A Note to Readers

Like the audiences they serve, magazines are entities that are—or should be—in constant motion. How and what subscribers think about the articles they’re interested in reading in a monthly magazine aren’t fixed objects anchored on a distant horizon. Opinions change, viewpoints shift, tastes and inclinations evolve but throughout, there’s one constant: For the readers of this magazine, the need for practical, timely information about flying airplanes safely never changes.

And that, in a nutshell, is and always has been the mission of Aviation Safety. It will now continue under the able guidance of a new editor, Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside, a name many avid readers of aviation publications wil...