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

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RETURN OF THE ORIGINAL STEALTH FIGHTER

AUTHENTIC NIEUPORT 28 REVIVED

NAHI WINNERS RECOGNIZED AT RENO

PEOPLE POWER

WRIGHT WREPLICA

AMPHIBIOUS HERK PROPOSED

RESHUFFLING THE DECK • HOW TWO JET CRASHES DRAMATICALLY CHANGED NASA’S EARLY SPACEFLIGHT ROSTER AND ULTIMATELY WHO WALKED ON THE MOON

ELDORADO RADIUM SILVER EXPRESS • A RARE RESTORED BELLANCA “FLYING W” THAT PROVIDED URANIUM FOR THE MANHATTAN PROJECT WILL SOON BE ON VIEW AT A NEW MUSEUM IN WESTERN CANADA

FRANCE’S BIG BOAT • THE LATÉCOÈRE 631 MAY HAVE BEEN THE ULTIMATE FLYING BOAT AIRLINER BUT ITS SERVICE RECORD LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED

STYLE • We turn our gaze to the aviation masterpieces of artist William S. Phillips

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SHOOTING STAR • AMERICA’S FIRST OPERATIONAL JET FIGHTER WAS QUICKLY OUTCLASSED BY SWEPTWING SUCCESSORS AND SAW ITS GREATEST UTILITY AS A TRAINER OF PROP PILOTS

AN AMERICAN MARTYR • EIGHTY YEARS AGO, B-17 PILOT COLIN KELLY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE SO THAT HIS CREW COULD LIVE, AND IN THE PROCESS SPAWNED A LEGEND

ISRAEL’S BAIT-AND-SWITCH • IN 1970 THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE TOOK A PAGE FROM COLONEL ROBIN OLDS’ 1967 VIETNAM WAR OPERATION BOLO, LURING SOVIET-FLOWN MIG-21S INTO AIR COMBAT AND SHOOTING DOWN FIVE

USAF’S OPERATION BOLO

BRINGING CHARLES HOME • THE STORY OF P-51 PILOT CHARLES LEE’S WORLD WAR II SERVICE IS A REMINDER OF THE SACRIFICES MADE BY COUNTLESS YOUNG MEN IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM

TO CATCH A SHADOW • IN 1925 SCIENTISTS SOUGHT TO USE AIRPLANES AND AN AIRSHIP AS AERIAL PLATFORMS TO OBSERVE AND PHOTOGRAPH A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

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AVIATION HISTORY

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this early U.S. Navy jet fighter? See the answer below.

AIM FOR THE STARS