Table of Contents – January 2008 – Aviation History

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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.

DEPARTMENTS

Mailbag

Briefing

Flight Test
By Jon Guttman

Milestones

Gallery
By Dick Smith

Aviators
By Michele May

Letter From Aviation History

Modeling
By Dick Smith

Extremes
By Jon Guttman

Reviews

Airware
By Bernard Dy

Nose Art

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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