Aviation History

Aviation History Magazine is an authoritative, in-depth history of world aviation from its origins to the Space Age. Aviation History offers air enthusiasts the most detailed coverage of the history of manned flight, with action-packed stories and illustrations that put the reader in the cockpit with pilots and military (army, navy, and marine)aviators to experience aviation’s greatest dramas.

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EAA’S CATCH-22 B-25

RAF HENDON DEBUTS DAMBUSTERS EXPERIENCE

MURDER IN THE SKIES

APOLLO BY THE NUMBERS

B-52 RESURRECTED FROM THE BONEYARD

NASA’S ADAPTIVE FLYING WING

THE FALCON OF MALTA • “SCREWBALL” BEURLING TURNED INTO A STONE-COLD KILLER IN THE COCKPIT OF A SPITFIRE, BECOMING CANADA’S HIGHEST-SCORING ACE OF WORLD WAR II

MOVIE MESSERSCHMITTS • SPANISH-BUILT VERSIONS OF THE ME-109 LEND AN AIR OF AUTHENTICITY TO WORLD WAR II FEATURE FILMS

AEROFLOT’S INTERCONTINENTAL GIANT • DEVELOPED FROM THE TUPOLEV TU-95 “BEAR” STRATEGIC BOMBER, THE TU-114 ROSSIYA AIRLINER SET RECORDS AS THE WORLD’S FASTEST TURBOPROP AIRCRAFT

STYLE • WE TAKE THE CONTROLS OF THE FREEWING F-16C RC JET, CHECK OUT HULU’S NEW SERIES CATCH-22 AND CHECK INTO JFK AIRPORT’S NEW TWA HOTEL.

THE GREAT BIRD OF THE GALAXY

NIGHT TERROR • THE MESSERSCHMITT ME-110 “DESTROYER” WAS SHOT DOWN IN DROVES DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, BUT IT WENT ON TO BECOME WORLD WAR II’S MOST SUCCESSFUL NIGHT FIGHTER

RODDENBERRY’S WAR • THE FUTURE CREATOR OF STAR TREK SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS A B-17 PILOT, SURVIVING TROPICAL STORMS, FLAK AND A FATAL CRASH

I WANNA GO HOME

MAKING BATTLE OF BRITAIN • FIFTY YEARS AGO, FILMING THE CLASSIC AIR EPIC REQUIRED FORMER ADVERSARIES TO RELIVE THE WAR, AND REOPEN OLD WOUNDS

THUNDER IN THE CINEMA • HOLLYWOOD’S FICTIONAL U.S. AIR FORCE FILMS OFTEN DIVERGED FROM REALITY, BUT MOST ARE WORTH WATCHING IF ONLY FOR THE AERIAL SEQUENCES FEATURING RARE JET AIRCRAFT

HOWARD HUGHES’ HELL’S ANGELS • THE MILLIONAIRE MOVIE MOGUL OVERCAME DAUNTING PRODUCTION PROBLEMS TO SHOOT SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE AIR COMBAT SEQUENCES EVER CAPTURED ON FILM

REVIEWS

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this movie star airplane? See the answer below.

BEFORE WORK STARTED, AN ACTUARIAL FIRM PREDICTED 13 WORKERS WOULD BE KILLED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE GATEWAY ARCH. HOW MANY WORKERS ACTUALLY DIED?

NIGHT FIGHTER’S DEADLY TALLY