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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GUNSHIP EVOLUTION

PETER JACKSON’S TROUBLED AVIATION EMPIRE

A SPIT DOES ITS BIT…AGAIN

BATTLE OF BRITAIN HEINKEL FROM SPAIN

TURNING OF THE TIDES

V-J DAY FLIGHTS OVER OAHU

CANADA’S FEARLESS FLIER • “WOP” MAY ESCAPED THE RED BARON AND WENT ON TO MAKE CELEBRATED MERCY FLIGHTS AND PIONEER AIR RESCUE IN THE FRIGID CANADIAN NORTH DURING WORLD WAR II

RARE FIGHTER REPRODUCTION • WHILE THE AIRFRAME OF PILOT MIKAEL CARLSON’S PFALZ D.VIII IS NEW, THE ROTARY ENGINE OF THE WORLD WAR I REPLICA IS AN ORIGINAL

SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLE • THE BURAN SPACEPLANE NEVER LIVED UP TO ITS POTENTIAL AFTER IT WAS OVERCOME BY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES BEYOND ITS DESIGNERS’ CONTROL

STYLE • For more than 40 years, Philip Makanna has captured a treasure trove of images and shared them via his GHOSTS books and calendars. Here, we present a few of our favorites by the worldrenowned photographer.

LOOKING UP

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THUNDERBOLT! • REPUBLIC’S P-47 WASN’T A SEXY OR GROUNDBREAKING FIGHTER BUT IT POSSESSED ONE ESSENTIAL QUALITY PRIZED BY PILOTS: IT GOT THE JOB DONE AND RETURNED THEM SAFELY HOME

SABRE ACE RACE • A DANGEROUS CONTEST DEVELOPED IN THE SKIES OVER KOREA TO DETERMINE WHO WOULD EMERGE FROM THE WAR AS AMERICA’S TOP FIGHTER PILOT

ASSESSING THE MIG-15

THE CORSAIR’S LAST HURRAH • NEARLY 25 YEARS AFTER IT FIRST SAW COMBAT IN VIETNAM, THE LTV A-7E CORSAIR II WAS HEADED FOR RETIREMENT WHEN IT WAS RECALLED FOR DUTY IN ONE LAST WAR

TALE OF THE TIN GOOSE • IN THE LATE 1920S, THE STURDY FORD TRI-MOTOR HELPED CONVINCE A WARY AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL COULD BE SAFE, RELIABLE AND ECONOMICAL

FREEWHEELING FREDDIE • THE MAVERICK BRITISH ENTREPRENEUR ROCKED THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY WITH HIS NO-FRILLS APPROACH AND LOW-COST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS

REVIEWS

THE EARLY AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC • Ten Months That Changed the Course of World War II

THUNDERBOLTS TRIUMPHANT • The 362nd Fighter Group vs Germany’s Wehrmacht

TAKING FLIGHT • The Foundations of American Commercial Aviation, 1918–1938

AS THE PROP TURNS • The Soul of an Old Airplane

P-47D THUNDERBOLT VS KI-43-II HAYABUSA • New Guinea 1943-44

THE WAR IN THE AIR

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this flying car? See the answer below

TODAY IN HISTORY JULY 17, 1918

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