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/

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Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii

"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

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

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