CURRENT ISSUE
January 2015

Features
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How to Survive A Helicopter Crash
Specialized—and terrifying—training helps passengers prepare for the worst.
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For France and Civilization
Descendants of the volunteers who served in the famed Lafayette Escadrille shed light on why they chose to fight.
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The Cub’s Badass Big Brother
The Piper PA-48 Enforcer may have been called the “Super Mustang,” but it never found its mission.
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Blackbird Diaries
Stories from the fastest jet ever flown.
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Dark and Deep
The hunt for the most elusive particles in the universe is half a mile underground.
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The Missile Men of North Vietnam
A look at the air war waged from the ground.
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The Inspector's Gadgets
If the space station gets smacked by a micrometeoroid, an array of devices can find—and fix—the damage.
Departments
The Royal Splatter
Vertical Visions
The idea of connecting city centers with vertical take-off airports never quite took off.
Eye to Eye with a Bear
In 1966, a Naval aviator got an unforgettable look at an icon of the Cold War: the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 bomber.
Shine On, Harvest Moon
In 1964, midwestern farmers and school kids got a jump on the Apollo astronauts.