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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MAILBAG

RUSSIAN LAKES GIVE UP TREASURES

A PILOTLESS RECORD

NAHI RETURNS TO RENO

FIRST AROUND THE WORLD NONSTOP

DOWNED HELLCAT’S REMAINS LOCATED

FIRST BOEING 777 RETIRES TO PIMA

VANISHED INTO THIN AIR • IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO BREAK FLIGHT RECORDS, PILOT BILL ULBRICH WAS “RESERVED, HESITANT, SLOW TO START AND HARD TO STOP”

THE ULTIMATE PISTON BIZPLANE • THE HOWARD 500 WAS THE LAST PRODUCTION RADIAL-ENGINE PASSENGER TRANSPORT AND THE MOST ADVANCED PISTON TWIN EVER BUILT

STALIN’S STOPGAP JET FIGHTER • YAKOVLEV’S SIMPLE APPROACH TO DEVELOPING THE SOVIET UNION’S FIRST JET FIGHTER WORKED REMARKABLY WELL

STYLE • If the idea of space tourism seems far-fetched and the stuff of science fiction, think again. SpaceX is set to launch passengers as early as 2023.

FORTRESS FLYING

MYTH OF THE TANKBUSTER • A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD REVEALS THAT GROUND-ATTACK AIRCRAFT IN WORLD WAR II WERE NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AGAINST ARMOR AS MANY BELIEVE

TOPGUN TURNS 50 • FOUNDED IN RESPONSE TO AIR COMBAT SHORTCOMINGS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THE U.S. NAVY’S FIGHTER TRAINING PROGRAM CONTINUES TO TURN OUT ELITE AIRMEN

‘LITTLE BIGHORN WITH WINGS’ • EXPECTATIONS WERE HIGH WHEN BURT RUTAN TEAMED UP WITH BEECH TO PRODUCE THE STARSHIP BUSINESS AIRCRAFT, BUT THE RESULT WAS A RARE FAILURE FOR THE INNOVATIVE DESIGNER

THE GLORIOUS ‘STRINGBAG’ • A FLYING ANACHRONISM WHEN IT ENTERED SERVICE, THE FAIREY SWORDFISH NEVERTHELESS HELPED SAVE BRITAIN DURING THE DARKEST DAYS OF WORLD WAR II

THE MEN WHO CRIPPLED BISMARCK

A TURN FOR THE WORSE • HOW A RAINSTORM AND A NAVIGATIONAL ERROR LED TO THE MURDER OF TWO U.S. ARMY AVIATORS IN MEXICO

REVIEWS

FLIGHT TEST

AIRMEN’S LAST WILLS