What Would You Send to Orbit?
Mementoes in an astronaut's luggage.
By Terry Dunn
Moments & Milestones: Trophy Mission
Honors for a risky bombing run.
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
