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August 2016

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Features

Test pilot Jake Howard

How Many People Does It Take to Build a Bizjet?

Plenty. And some doing jobs you’ve never heard of.

camouflaged paint scheme

Inventing the Invisible Airplane

When camouflage was fine art.

Patty Wagstaff

The Airshow Star’s Diet and Exercise Plan

Pilots share their fitness secrets (and guilty pleasures).

P-61 Midnight Mickey

Welcome to the Night Shift

The Black Widow, the Beaufighter, and the first air war fought in the dark.

The foo

Right Outta the Funny Papers

WWII night crews reported mysterious balls of light.

Early concept for the Boeing 727

Boeing Unpacked

The history of Colossus in 15 objects.

Scientific conferences

Kepler’s Children

The scientists searching for other Earths.

Avro Lancastrian

The Impossible Flight

London to Sydney: 12,000 miles that started an airline.

Departments

Soundings

Zika Goes on the No-Fly List

At Dover Air Force Base, crews are trying to keep mosquito stowaways off their cargo airplanes.

Interview

Philip Baum, Editor of Aviation Security

An expert on passenger screening says we should be looking for evil intent, not just confiscating scissors and bottles of liquid.

Soundings

New Eyes on Earth

With its 40 multispectral eyes, the Ceres spacecraft enters a crowded market.

Oldies and Oddities

The Spirit of Old Rhinebeck

At the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, it feels like 1927 all over again.

In the Museum

The Flying Lifeboat