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Aviation History

May 01 2020
Magazine

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.

AVIATION HISTORY ONLINE

Aviation History • MAY 2020/VOL. 30, NO. 5

DANGEROUS AIRPLANES

THE ELECTRIC BEAVER

STAMPE FLIES IN WASHINGTON

MUSÉE’S ART DECO GALLERY REOPENS

BIGGIN HILL MEMORIAL MUSEUM

AMY, WONDERFUL AMY

CHAMPION TAILHOOKER • IN A 2011 LETTER TO THE AUTHOR, LEGENDARY ROYAL NAVY PILOT ERIC BROWN REVEALED HOW HE RACKED UP MORE AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANDINGS THAN ANYONE BEFORE OR SINCE

COMBAT VETERAN BUFF • SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO RESTORE A HISTORIC B-52D STRATOFORTRESS AT THE YANKEE AIR MUSEUM SERVICED THE VERY SAME AIRCRAFT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR

SOVIET SST • DUBBED THE “CONCORDSKI” BY WESTERN JOURNALISTS, THE TUPOLEV TU-144 NEVER ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS OF ITS ANGLO-FRENCH COUNTERPART

STYLE • We check out a helicopter decked-out by Aston Martin, a mammoth cargo plane from Airbus and a cycle of the future that’s right ’round the corner.

GIANT IN AVIATION HISTORY

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THE MIGHTY MITCHELL • ARMED TO THE TEETH WITH MACHINE GUNS AND A 75MM CANNON, B-25S PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN WORLD WAR II AS LOW-LEVEL BOMBERS AND STRAFERS

TECH NOTES

TECH NOTES

WHY THE FRENCH AIR FORCE FAILED IN 1940 • SHORTAGES OF AIRCRAFT AND PILOTS ARE OFTEN CITED, BUT A LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND MISUNDERSTANDING OF HOW BEST TO EMPLOY AIR POWER WERE THE ROOT CAUSES

BEDE’S BOONDOGGLE • JIM BEDE AIMED HIGH WITH HIS LITTLE HOMEBUILT BD-5 BULLET, BUT ENGINE WOES AND QUESTIONABLE FINANCIAL MOVES CAUSED HIM TO OVERSHOOT THE TARGET

TECH NOTES

KING OF HOLLYWOOD PILOTS • STUNT PILOT AND AIR RACER PAUL MANTZ FLEW IN MORE THAN 250 MOVIES AND ONCE OWNED THE WORLD’S SEVENTH LARGEST AIR FORCE

SOLO OVER THE POLE

SKY FIGHTERS OF FRANCE • HENRI FARRÉ’S PAINTINGS ILLUMINATED AERIAL COMBAT FOR A PUBLIC EAGER TO GAIN A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THIS NEW FORM OF WARFARE

CHAMPIONS OF FLIGHT

THE WRIGHT FLYERS 1899–1916

SYDNEY CAMM

FLYING THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD

AIRWARE PLANE MECHANIC SIMULATOR

AMERICA’S ROUND-ENGINE AIRLINERS

THE AVRO ARROW

SOUTH PACIFIC AIR WAR

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this unusual homebuilt? See the answer below.

FINAL TALLY


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Frequency: One time Pages: 76 Publisher: HistoryNet Edition: May 01 2020

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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.

AVIATION HISTORY ONLINE

Aviation History • MAY 2020/VOL. 30, NO. 5

DANGEROUS AIRPLANES

THE ELECTRIC BEAVER

STAMPE FLIES IN WASHINGTON

MUSÉE’S ART DECO GALLERY REOPENS

BIGGIN HILL MEMORIAL MUSEUM

AMY, WONDERFUL AMY

CHAMPION TAILHOOKER • IN A 2011 LETTER TO THE AUTHOR, LEGENDARY ROYAL NAVY PILOT ERIC BROWN REVEALED HOW HE RACKED UP MORE AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANDINGS THAN ANYONE BEFORE OR SINCE

COMBAT VETERAN BUFF • SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO RESTORE A HISTORIC B-52D STRATOFORTRESS AT THE YANKEE AIR MUSEUM SERVICED THE VERY SAME AIRCRAFT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR

SOVIET SST • DUBBED THE “CONCORDSKI” BY WESTERN JOURNALISTS, THE TUPOLEV TU-144 NEVER ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS OF ITS ANGLO-FRENCH COUNTERPART

STYLE • We check out a helicopter decked-out by Aston Martin, a mammoth cargo plane from Airbus and a cycle of the future that’s right ’round the corner.

GIANT IN AVIATION HISTORY

Subscribe Today!

THE MIGHTY MITCHELL • ARMED TO THE TEETH WITH MACHINE GUNS AND A 75MM CANNON, B-25S PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN WORLD WAR II AS LOW-LEVEL BOMBERS AND STRAFERS

TECH NOTES

TECH NOTES

WHY THE FRENCH AIR FORCE FAILED IN 1940 • SHORTAGES OF AIRCRAFT AND PILOTS ARE OFTEN CITED, BUT A LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND MISUNDERSTANDING OF HOW BEST TO EMPLOY AIR POWER WERE THE ROOT CAUSES

BEDE’S BOONDOGGLE • JIM BEDE AIMED HIGH WITH HIS LITTLE HOMEBUILT BD-5 BULLET, BUT ENGINE WOES AND QUESTIONABLE FINANCIAL MOVES CAUSED HIM TO OVERSHOOT THE TARGET

TECH NOTES

KING OF HOLLYWOOD PILOTS • STUNT PILOT AND AIR RACER PAUL MANTZ FLEW IN MORE THAN 250 MOVIES AND ONCE OWNED THE WORLD’S SEVENTH LARGEST AIR FORCE

SOLO OVER THE POLE

SKY FIGHTERS OF FRANCE • HENRI FARRÉ’S PAINTINGS ILLUMINATED AERIAL COMBAT FOR A PUBLIC EAGER TO GAIN A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THIS NEW FORM OF WARFARE

CHAMPIONS OF FLIGHT

THE WRIGHT FLYERS 1899–1916

SYDNEY CAMM

FLYING THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD

AIRWARE PLANE MECHANIC SIMULATOR

AMERICA’S ROUND-ENGINE AIRLINERS

THE AVRO ARROW

SOUTH PACIFIC AIR WAR

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this unusual homebuilt? See the answer below.

FINAL TALLY


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