CURRENT ISSUE
August 2017
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Features
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Fly Along With The Border Patrol
And meet the pilots fighting illegal immigration.
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Earth, Clean Up Your Trash!
Everyone talks about the orbital debris problem. Europe’s Clean Space program is about to do something about it.
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Would You Fly on an Airliner with No Pilot?
Studies show that with technology available today, you could.
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I Love My Job, and Here’s How I Got It
Stacey Rudser, Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) Mechanic, STS Aviation Services, Orlando International Airport, Florida.
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Strong Stuff
These students are designing materials tough enough to land on another planet.
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A Bike Ride Through Wright Brothers Territory
Because it all started with a bicycle.
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Jill Tarter Believes
We have company in the universe, and we should find it.
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If You Crash a Drone, You Could Land in Jail
The story behind a recent landmark conviction.
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Landscape With Airplanes
The view from 18,000 feet.
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Birth of the Cobra
Mike Folse proved that a helicopter could fly and shoot at the same time.
Departments
Paul Hudson Interview
With air travel horror stories in the news almost daily, your smartphone may be the most important piece of travel gear you own.
Quiet Nights in Tunisia
A diary from WW2 shows how one soldier described his chaotic days in a way to keep himself sane.
Oldies & Oddities: Airport in the Bronx
In the 1920s, it was still up for grabs which borough would get New York city’s airfield.
In The Museum: Art From the Trenches
Scenes from the Great War come to life a century after the Armistice.