Air & Space Magazine: September 2011
Features
Leaping Lunar Landers!
Can a spacecraft hop its way to winning the Google Lunar X prize?
By Michael Belfiore
The Changing of the Guard
Ten years after 9/11, what life is like in an Air National Guard unit.
By Ed Darack
Special Section: True Grit
Aviation's Stories of Determination
By The Editors
The First Across the Continent
A 100th anniversary remembrance of Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz.
By Charles Wiggin, As Told To Howard Eisenberg
The Raiders Remember
In an annual ceremony, the last of the Doolittle Raiders recall their part in victory over Japan.
By Paul Hoversten
Stranded
Four aircraft, 12 airmen, 25 days, 40 below zero, in the middle of nowhere.
By Edward Farmer
Heroes in the Tower
Stories about air traffic controllers that you probably didn’t see on the evening news.
By Michael Klesius
Distance Runners
Unmanned aerial vehicles redefine the term "nonstop flight."
By Michael Milstein
Lieutenant Ivan Baranovsky’s P-39
An airacobra's journey to the eastern front...and back.
By Tim Wright
Viewport: Across the Country in 49 Days
By J.R. Dailey
A & S Interview: Andy Chiavetta
The Reno Kid, raceplane builder par excellence.
By Linda Shiner
In the Museum: A Fleet’s Final Flight
A civilian flight trainer enters the collections.
By Rebecca Maksel
Above and Beyond: Tully’s Astronarium
A high-schooler champions science in America.
By Robert Yowell
Oldies and Oddities: Lying Down on the Job
Piloting in the prone position
By Graham Chandler
Reviews & Previews: Prodigal Son
A troubled man, Gregory Boyington found redemption commanding a U.S. Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific.
By Phil Scott
Moments and Milestones: Once Around
The 75th anniversary of a round-the-world trip.
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
