At Earth’s geomagnetic pole, a magnetic compass will spin aimlessly. The instrument that otherwise provides guidance fails us in the utter remoteness of place and moment. And that moment might be the ...
Joseph Blaylock made the news in 1960 for accomplishing something remarkable. Piloting a U.S. Air Force jet tanker, he transported home fellow service members on a 7,175-mile, nonstop trip from Japan ...