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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January 2009
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.
