AOPA PILOT CONTENTS October 2019 | Volume 62 | Number 10 | aopa.org/pilot ON THIS PAGE: On 18,000 acres in southern New Mexico, Spaceport America is the first purpose-built spaceport in the world. 72 This is Spaceport America With Virgin Galactic as its principal tenant, Spaceport America prepares to launch a new space age. COURTESY OF SPACEPORT AMERICA By Julie Summers Walker FEATURES Flying the 'American Dream' Your chance to fly a World War II front-line fighter: the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. By Barry Schiff Page 50 Next Up: eVTOLs Electric-inspired powerplant designs have brought about new ways of thinking about the future of air transportation. By Thomas A. Horne Field of Visionaries Pennsylvania hamlet Eagles Mere houses a trove of antique aircraft- and classic cars. By Jill W. Tallman Page 66 Page 58 aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 1http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org/pilot