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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RELIC OF RODDENBERRY’S B-17

ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS CONTINUE

END OF A LINE… AND AN ERA

NAHI RETURNS TO RENO

JUMBO’S FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT

LINDBERGH THE TEST PILOT • RECENTLY DISCOVERED PHOTOS OF THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS TEST FLIGHTS SHED LIGHT ON THE “LONE EAGLE’S” PREPARATIONS FOR HIS CELEBRATED TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT

WARBIRDS IN THE DESERT • TWO HISTORIC WORLD WAR II BOMBERS ARE GETTING A MAKEOVER AT UTAH’S HILL AEROSPACE MUSEUM

THE SLOAN BICURVE • AT A TIME WHEN THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF AIRCRAFT DESIGN WERE STILL BEING SORTED OUT, THIS FORGOTTEN AIRPLANE SPORTED A DIFFERENT SORT OF WING

STYLE • We fly coast to coast on the world’s largest business jet, focus on Jeff Berlin’s aviation photography and more.

HERO WORSHIP

THUD • A FAST MOVER DESIGNED TO CARRY A NUCLEAR WEAPON, THE F-105 THUNDERCHIEF BECAME THE VIETNAM WAR’S MOST IMPORTANT CONVENTIONAL FIGHTER-BOMBER

TECH NOTES • REPUBLIC F-105D THUNDERCHIEF

ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL • FLYING AN F-4C PHANTOM, COLONEL RALPH PARR AND BACKSEATER CAPTAIN THOMAS MCMANUS BRAVED INTENSE ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE TO HELP THWART THE SIEGE OF KHE SANH COMBAT BASE

SAD SAGA OF THE KEE BIRD • WHEN A B-29 CREW GOT LOST IN WEATHER OVER THE ARCTIC AND CAME DOWN ON A FROZEN GREENLAND LAKE, IT LED TO AN ILL-FATED RECOVERY ATTEMPT 48 YEARS LATER

KAL 902 IS DOWN • IN A CONTROVERSIAL COLD WAR INCIDENT, A KOREAN AIR LINES 707 WAS DOWNED BY A MISSILE FROM A SOVIET FIGHTER, KILLING TWO PASSENGERS AND TOUCHING OFF A DIPLOMATIC FIRESTORM

AMERICA’S FIRST PASSENGER AIRSHIP • ROY KNABENSHUE’S DIRIGIBLE OFFERED SIGHTSEEING FLIGHTS AROUND LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO, GARNERING FREQUENT PRESS COVERAGE, THEN DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE

TECH NOTES • THE AIRSHIP PASADENA/WHITE CITY

REVIEWS

THUNDERCHIEF • The Complete History of the Republic F-105

DVD THUD PILOTS • The Untold Story of the Men Who Flew the F-105 Over North Vietnam

RACE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC • Alcock and Brown’s Record-Breaking Non-Stop Flight

THE BERLIN AIRLIFT • The World’s Largest Ever Air Supply Operation

AIRWARE SA342 Gazelle

BUILDING CONCORDE • From Drawing Board to Mach 2

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this tiny T-tail twin? See the answer below.

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