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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Aviation History

MAILBAG

WACO MIXUP

NEW HOME FOR SAIGON LADY

GENE BULLARD STATUE UNVEILED

TUSKEGEE-INSPIRED TRAINER

SMOOTH SAILING

ARCH AND TEDDY • A BROMANCE BLOSSOMED BETWEEN ARCHIBALD HOXSEY AND THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN 1910 WHEN THE EARLY AVIATOR TOOK TR FOR A SHORT FLIGHT—THE FIRST BY A U.S. PRESIDENT

DOUGLAS RESTORES A VINTAGE AIRLINER • IN CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORIC TRANSPORT’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY, THE COMPANY BRIEFLY RETURNED ONE OF SEVEN SURVIVING DC-2S TO THE AIR IN 1984

THE LUFTWAFFE’S CARRIER PLANE • DESIGNED AS A CARRIER-BASED TORPEDO BOMBER, THE FIESELER FI-167 ENDED UP HUNTING YUGOSLAV PARTISANS WHEN ITS SHIP NEVER MATERIALIZED

STYLE • If things go as planned, air taxi companies like Lilium and Volocopter will shuttle passengers as early as 2025

MAX-IMUM DANGER

HELLCATS OVER EUROPE • RENOWNED AS THE PACIFIC WAR’S MOST SUCCESSFUL FIGHTER, THE GRUMMAN F6F ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO ALLIED VICTORY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER

HOW THE HELLCAT STACKED UP AGAINST THE LUFTWAFFE

THE 10 MOST DANGEROUS AIRPLANES EVER BUILT • WHETHER DUE TO DESIGN FLAWS OR OVERREACHING ATTEMPTS TO PUSH THE AVIATION ENVELOPE, SOME AIRCRAFT SEEM PREDISPOSED TO KILL THEIR PILOTS AND PASSENGERS

THE PERFECT TRAP • THE REMARKABLE CAREER OF NAVAL AVIATION PIONEER FREDERICK “TRAP” TRAPNELL ENCOMPASSED BIPLANES, AIRSHIPS, WORLD WAR II FIGHTERS, RESEARCH PLANES AND EARLY CARRIER JETS

BUILDING THE BUNDESLUFTWAFFE • IN THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR II, GERMANY TURNED TO FORMER LUFTWAFFE OFFICERS TO REBUILD ITS AIR FORCE UNDER NATO AND HELP COUNTER THE SOVIET THREAT

THE NIGHT DIPPERS • HELICOPTER ANTI-SUBMARINE SQUADRON 5 PIONEERED ALL-WEATHER NIGHT OPERATIONS IN THE EARLY 1960S, SEARCHING FOR SOVIET SUBS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC

PAN AMERICAN CLIPPERS • The Golden Age of Flying Boats

CRASH COURSE • Accidents Don’t Just Happen

THE BLUE ANGELS • The U.S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Team, 1946 to the Present

HOW CARRIERS FOUGHT • Carrier Operations in World War II

LOCKHEED F-104 STARFIGHTER • A History

VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER

ESCAPE FROM PARIS • A True Story of Love and Resistance in Wartime France

SOARING TO GLORY • A Tuskegee Airman’s Firsthand Account of World War II

FLIGHT TEST

MEN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE