Harper's Magazine: September 1975

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September 1975

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	Photo [Cover art] By Terry Stevenson (Photog.) PDF IMAGES
3-88	Wraparound/Collection Wraparound PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Flying: The heavens as airspace By Michael Aron SEE ALSO: Aeronautics; Air travel; Flight PDF IMAGES
4	Wraparound/Quotation Wraparound By da Vinci Leonardo PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article A man who donned feathers By Cesare Allessi SEE ALSO: Aeronautics; Career in aeronautics; Danti, Giovanni Battista; Human powered aircraft; 14th century; Wings PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Photo [Untitled Photo] PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Free at last By Richard Bach SEE ALSO: Airplanes; Flight; Piloting PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Quotation Wraparound By Ernest K. Gann PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Aeronautics; Career in aeronautics; Curtiss, Glenn Hammond PDF IMAGES
5	Wraparound/Article Staring at the wing By William Hart SEE ALSO: Air travel; Aircraft accidents PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Quotation Wraparound By Bertrand Russell PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Literary collision By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry SEE ALSO: Air pilots; Airplanes; Piloting PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] SEE ALSO: Lakes PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Aeronautics; Altitudes PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Literary collision By Jean François Revel SEE ALSO: Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de; Appreciation—France PDF IMAGES
6	Wraparound/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] SEE ALSO: Kites PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article The altitude factor By Wolfgang Langewiesche SEE ALSO: Altitude, Influence of; Flight; Physiological aspects PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article On being an airline pilot By Stephen A. Robbins SEE ALSO: Air pilots; Airlines PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Altitudes PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Airports PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Airports PDF IMAGES
7	Wraparound/Article Bad airports By Brian Power-Waters SEE ALSO: Airports; Safety measures PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Quotation Wraparound By Francesco Lana Terzi PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Travel tip By John Corry SEE ALSO: Aircraft accidents PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Fiction A giant bang for mankind By Murtagh McDermot PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Flight; Research, Industrial PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Transportation accident fatalities: 1974 SEE ALSO: -Statistics; Transportation accidents PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Aircraft accidents; Death and burial; Selfridge, Tom PDF IMAGES
8	Wraparound/Article Go, NASA, go By Carl Sagan SEE ALSO: Life on other planets PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Quotation Wraparound By Herbert Hoover PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article What's in a statistic? SEE ALSO: Aeronautics; Airplanes; -Statistics PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Strange perspectives By Anne Morrow Lindbergh SEE ALSO: Air travel PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article The future of flight By Ben Bova SEE ALSO: Aeronautics; Forecasting PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Illustration Sky birds SEE ALSO: Air pilots PDF IMAGES
9	Wraparound/Quotation Wraparound By Eugene Cernan PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Life aboard the Hindenburg By Dan McCrary SEE ALSO: Air travel; Hindenburg (Airship) PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Earliest aviators By Stephen Dalton SEE ALSO: Flight; Insects PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Air travel; Costs PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Flights around the world PDF IMAGES
10	Wraparound/Article Tale of a wartime glider pilot By William Needle SEE ALSO: Air pilots, Military; Career as military glider pilot; Gliders (Aeronautics); Personal narratives, American; Piloting; Needle, William PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Quotation Wright makes might By Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Quotation Wraparound By John A. McPhee PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Meanwhile, in Washington . . . By J.J. O'Donnell SEE ALSO: Acronyms; Aeronautics PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Illustration An alphabet of aviation By Paul Richard Jones SEE ALSO: Airplanes PDF IMAGES
12	Letters/Department Letters On The dismal religion, from July 1975: Letter By Jr. and Karl F. Simpson Letter By Terry W. Culler Letter By Philip Nathanson Letter By Saul Friedman PDF IMAGES
16-29	Article Why regulation fails By Peter H. Schuck SEE ALSO: Deregulation; Independent regulatory commissions; Trade regulation PDF IMAGES
30-36	Article Goodbye, San Francisco By Martin Koughan SEE ALSO: Earthquake prediction; Earthquakes; San Francisco PDF IMAGES
38-42	Article The myth of old movies By Andrew Sarris SEE ALSO: Motion pictures PDF IMAGES
45-54	Article Hurrah for politicians By Garry Wills SEE ALSO: Compromise (Ethics); Egoism; Mediocrity; Political ethics PDF IMAGES
55-56	Fiction Leek pulling By Kenneth Bernard PDF IMAGES Collection Three stories By Kenneth Bernard PDF IMAGES
56-57	Fiction Reprieve By Kenneth Bernard PDF IMAGES
57	Fiction Corn bread By Kenneth Bernard PDF IMAGES
58-63	Article The bright side of recession By James Boyd SEE ALSO: 1971-1981; Recessions PDF IMAGES Article Good old-fashinoned American know-how By Arthur Watterson Hoppe SEE ALSO: Customizing PDF IMAGES
64-67	Fiction The old man is snoring By Frederick Busch PDF IMAGES
68-69	Books/Review Delicate intentions By Paul Zweig SEE ALSO: I would have saved them if I could (Book); Michaels, Leonard; Short stories, American PDF IMAGES
70-76	Article Lessons in Eng. Lit. from Sir Winston Churchill By Geoffrey Bocca SEE ALSO: Kinglake, Alexander William; Anecdotes; Appreciation—20th century; Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron; Books and reading; Bocca, Geoffrey; Prime ministers; Churchill, Winston, Sir PDF IMAGES
78-82	Article The Nashville sound By Chilton Williamson SEE ALSO: Film criticism; Politics in motion pictures PDF IMAGES
83	Wraparound/Article Before you make reservations SEE ALSO: Air travel; Consumer education; Costs PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Know your rights SEE ALSO: Air travel; Consumer education PDF IMAGES
84-85	Wraparound/Article Flying and your body By Susan Witty SEE ALSO: Air travel; Flight; Physiological aspects PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Airline comparisons SEE ALSO: Airlines PDF IMAGES
86	Wraparound/Review Tools for living SEE ALSO: Paper airplanes; The great international paper airplane book PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Review Tools for living PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Review Tools for living SEE ALSO: Luggage PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Review Tools for living SEE ALSO: Aeronautics, Commercial PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Review Tools for living SEE ALSO: Handcarts PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Tools for living SEE ALSO: Air travel PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Review Tools for living SEE ALSO: Models; Rockets (Aeronautics) PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Review Tools for living PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Tools for living SEE ALSO: Airplanes; Piloting PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Review Tools for living By Margot Moes-Hunt SEE ALSO: Collectibles PDF IMAGES
88	Game/Department Postcard personalities By Zeke Zonker PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Getting launched SEE ALSO: Aeronautics PDF IMAGES Wraparound/Article Wraparound SEE ALSO: Airlines PDF IMAGES
91	Commentary/Article On the character of politicians By Walter Bagehot SEE ALSO: Career in politics; Peel, Robert, Sir; Statesmen PDF IMAGES