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July 2016

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Features

Mobile is once more an aviation town

Airbus Lands in Mobile

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

The Green Bank radio telescope

Listen to the Nearest Million Stars

The search for extraterrestrials expands.

Big Skylight Cave

Mars, Underground

Looking for life on other planets? Go deep.

Jim Payne

Sailplane to the Stratosphere

Perlan 2 goes for 90,000 feet.

Mike Busch

Best Shots

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

Antique Airplane Association

Robert Taylor’s People and Planes Reunion

Stop for a spell in the Golden Age.

Departments

Soundings

No Predators? Call in a Cessna!

Small airplanes sometimes act as surrogates in live training exercises.

Soundings

Chimp Island

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

Interview

Interview: Flying the Enola Gay

Interview: Flying the Enola Gay

Above & Beyond

Chased by Fifi

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

Oldies and Oddities

How Much of the Sky Do You Own?

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

In the Museum

Ten Great Moments in Aerospace History

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

Interview

Legend of the Bush Pilot

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