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In the Next Issue

Karachi to Bombay to Calcutta
The struggle to start Air India.

F-86 Joyride
In 1956, George Johnson thought he’d take the hot single-seat fighter for a spin. He was a mechanic, not a pilot, but how hard could it be?

Bruce McCall’s International Air Force
The New Yorker artist reveals aircraft designed for extraordinary missions.

 

Plus

Rocket Rebels
Can Newton, Pete, and Lucky propel the Lodi High School rocket club out of New Jersey and into the nationals?

The Next Mars Rover
How the biggest rover yet will land on the Red Planet.

Last Men Out
In the final hours of the Vietnam War, what a small band of Marines had to do to evacuate thousands from Saigon.

Lost in America
General aviation aircraft automatically send distress signals when they crash. Too bad that frequency hasn’t been monitored since 2009.