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FEATURES
At Home in the Blue Vault
By Stephan Wilkinson
Legendary fighter pilot Robin Olds was a thorn in the side of every Air Force general who wanted nothing more than the status quo.
A Bad Day for Flying: The story of a WWII B-24 Commander shot down over Hankow
By Alan Foster
Shot down over Japanese-held China, Liberator pilot John Foster savored an unexpected homecoming.
Edward Steichen Goes to War
By Nan Siegel
The face of WWII naval aviation in the Pacific, captured by a master photographer and his staff.
Flight of the Spokane Sun God
By Daniel L. Rust
Two civilian pilots set out in 1929 to show how aerial refueling could revolutionize commercial flights across the United States.
Building a Better Navy Jet
By E.R. Johnson
An ambitious development program resulted in one of the world's best carrier-based fighters.
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Mailbag
Briefing
Flight Test
By Jon Guttman
Milestones
Gallery
By Dick Smith
Aviators
By Michele May
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Letter From Aviation History
Modeling
By Dick Smith
Extremes
By Jon Guttman
Reviews
Airware
By Bernard Dy
Nose Art
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ONLINE EXTRAS
Jet Aircraft Development
Surrounded and Outnumbered
First Nonstop Transcontinental Flight
DISCUSSION:
Fighter ace Robin Olds' prime skill was situational awareness, the ability to see, store and analyze opposing positions and potential opportunities in four dimensions. Given the wealth of info available to pilots via the latest head-up displays, do you think situational awareness is less important that it was 30 years ago?
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