This edition’s cover flight test feature transports the reader to 1917, putting them at the controls of the Fokker Dr.1, then the last word in fighter design. Its handling might be odd by modern standards, but its steel-tube frame and cantilever wings are surprisingly modern. By contrast to the archaic triplane, the NEXTH (for NEXT High-performance) ultralight both looks and is ultra-modern. Finally, we have Flying Adventure in the form of the Toulouse to Senegal air rally.

This edition’s cover flight test feature transports the reader to 1917, putting them at the controls of the Fokker Dr.1, then the last word in fighter design. Its handling might be odd by modern standards, but its steel-tube frame and cantilever wings are surprisingly modern. By contrast to the archaic triplane, the NEXTH (for NEXT High-performa....