Air & Space Magazine: November 2001
Features
All and Nothing
After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese planned to strike the United States with aircraft borne by giant submarines. If it worked, the Atlantic fleet would be trapped.
By Thomas S. Momiyama
How Things Work: Celestial Navigation
Knowing where you are going in space.
By Joe Henderson
The Mirror Makers
The fight is on for the chance to build the world's most advanced space telescope.
By Ben Iannotta
Restoration: Unearthing a Diamond
The Diamond is the only one of its kind ever built.
By Becki Bell
Unbreakable
World War II aircraft that were shot to hell—and came back.
By Cory Graff
Stupid Plane Tricks
Breathes there the pilot with soul so dead who never to himself hath said, "I bet I can fly under that bridge"?
By Phil Scott
The People's Liberation Bizjet
In China, another revolution is about to begin.
By William Triplett
The Avengers
They torpedoed enemy ships during World War II. Now they fight fire.
By Marshall Lumsden
Viewport: That's a Wrap!
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: Smokers Welcome
By Diane Tedeschi
Above & Beyond: Relief Flight
By Tom Pinardo, as told to Vincent Czaplyski
Oldies & Oddities: Closer to Mars
By David S.F. Portree
Moments & Milestones: Adventures of a Flight Recorder
By Mike Pablo
