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A look at these businesses reveals the state of modern aircraft maintenance—from the individual owner to a global scale.

On September 26, NASA was able to successfully crash spacecraft into an asteroid. Now, it’s time to determine the outcome of this ‘impactful’ mission.

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I would like to comment about your editorial on shortage of flight instructors [Editors Log, November].

For several years I flew for a commuter airline. At 50 I was told I did not meet their pilot profile and I should quit. I also had personal problems at home, so I left to be closer to home.

I decided to go back into flight instruction. For the next three years I worked six and sometimes seven days a week, sometimes from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. in order to accommodate students. All for only a four-figure income a year.

Three years later I found a job on a assembly line. It only pays a couple of dollars above minimum wage, but it doubled my yearly income. I continued doing flight instr…