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August 2015
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Brought to You by Drones
All around the world, the delivery guy is a quadcopter
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How to Start a Hurricane
What makes one small eddy fizzle out, and another turn into the planet’s most destructive storm?
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The Last American Aces
Members of an exclusive club tell what it takes to make ace
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The Next World Speed Record
A Brazilian designer and the fastest shark in the air
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Confessions of a Station Astronaut
Clayton C. Anderson talks about his new book, The Ordinary Spaceman
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China Needs Pilots
A boom in Chinese air travel is sending hundreds of novices to flight school in Arizona.
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Space $ouvenirs
Collectors compete for artifacts from the Apollo program
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The Jumbo Flies an Airshow
The Boeing 747, like you’ve never seen it fly.
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The Birdman of Topeka
By 1912, Albin Longren was building better airplanes than the Wrights and Curtiss.
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Winds of Change
How Patricia Mawuli beat the odds to become an airplane builder and airport manager.