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.

Aviation History • SUMMER 2023 / VOL. 33, NO. 3

FIRST BEST

P-47 GETS NEW LIFE IN NORTH DAKOTA

THE LAST JUMBO

NASA RETIRES SOFIA

YOU AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A JETSTAR

TIP OF THE ARROW

MISSION OF MERCY

AN ACTOR WHO LOVED AIRPLANES • ROBERT CUMMINGS PROMOTED AVIATION THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER

STEALTH RESTORATION • AN F-117 HAS COME IN FROM THE COLD AT A UTAH MUSEUM

BEECHCRAFT’S FORGOTTEN TWIN QUAD • THE TIME WASN’T RIGHT FOR THIS INNOVATIVE DESIGN

WOMEN AT WORK

THE OYSTERS OF SECRECY

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DESTINATION: SWEDEN • DURING WORLD WAR II, AMERICAN AIRCREWS FOUND SANCTUARY IN THE NEUTRAL SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY

In Memoriam

THE DOLE DISASTER • IN 1927 A PINEAPPLE MAGNATE SPONSORED AN AIR RACE TO HAWAII. IT DID NOT GO WELL

A SUNDAY WITH LILIENTHAL • AN AMERICAN GOT THE CHANCE TO SEE GERMANY’S “FLYING MAN” AT WORK ONLY A WEEK BEFORE TRAGEDY STRUCK

IGO ETRICH’S DOVES • INSPIRED BY A SEED, AN AUSTRIAN DESIGNER DEVELOPED A FAMILY OF AIRPLANES—AND THE FIRST WARPLANES

COMPROMISED ARROW • DID SOVIET INFILTRATION OF CANADA’S AVRO ARROW PROGRAM MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE JET’S CANCELLATION?

A Russian Spy Calls

COAST-TO-COAST

AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN LANCASTER

AIRWARE SIMAIRPORT • LvGameDev, $25

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this eccentric-looking civil aircraft?

TRAINING DAY