City Makers: American Futures

Life in the Air

• Thanksgiving in the Dust Bowl

  A new understanding of bravery and independence

  • James Fallows
  • Nov 28, 2014

• The Flying Housewife

  50 years ago, Jerrie Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.

  • Deborah Fallows
  • Oct 28, 2014

• The Spirit of Easter, Small-Airport Edition

  Unexpected hospitality on the road.

  • James Fallows
  • Apr 20, 2014

• Takeoff and Landing, From Inside the Cockpit

  The sense of 3-D swimming through space that comes with small plane flight.

  • James Fallows
  • Apr 14, 2014

• In Which I Develop New Respect for the Wedding-Industrial Complex

  We know that football players are brave. But spare a thought as well for bride-magazine models.

  • James Fallows
  • Jan 19, 2014

• 'Springbok, Cleared for Landing': More on the Language of the Skies

  By Deborah Fallows.

  • James Fallows
  • Dec 8, 2013

• Two Ways of Looking at a Landing

  "The sea gull ... that would have been the worst."

  • James Fallows
  • Oct 29, 2013

• Between Flights

  Recognizing a kindred spirit.

  • James Fallows
  • Oct 29, 2013

• Flying Up Down East

  By Deborah Fallows

  • James Fallows
  • Oct 28, 2013

• Now, for More Good News About America: Avidyne to the Rescue!

  When you have the opportunity to give a deserved compliment, don't let it pass.

  • James Fallows
  • Oct 20, 2013

• EATNN TTUNA SNWCH - hold (at) MAYYO: More on the Secret Language of the Skies

  "The approach fixes, in order, are TRAMP, FLOZY, SILKY, and JAKOR. I'm sensing a pattern here but would love to know the back story."

  • James Fallows
  • Oct 17, 2013

• ITAWT ITAWA PUDYE TTATT: The Secret Language of the Skies

  • Deborah Fallows
  • Oct 16, 2013

• If You Thought a Profitable Newspaper Was Surprising, How About This: A Pleasant Airport

  More strange tales from the North Country.

  • James Fallows
  • Sep 23, 2013

• 'Baltimore Altimeter, 30.46'—Snapshots From a Clear Day in the Northeast

  The never-boring view from 2,500 feet up

  • James Fallows
  • Sep 17, 2013

• 'Say Souls On Board,' and Other Secrets of the Skies

  • Deborah Fallows
  • Sep 16, 2013

• Today's Frightening / Inspiring Aerial Videos

  How fire-fighting looks from the tanker-pilots' point of view.

  • James Fallows
  • Aug 29, 2013

• A Theory of Mountain Flying

  The safety virtues of multi-modal transportation.

  • James Fallows
  • Aug 22, 2013

• What ARE Those Weirdo Midwestern Pond-Pools? And Other Aerial Arcana

  One mystery solved, many to go.

  • James Fallows
  • Aug 13, 2013

• The Odd Fallibilities of Flight Aware

  Technology, our friend and foe: Chapter 3,189.

  • James Fallows
  • Aug 8, 2013

• American Futures Takes Off

  A road-trip-by-air gets its start.

  • James Fallows
  • Aug 7, 2013

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