CURRENT ISSUE
January 2009
Features
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Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?
How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for target practice
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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?
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Welcome to Cyberairspace
Where you can fly from Chicago to Atlanta without leaving your living room
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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.
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How Things Work: Ground Resonance
When is a helicopter like a Patsy Cline song? When it falls to pieces.
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A Cameraman on Mars
If you really want to know the planet, flip through Mike Malin’s photo album.
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One More Second
The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.
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The Black Eagle of Harlem
The truth behind the tall tales of Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.
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Present at Creation
From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.