CURRENT ISSUE
July 2006
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Features
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Cessna's Golden Oldie
What flies into your mind when you hear the words "light aircraft"? We bet it's the 172.
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The Beaver and the Swans
How de Havilland's famous bushplane has helped protect a species.
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Take Two
World War I airplanes star in a feature film about the Lafayette Escadrille.
Commentary: Thank You For Not Flying
Helicopter ambulances could be hazardous to your health.
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Glenn Curtiss Slept Here
Has Hammondsport, New York, done right by its most famous citizen?
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Floaters
Mars, Venus, Titan - wherever there's air, we can explore by balloon.
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Beautiful Climber
In the summer of '58, nothing was faster to 50,000 feet
Superduperjumbo
Double the size of an Airbus A380? No problem, aerodynamicists say.
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We Haul It All
For armored vehicles, fossilized pachyderms, and other oversize loads, your best bet is the Russian Mi-26 helicopter.
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Phased-Array Radar
It takes a big eye to see a missile coming
Departments
Operation Hot Wheels
Far away in the Middle East, soapbox racing flies the hearts of military persons back home.