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Flight Today
Welcome to Cyberairspace
Where you can fly from Chicago to Atlanta without leaving your living room.
![Dressed in drone livery, QF-4s are targeted during weapons testing. The testing is done at two Air Force bases, Tyndall in Florida and Holloman in New Mexico. F-4s replaced converted F-106s as the military’s drone of choice. Also droned in their time: F-86 and F-100 fighters and F-102 interceptors.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116171310im_/http://media.airspacemag.com/images/204*129/DJ09_Phantom+Main.jpg)
Military Aviation
Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?
How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for target practice.
![A world traveler, the dapper Julian founded Black Eagle Airline in 1946 to ferry goods between North and South America.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116171310im_/http://media.airspacemag.com/images/204*129/DJ09_Black+Eagle+Main.jpg)
History of Flight
The Black Eagle of Harlem
The truth behind the tall tales of Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.
![In December 2005, an Aerospatiale Alouette III landing at Escalante National Monument in Utah suffered ground resonance that tore the helicopter apart in four seconds. All aboard survived.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116171310im_/http://media.airspacemag.com/images/204*129/DJ09_HTW+Main.jpg)
Flight Today
How Things Work: Ground Resonance
When is a helicopter like a Patsy Cline song? When it falls to pieces.
Web Extra
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Space Exploration
Photo Essay: The Red Album
Mars’ foremost photographers pick their favorite images of their favorite planet.
Web Extra
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Flight Today
Photo Essay:The Blakesburg Fly-In
Antique airplanes—the cream of the crop—fluttered around corn country to celebrate an air mail birthday.
![Among the locals helping the Wrights were Tom Beacham (second from right) with young son John and his dog Bounce.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116171310im_/http://media.airspacemag.com/images/204*129/DJ09_Creation+Main.jpg)
History of Flight
Present at Creation
From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.
![In <i>You Only Live Twice</i>, Sean Connery flies an autogyro souped up with missiles, machine guns, and flame-throwers.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116171310im_/http://media.airspacemag.com/images/204*129/bond-autogyro-388.jpg)
History of Flight
Live and Let Fly
Real pilots rate the performance of the airplanes in James Bond flicks.
![#1: The whole Earth from space, as photographed by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972. Arguably the most influential image to come out of the American space program.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116171310im_/http://media.airspacemag.com/images/204*129/ON08_NASA50_Main_388x247.jpg)
Space Exploration
Top NASA Photos of All Time
50 indelible images from the first 50 years of spaceflight
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Flight Today
One More Second
The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.
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January 2009
Photo Essay
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Weightless Workouts
A new fitness machine brings astronaut exercise into the 21st century
Air & Space Interview
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John H. Hill
A brief history of airline passenger seats
Need to Know
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What determines an airplane’s lifespan?
Some keep flying for decades, while others end up on the scrap heap.
New Worlds
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Confidence Booster
This little known Apollo artifact caused astronauts to rest a little easier.
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What determines an airplane’s lifespan?
Some keep flying for decades, while others end up on the scrap heap.
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WWII: A Reader's Guide to the Air War
Our pick of the best books and memoirs on World War II aviation.
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Airmail Odyssey: 1918-2008
In September 2008, three historic mailplanes marked the anniversary of U.S. airmail by tracing the original coast-to-coast route.
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Cities at Night: An Astronaut’s View
Urban nightscapes are among the most beautiful sights in orbit.
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