Spring 1998

Volume 13, Issue 4

FEATURES

Dummy Tech

A forgotten world of locomotives in disguise
John H. White Jr.

Explosive Growth

Jack Kelly

Hit Or Miss

American submarines entered World War II armed with dangerously unreliable torpedoes that took almost two years to fix
Douglas Murphy

How To Fly Without A Plane

A WOULD-BE AVIATOR WHO COULDN’T GET A PILOT’S LICENSE INVENTED HANG-GLIDING INSTEAD
Robert Zimmerman

The Toys That Built American

FOR THE BETTER PART OF A CENTURY, Erector and Meccano sets started children on the road to professional engineering
Henry Petroski

“fire In The Cockpit!”

APOLLO 1 WAS THE GREATEST DISASTER IN AMERICA’S RACE TO THE MOON
Kelly A. Giblin

DEPARTMENTS

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