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

MARINE HARRIER

PRIDE OF THE ADIRONDACKS

NAA MANUFACTURERS’ DRAWINGS SAVED

TUSKEGEE AIRMAN CELEBRATES HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY

RISE OF THE MACHINES

UDVAR-HAZY CENTER UPDATE

AIR FORCE GIANT • ROBBIE RISNER STOOD TALL AS A KOREAN WAR ACE AND AS A POW LEADER DURING SEVEN YEARS IN NORTH VIETNAM’S INFAMOUS HANOI HILTON

FATHER-AND-SON STINSON • RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT HARRY BALLANCE JR. TRACKED DOWN AN SR-5 RELIANT FORMERLY OWNED BY HIS FATHER AND RESTORED IT TO LIKE-NEW CONDITION

LIGHT SINGLES UNDER PRESSURE • THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP A PRESSURIZED LIGHTPLANE FOR PRIVATE PILOTS DEFLATED WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THE MARKET FOR SUCH AIRCRAFT WAS NEARLY NONEXISTENT

STYLE • We explore how Uber Air plans to transport riders through the world’s most populated cities, and visit the largest military aviation museum.

A MARAUDER’S TALE

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FIRST AMERICAN VICTORIES OVER VIETNAM • A TEXTBOOK INTERCEPT AND MISSILE LAUNCH BY U.S. NAVY F-4 PHANTOMS RESULTED IN THE FIRST CONFIRMED MIG KILLS OF THE VIETNAM WAR

OTHER CLAIMS AND PROBABLES

A BOMBER TOO FAR • JACK NORTHROP DREAMED BIG WITH HIS FUTURISTIC FLYING WING, BUT THE RADICAL BOMBER PROVED TOO GREAT A TECHNOLOGICAL LEAP FOR HIS COMPANY TO BRIDGE IN THE LATE 1940S

B-2 SPIRIT: DESCENDANT OR INHERITOR?

FLIGHT OF THE YELLOW BIRD • THREE FRENCHMEN WERE IN FOR A SURPRISE WHEN THEY TOOK OFF FROM MAINE’S OLD ORCHARD BEACH ON A TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT ATTEMPT TO PARIS IN 1929

YELLOW FEVER 90 YEARS LATER

OVER THE SIDE • A U.S. NAVY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURED DRAMATIC IMAGES OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER FLIGHT OPERATIONS DURING THE KOREAN WAR

LIBERATORS’ LEGACY • B-24 BOMBER WRECKS ON REMOTE ALASKAN ISLANDS STAND AS MUTE TESTIMONY TO THE HARD-FOUGHT AIR WAR DURING THE ALEUTIANS CAMPAIGN

REVIEWS

RACE OF ACES • WWII’s Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky

VIGILANTE! • A Pilot’s Story: 1,200 Hours Flying the Ultimate US Navy Reconnaissance Aircraft

OPERATION CHASTISE • The RAF’s Most Brilliant Attack of World War II

SHERMAN LEAD • Flying the F-4D Phantom II in Vietnam

F-80 SHOOTING STAR UNITS OF THE KOREAN WAR

CLASSICS GUARD OF HONOR

THE MAN IN THE ARENA • An Aviator’s Turbulent Roller Coaster Ride to the Clouds…and Back

EMPIRES OF THE SKY • Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men’s Epic Duel to Rule the World

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this mixed-propulsion fighter prototype? See the answer below.

ETCHED IN MEMORY