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January 2010

Features

Air crews recall their service as roadies for Bob Hope's USO show.

After 2010, the only spaceplane in the U.S. inventory will be the Air Force's mysterious X-37.

How the first U.S. air race launched an aviation tradition.

Don Berliner

With its bid to replace the Convair B-36 bomber, did Douglas promise too much?

John Aldaz and Sir George Cox

Yeah. The A-37 was small. So was Napoleon.

Stephen Joiner

The author remembers childhood, with round engines.

Bruce McCall

The launch that saved the world from orbiting laser battle stations.

Dwayne A. Day and Robert G. Kennedy III

Grumman's first jet honors a son of the Bluegrass State.

Barrett Tillman

Meet Charles Lindbergh the barnstormer—as he interviews his oldest flying buddy.

Giacinta Bradley Koontz

Viewport

J.R. Dailey

In the Museum

In the Museum: The Thursday Regulars

Above & Beyond

Tracy Wilkinson

Flights & Fancy

A daughter begins to seek interest in airplanes.

David Unekis

Then & Now

First Americans to spend Christmas in space.

Roger A. Mola

Moments and Milestones