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Columbia's Last Flight (The Atlantic Monthly, November 2003)
From the upcoming November 2003 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, which
should be available on newsstands and on the Web (perhaps free, as some articles are, or to subscribers only) on October 14: Columbia's Last Flight by William Langewiesche The Atlantic Monthly November 2003 "The mission was supposed to be a yawn—a low-priority 'science' flight forced onto NASA by Congress, postponed for two years, and launched as much to clear the books as to add to human knowledge. Then, at 7:59 a.m. on February 1, all that changed: Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the atmosphere, killing all of the astronauts on board and setting in motion a highly charged investigation not only of the accident itself but also of NASA's entire reason for being. Granted inside access to the investigation, The Atlantic's national correspondent William Langewiesche—a former professional pilot and the author of 'The Crash of EgyptAir 990,' which won a 2001 National Magazine Award—re-creates the last minutes of the doomed flight, flies NASA's shuttle simulator, and lays bare the personalities and politics involved in one of the most high-pressure official investigations in recent American history." See http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/preview/ -- Alex R. Blackwell University of Hawaii |
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Columbia's Last Flight (The Atlantic Monthly, November 2003)
"Alex R. Blackwell" wrote:
From the upcoming November 2003 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, which should be available on newsstands and on the Web (perhaps free, as some articles are, or to subscribers only) on October 14: Columbia's Last Flight by William Langewiesche The Atlantic Monthly November 2003 [...] The Atlantic's national correspondent William Langewiesche—a former professional pilot and the author of 'The Crash of EgyptAir 990,' which won a 2001 National Magazine Award [...] Ahhh, thanks to this group I've become familiar with some of his great articles, so I'm looking forward to this! /dps |
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Columbia's Last Flight (The Atlantic Monthly, November 2003)
From Dave Schneider:
"Alex R. Blackwell" wrote: From the upcoming November 2003 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, which should be available on newsstands and on the Web (perhaps free, as some articles are, or to subscribers only) on October 14: Columbia's Last Flight by William Langewiesche The Atlantic Monthly November 2003 [...] The Atlantic's national correspondent William Langewiesche—a former professional pilot and the author of 'The Crash of EgyptAir 990,' which won a 2001 National Magazine Award [...] Ahhh, thanks to this group I've become familiar with some of his great articles, so I'm looking forward to this! I'm not familiar with this author, but I have read the excellent 1944 aero classic "Stick and Rudder" by Wolfgang Langewiesche. I wonder if there is any relation... ~ CT |
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Columbia's Last Flight (The Atlantic Monthly, November 2003)
Stuf4 wrote:
I'm not familiar with this author, but I have read the excellent 1944 aero classic "Stick and Rudder" by Wolfgang Langewiesche. I wonder if there is any relation... Father and son. http://www.avweb.com/news/profiles/182912-1.html Paul |
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