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Letter From Aviation History - January 2012

Published: November 04, 2011 at 11:12 am
The January 2012 Letter From Aviation History discusses Jimmy Doolittle, zero-visibility flying, and Air France Flight 447.

Flight 1549 Completes Its Journey

Stephen Mauro | Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm
The Carolinas Aviation Museum is exhibiting the "Miracle on the Hudson" Airbus A320.

Twin Mustang Prototype to Fly Again

Stephan Wilkinson | Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Restoration pro Tom Reilly is restoring the rarest Twin Mustang to survive—the number-two XP-82 prototype.

Looks Can Be Deceiving

Stephan Wilkinson | Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm
A team of English modelers have built a 1/6th-scale radio-controlled model of the B-26B Marauder Flak Bait.

WWI Wings & Wheels

Jon Guttman | Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm
A World War I aviation theme pervaded the annual Wings & Wheels Extravaganza held July 9-10 at the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Pa.

Table of Contents - November 2011 Aviation History

Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:07 pm
The November 2011 Aviation History has articles on the Marianas Turkey Shoot, Sherman Fairchild, Johnny Alison, the OS2U Kingfisher, aerial adventure novels and EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

What did you think of Oshkosh 2011?

Published: September 16, 2011 at 12:06 pm
The November 2011 Aviation History Readers Poll asks readers to discuss what they thought of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year.

Letters From Readers - November 2011 Aviation History

Published: September 16, 2011 at 11:54 am
In the November 2011 Mailbag readers discuss the B-29, German ace Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and the first supersonic DC-8 flight.

Letter From Aviation History - November 2011

Published: September 16, 2011 at 11:52 am
The November 2011 Letter From Aviation History discusses three aviation legends in attendance at EAA AirVenture: Burt Rutan, Chuck Yeager and Bob Hoover.

Johnny Alison: American Eagle

Richard P. Hallion | Published: September 16, 2011 at 11:43 am
How the late, great Johnny Alison became a U.S. Air Force icon.

Postcards From Oshkosh

Guy Aceto | Published: September 16, 2011 at 11:42 am
Aviation History photographer Guy Aceto visited Oshkosh and came back with some great photos.

Kiwi P-40C Takes Wing

Stephan Wilkinson | Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Avspec's P-40C Warhawk is actually a restored Tomahawk, the export version of the plane. It was recovered as a wreck in northern Russia.

Biggles' Biplane

Stephan Wilkinson | Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Made for the 1960s big-budget World War I film Biggles Sweeps the Skies, "Biggles' Biplane" is a re-creation of a de Havilland B.E.2c, constructed using de Havilland Moth components.

Vulcan Returns Home

Stephen Mauro | Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Vulcan to the Sky Trust returned the only remaining airworthy Avro Vulcan to its former base RAF Finningley in March.

Sikorsky X2 Wins Collier

Nan Siegel | Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Sikorsky earned the Robert J. Collier Trophy for developing a coaxial, auxiliary propulsion helicopter, the X2.

Table of Contents - September 2011 Aviation History

Published: July 11, 2011 at 1:08 pm
The September 2011 Aviation History has articles on the B-29 Superfortress, RAF ace James McCudden, F-100C Super Sabre pilot Barty Brooks, the 1933 Houston-Westland flight over Mount Everest, the Davis-Monthan AFB boneyard, and Luftwaffe maintenance.
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