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November 2006
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Features
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Weight Watchers
How a team of engineers and a crash diet saved the Joint Strike Fighter.
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The X-35 on Display
The fighter of the future comes to the Hazy Center.
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Stormbird
Stormbird
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Landing in Baghdad
At the world's most dangerous airport, it's best to get down quickly.
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The Ground
Astronauts get the glory, but flight directors run the show.
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How Things Work: Aircraft Identification
A digital communications system could put the control tower in the cockpit.
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The Great Warplanes
Portraits of military aviation's first fleet.
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Cecil Lewis' War
One writer's view of flying in WWI.
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Space Trippers
Did the first paying guests aboard the international space station get their $20 million worth?
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The Next Little Thing
Why 2006 is the year of the very light jet.
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The Not-So-Big Dig
With the equivalent power of an electric can opener, engineers try to do more than scratch the Martian surface.