Air & Space - 2012 September
Complete issue of the "Air & Space" magazine September 2012.
Content:
Secret Pete - At the Reno air races, pilots know that to go fast, you have to stay cool. That's where Pete Law comes in. BY PRESTON LERNER
Do we need Astronauts? - How long will humans remain better than robots at exploration? BY JAMES R. CHILES
Cancelled: Princess, Dethroned - A British aircraft Company could not give up the ship. BY STEPHAN WILKINSON
HOW THINGS WORK: Space Station Steering - Pilots on board. And they can fly that thing. BY ROGER MOLA AND TONY REICHHARDT
Burt Rutan's Favorite Ride - The Boomerang could be the safest twin ever built. BY STEVE SCHAPIRO
l WAS THERE - "The Tremendous Potential of Rocketry" - Jimmy Doolittle remembers the birth of the U.S. space program. BY WILLIAM D. PUTNAM AND EUGENE M. EMME
Airman Down - Rescue aircraft are different today, but "surrender" is still a dirty word. BY STEPHEN JOINER
Not Fade Away - Saving a hangar that housed Curtiss trainers and Vought Corsairs. BY RICHARD MALLORY ALLNUTT
Wonderful Ones - At the nation's air and space museum, 15 singular - and well loved - airplanes. BY PATRICIA TRENNER
and more...
Magazine
many photos
very good condition
Washington D.C. - 2012 - Smithsonian Institution
Art.Nr. 13790