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Oct/Nov 2016

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Features

Boeing B-29

A B-29 Rises

For 42 years, Fifi was the only airworthy Superfortress in the world. Now there are two.

Jupiter’s swirling clouds

To Dare the Realm of Jupiter

To do battle with the giant.

P-51C

My Father and the Dream of Flight

An African-American airline captain reflects on the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen.

National Air and Space Museum

Homework in Orbit

The next payload headed for the International Space Station is an 8th grader’s assignment.

Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16

The Guard at NATO’s Northern Gate

With a new force of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Norway readies for Europe’s next threat.

KLM 747

Under the Big Jets

On St. Maarten, the beach party is loud.

Analysts

The Intel Net

The sprawling, secretive process between sensor and action.

Mauna Kea

Big Glass and the Age of New Astronomy

The fight to put a monster telescope on Mauna Kea is part of a bigger war looming among astronomers.

Departments

Soundings

Sit Down Before Reading

How to beat the inverted spin record (on purpose).

Interview

Interview: Gentry Lee

Chief engineer for solar system exploration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Above & Beyond

Saying Goodbye to My Seahawk

The day I had to leave my SH-60B helicopter at the boneyard.

Oldies and Oddities

Cold War Solar System Spies

Code name: Stonehouse.

Books

Just Doing Their Job

WASP of the Ferry Command.