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July 2016

Features

Half a century after the largest base closure in U.S. history, Mobile is once more an aviation town.

The search for extraterrestrials expands.

Looking for life on other planets? Go deep.

Perlan 2 goes for 90,000 feet.

Winners of the 3rd annual Air & Space photo contest.

The Editors

Stop for a spell in the Golden Age.

Soundings

Small airplanes sometimes act as surrogates in live training exercises.

Soundings

Near Fort Pierce, Florida is a sanctuary for the descendants of the original astrochimps.

Interview

Above & Beyond

A close encounter with Fifi at the Fun Fly-In Expo

Oldies and Oddities

Frightened chickens once determined in court how high airplanes could fly over your property.

In the Museum

And you can learn about all of them in one trip to the National Air and Space Museum.

Interview

Alaska’s Skyboys: Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier