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September 2017

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Taking on the world’s longest paramotor

‘I Told Them It Was a Terrible Idea.’

Paramotor competitors cross 1,000 miles of mountains and desert, in search of freedom, adventure, and a trophy.

The F-35 helmet

Super Helmet

F-35 pilots get X-ray vision and other magic powers.

Mars on Earth

Fake Mars

Can we learn anything by pretending?

Connor Shields

I Love My Job, and Here’s How I Got It

Connor Shields, First Officer, Southern Air

Saturn V rocket

Space Camp May Be Habit Forming

An Erickson Air-Crane

What Helicopter Climbs the Fastest?

After his celebrated trans-Pacific flight, Charles Kingsford Smith flies the famed Southern Cross over Sydney Harbor.

The Real Risk Takers

In 1930s aviation, airline passengers took the same risks as record-setting adventurers.

Dava Newman

In Pursuit of the Perfect Spacesuit

Choosing the right outfit is crucial when its job is to save your life.

U.S. Marine Corps

Robots to the Rescue

Your next 911 call may fetch a drone.

Pilot Clyde Romero

Snakes and Loaches

Cobras and Loaches, two vastly different aircraft, relied on each other to fight the enemy.

Departments

Soundings

‘Roger, Virginia, We See You in Idaho’

Soundings

The War on Noisy Aircraft

Interview

Don Campbell

Don Campbell was the go-to guy for fixing SR-71s.

Above & Beyond

Reflections in a Greasy Spoon

Oldies and Oddities

The Great Soviet Crescent

In the Museum

The “Hit and Git” Fighter

Books

The Luftwaffe’s Long Arm

German U-boats terrorized Allied ships during World War II, with the help of aerial scouts.