Air & Space Magazine: January 2009

Articles

Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?

How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for target practice.

Red and The Robots

Red Whittaker’s rovers have already gone where no robot has gone before. Will one of them make it to the moon?

Welcome to Cyberairspace

Where you can fly from Chicago to Atlanta without leaving your living room.

You’ve Got Mailplanes

Square-tail Stearmans, straight-wing Wacos, and Hisso Jennies top the roster of antique airplanes at a captivating grass strip in Iowa.

How Things Work: Ground Resonance

When is a helicopter like a Patsy Cline song? When it falls to pieces.

A Cameraman on Mars

If you really want to know the planet, flip through Mike Malin’s photo album.

One More Second

The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.

The Black Eagle of Harlem

The truth behind the tall tales of Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.

Present at Creation

From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.

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Snapshot

Window Seat

Atlantis, the ultimate glass-bottom boat.


Reader Scrapbook

Send In Your Photos

Check out our scrapbook of readers' aviation and space pictures. Then add your own.

Need to Know

What determines an airplane’s lifespan?

Some keep flying for decades, while others end up on the scrap heap.