CURRENT ISSUE
September 2011
Features
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Leaping Lunar Landers!
Can a spacecraft hop its way to winning the Google Lunar X prize?
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The Changing of the Guard
Ten years after 9/11, what life is like in an Air National Guard unit.
Special Section: True Grit
Aviation's Stories of Determination
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First Across the Continent
A 100th anniversary remembrance of Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz.
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The Raiders Remember
In an annual ceremony, the last of the Doolittle Raiders recall their part in victory over Japan.
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Stranded
Four aircraft, 12 airmen, 25 days, 40 below zero, in the middle of nowhere.
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Heroes in the Tower
Stories about air traffic controllers that you probably didn’t see on the evening news.
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Distance Runners
Unmanned aerial vehicles redefine the term "nonstop flight."
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Lieutenant Ivan Baranovsky’s P-39
An airacobra's journey to the eastern front...and back
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The Mobile in Mobilization
The legacy of WWII's Women Airforce Service Pilots
Departments
In the Museum: A Fleet’s Final Flight
A civilian flight trainer enters the collections.
Reviews and Previews: Prodigal Son
A troubled man, Gregory Boyington found redemption commanding a U.S. Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific