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January 2016

Features

The worldwide cult of the T-6.

Telepresence and VR may be the smart way to explore the Martian surface—and the only way to go farther.

Emmett “Cyclone” Davis remembers that horrifying day.

Rich Tuttle

For well over a century, astronomers have been enchanted by the peculiar, vast, and violent Eta Carinae.

An army of volunteer pilots helps conservationists survey an endangered planet.

How a local company became a global giant.

Russ Banham

One propeller? Two? Try a dozen.

During the Vietnam War, the author reported on a Huey rescue mission. Forty-five years later, he tracked down the crew and the soldiers they saved.

Soundings

Technically Speaking

Figuring out the specs of Cold War Soviet airplanes was educated guesswork, if you had the right tools.

Above & Beyond

Soundings

The isolated island, with just 4,500 residents, is about to enter the aviation age.

Interview

The hobby that launched a career.

Oldies and Oddities

David Sears

In the Museum

A new book reports on some of aviation’s most perplexing unsolved mysteries.