Air & Space - 2014 May
Complete issue of the "Air & Space" magazine from May 2014 with the 8 page article: "The Spacewalk that almost killed him - How Luca Parmitano survived the scariest wardrobe malfunction in NASA history [by Tony Reichhardt]" Also in this issue: Cops and Robots - Will drones be the next patrol cars? BY MARK BETANCOURT A Slow Boat to Space - Launching one pound to orbit: $ 10,000. Taking a kid's science project to 100,000 feet: priceless. BY MARK KARPEL Comet Chaser - After 10 years of bouncing around the solar System, Rosetta is closing in on the comet it's been stalking. BYGUYGUGLIOTTA Solo Around the World - Fifty years later, Geraldine Mock remembers the highlights of the longest flight she ever made. NTERVIEWED BY AMY SAUNDERS Old, Bold Pilots - Hard scrapes and miracles from a cumulative 100,000 hours of flying. BY STEPHEN JOINER What fighter pilot used gum on his windscreen as a gunsight? - Find out in a new book of air and space trivia CANCELLED: The Puzzle of Vertical Takeoff - Hope for a Jump jet springs eternal. BY CHAD SLATTERY The Most Talented Aviation Pioneer You've Never Heard Of And how he outdid the Wrights. BY PAUL GLENSHAW Save this King Air! Technically Speaking - Ramjets and scramjets Above & Beyond He's up; he's down: flight through a storm Flights & Fancy Air Controller exams One More Thing: One of the oldest surviving World War I bombers
Magazine
many photos
good condition
Washington D.C. - 2014 - Smithsonian Institution
Art.Nr. 14551
