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Aviation History March 2006 Paige W. Christiansen	Arthur Goebel Jr.: Forgotten Golden Age Daredevil A skillful transpacific flier, Hollywood stunt pilot and daring racer, Arthur Goebel Jr. seemed to thrive on danger.
Aviation History June 5, 2004 Terry Gwynn-Jones	The Indomitable Lores Bonney Whether circumnavigating Australia, flying from Brisbane to London, or from Brisbane to Cape Town, Lores Bonney heard variations on the same theme: 'This is no place for a woman.' By 1937, she had proved all the naysayers wrong.
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Smithsonian November 2006 Owen Edwards	Sky Writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh chronicled the flights made with her celebrated husband. The durable Sirius was far more than a magic carpet for a daring pair. These flights were critical to the future of aviation.
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Aviation History September 2007 Derek O'Connor	Biplane Battle: Flying Against the Bolsheviks During Russia's Civil War A mixed British squadron of fighters, bombers and recon aircraft battled Red cavalry during Russia's civil war.
Popular Mechanics September 2007 David Noland	10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane.
Outside September 2005 Brad Wetzler	Get Your Props Widen the horizons of adventure by taking the controls and becoming a pilot
National Defense June 2009 Grace V. Jean	Training For War: A Multimedia Experience Just as training technologies for the newest fighter jets are going digital, so are those for one of the Air Force's oldest airplanes, the C-130 Hercules.
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Barbara S. Peterson	End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS.
Salon.com July 26, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot Do seat cushions actually save lives? And why don't U.S. airlines fly to Africa?
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Salon.com August 30, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot Airline security. Where are all the female pilots? And how do airliners find the runway in the fog?
Salon.com October 25, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot Flying Beech 99's, ogling Gulf Air's stunning stewardesses and other career highlights. Plus: What are the scariest airports?
AskMen.com Steve Richer	How To: Get A Private Pilot's License We are at a point now where human flight is open to just about everyone, even the likes of flyboys Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Accordingly, it's become painless for someone to get their private pilot's license.
Popular Mechanics December 2009 Jeff Wise	How Plane Crash Forensics Lead to Safer Aviation After each plane crash, investigators study the wreckage, analyze flight data and examine clues regarding flight conditions. Once they have determined a cause, they often help create recommendations that prevent the problem from recurring.
Popular Mechanics July 2006 Jeff Wise	Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible.
Salon.com August 2, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11?
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IEEE Spectrum August 2008 Tekla S. Perry	Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need?
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Salon.com September 13, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot Can an airliner get a speeding ticket? And, isn't it a bad thing when an engine bursts into flame?
Salon.com July 28, 2000 Stephen Yafa	Unfriendly skies Passengers who try to fly on United are ending up as casualties of a labor war between the airline's management and its "employee owners."
Salon.com September 20, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot What happens when you drop dry ice into an airplane toilet? And are regional pilots just rejects from the big airlines?
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Susan Karlin	James Brown: Above & Beyond This experimental test pilots are aviators trained in engineering and can convey problems and improvements for plane development.
Salon.com December 19, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot Were United's pilots to blame for the airline's failure? And: How worried should we be about the specter of shoulder-launched missiles taking down a domestic jet?
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National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean	Teaching Non-Pilots to Fly Predators Requires More Cockpit Hours in Manned Aircraft The Air Force last fall graduated its first class of Predator pilots from an experimental program aimed at training non-aviators how to fly remotely-operated aircraft.
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Search Engine Watch November 9, 2005 Gary Price	Real-Time Flight Tracking Want to check on the status of a flight that's currently in the air? The major search engines and other specialized services offer real-time flight tracking services that show you the status of major airline flights.
Real Travel Adventures March 2005 James McManus	High Flying Holiday: Adventure Travel in the Clouds A growing niche of adventure travelers bypass traffic frustrations and enjoy unparalleled access to Florida's spectacular vacation offerings.
Salon.com November 1, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot More fun with the poetry of airliner names. And, what to do about those narrow seats for wide people?
InsideFlyer August 2009	Supersize your HawaiianMiles Hawaiian Airlines has joined other airlines in offering members the option to purchase additional miles at a lower cost than buying miles without flying.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Rafal Zbikowski	Fly like a Fly The common housefly executes exquisitely precise and complex aerobatics with less computational might than an electric toaster. Several groups have succeeded in building electronic sensors that mimic the fly's vision and other flight control apparatus.
Search Engine Watch August 2, 2006 Chris Sherman	Search Tools for Air Travelers If you're planning to fly somewhere, these sites can enhance and supplement your experiences with online travel search engines.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005	GoldenEye UAV Makes First Autonomous Transition Flights GoldenEye-50, which Aurora announced in 2003 and first flew in July 2004, exhibits helicopter-like hover and vertical takeoff and landing performance as well as fuel-efficient, wing-borne flight similar to a conventional airplane.
Salon.com April 11, 2002 P. Smith	Back in the saddle These days, because I am an airline pilot, people want to know if I'm scared. Of course I'm scared. I would be nervous flying with a pilot who wasn't...
National Defense June 2006 Michael L. Wesolek	Army aviators better trained, but at higher costs The program, called "flight school XXI," began to take shape about five years ago. The program is designed to give students significantly more training in combat aircraft.
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