CURRENT ISSUE
September 2017
Features
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‘I Told Them It Was a Terrible Idea.’
A paramotor race over mountains and desert.
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Super Helmet
F-35 pilots get X-ray vision and other magic powers.
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Fake Mars
Can we learn anything by pretending?
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I Love My Job, and Here’s How I Got It
Connor Shields, first officer, Southern Air.
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Space Camp May Be Habit Forming
When camp is a career path.
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What Helicopter Climbs the Fastest?
This 1971 record still stands.
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The Real Risk Takers
In 1930s aviation, they weren’t adventurers or record setters. They were everyday passengers.
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In Pursuit of the Perfect Spacesuit
Choosing the right outfit is crucial when its job is to save your life.
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Robots to the Rescue
Your next 911 call may fetch a drone.
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Snakes and Loaches
During the helicopter war, two vastly different aircraft relied on each other to fight the enemy.
Departments
Don Campbell
An expert on maintenance of the Lockheed SR-71 Mach 3 reconnaissance aircraft, Campbell was the SR-71 Superintendent at both Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and later at Beale Air Force Base in California in the 1970s.