Air & Space Magazine: January 2009
Features
Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?
How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for
target practice.
By Ralph Wetterhahn
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?
By Geoffrey Little
Welcome to Cyberairspace
Where you can fly from Chicago to Atlanta without leaving your living room.
By Ed Regis
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.
By John Fleischman
How Things Work: Ground Resonance
When is a helicopter like a Patsy Cline song? When it falls to pieces.
By Peter Garrison
A Cameraman on Mars
If you really want to know the planet, flip through Mike Malin’s photo album.
By Andrew Chaikin
One More Second
The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.
By James R. Chiles
The Black Eagle of Harlem
The truth behind the tall tales of Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.
By David Shaftel
Present at Creation
From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.
By Tom Crouch
Viewport: Amazing Racers
By J.R. Dailey
In The Museum: The Secretary’s First Impressions
The Secretary’s first impressions
By Linda Shiner
Above & Beyond: Take a Left at Portugal
By James A. Jimenez
Flights & Fancy: A Christmas Story
By Christopher Hope
Then & Now: Less Haste, More Flying
Less Haste, More Flying
By Paul Hoversten
Moments & Milestones: Giddyup 409
Giddyup 409
By George C. Larson
