Fling a necklace of rough-cut emeralds on a blue tablecloth and you have what Bermuda looks like from an airplane winging southeast from the U. S. 10,000 ft. above the Atlantic. Only 22 miles long, the looped chain of low coral isles seems a tiny target to hit from Manhattan 783 miles away. But at 10,000 ft. a pilot can see 50 miles on a clear day and so can still spot his goal even if he misses 'it by that great a navigational error. Last week, as a Pan American Airways plane soared casually down to Bermuda from the U....
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