Life Magazine, June 18, 1956 - Air age, pilot in plane

Special Issue: Air Age, Man's New Way of Life in World Shaped by Conquest of Skies. Color Photo Essay: Man's High New Realm, Howard Sochurek. Civilian America Has A Busy Day in the Air, 24 hours of travel. Many, many great airplane photos in color. Editorial: Science, sickness and character. Safety Smash, crash test dummies on planes. The Frontier of Aviation, Edwards Air Force Base, test pilots Frank Everest, Charles Yeager, William M. Smith, plane designer R. G. Lapp. Two page color Chevrolet ad with film set illustration by Briggs, teal and white Chevrolet Bel-Air Convertible. Eisenhower has intestinal surgery. Airports Around the World-paintings by Edward Reep. Families Go Flying. Odd Shapes for Tomorrow. Two page color ad for "Trapeze" with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida. The Handy Helicopter. Artist views of life of the airports, ten pages of drawings and watercolors of worldwide air experiences by Edward Reep. Captain of the Ocean Air, Portlock Wilson and his crew at Pan American. The Growing Air America. Portrait of U.S. Military Aviation, color fold-out. The Indispensable Engineer. Research Plunges into the Future. A Single Moment of Transatlantic Traffic, map. Full page color Friskies Dog Food ad with illustration by Douglas Crockwell. Airman Without Weight, full page photo. Full page color Coca-Cola ad with two children on back cover.