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Aviation History

Spring 2024
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.

Talking with a Legendary Fighter Ace • In an interview, storied triple ace Bud Anderson explains how the P-51 Mustang “saved the world.”

Aviation History • SPRING 2024 / VOL. 34, NO. 2

REMEMBERING JACK

RESTORED HAWKER TEMPEST TAKES TO THE SKIES

BASEBALL REMEMBERS THE C-119

SHOO SHOO SHOO BABY GETS A NEW HOME

CARDED

BLIMP HANGAR BURNS

GODZILLA VS. THE MAGNIFICENT LIGHTNING

NONSTOP ACTION

POLE DANCER

THE HITCHHIKER • AFTER BATTLING AMERICAN B-52S IN 1972, PHAM TUAN FLEW INTO SPACE IN 1980

INTO THE COLD BLUE • ON JULY 7, 1944, B-24 LIBERATOR CREWS FOUND THAT HELL WAS FOUR MILES ABOVE EARTH

BLACKJACK! • THAT’S WHAT THE WEST CALLS THE TUPOLEV TU-160, THE SOVIET RESPONSE TO THE AMERICAN B-1 BOMBER

STAMPS TAKE FLIGHT • AIRPLANES HAVE LONG BEEN A POPULAR SUBJECT IN THE WORLD OF POSTAGE

MAN ON THE MOON

Subscribe Now! • CHOOSE FROM NINE AWARD-WINNING TITLES

FROM MiG KILLER TO MOONWALKER • OF THE 12 ASTRONAUTS WHO LANDED ON THE MOON, ONLY BUZZ ALDRIN HAD SHOT DOWN ENEMY JETS IN KOREA

ENGINES NOT REQUIRED • GLIDERS SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME

TAKING THE HELICOPTER TO NEW HEIGHTS • TEST PILOT JEAN BOULET HAD MANY MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES WITH ROTORCRAFT. SURPRISINGLY, HE SURVIVED THEM ALL

WHEN CURTISS-WRIGHT CRASHED TO EARTH • IT HAPPENED IN 1943—A SCANDAL THAT LED TO HARRY S. TRUMAN BECOMING PRESIDENT AND MARILYN MONROE GETTING MARRIED

“THE WORLD’S CHAMPION AERONAUT” VISITS AMERICA • IN 1908, HENRI FARMAN HOPED TO CREATE A SENSATION BY GIVING FLIGHT DEMONSTRATIONS AT A BROOKLYN RACETRACK. IT DIDN’T WORK OUT THAT WAY

BLACK PROGRAMS

FLYING BOAT • A film by Dirk Braun. Available on DVD and streaming on Amazon

WAR THUNDER • Gaijin Entertainment

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this jet trainer?

FINAL APPROACH

HOW MANY CONFIRMED AIR COMBAT VICTORIES DID THE RED BARON ACHIEVE?


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Frequency: One time Pages: 76 Publisher: HistoryNet Edition: Spring 2024

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  • Release date: January 23, 2024

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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.

Talking with a Legendary Fighter Ace • In an interview, storied triple ace Bud Anderson explains how the P-51 Mustang “saved the world.”

Aviation History • SPRING 2024 / VOL. 34, NO. 2

REMEMBERING JACK

RESTORED HAWKER TEMPEST TAKES TO THE SKIES

BASEBALL REMEMBERS THE C-119

SHOO SHOO SHOO BABY GETS A NEW HOME

CARDED

BLIMP HANGAR BURNS

GODZILLA VS. THE MAGNIFICENT LIGHTNING

NONSTOP ACTION

POLE DANCER

THE HITCHHIKER • AFTER BATTLING AMERICAN B-52S IN 1972, PHAM TUAN FLEW INTO SPACE IN 1980

INTO THE COLD BLUE • ON JULY 7, 1944, B-24 LIBERATOR CREWS FOUND THAT HELL WAS FOUR MILES ABOVE EARTH

BLACKJACK! • THAT’S WHAT THE WEST CALLS THE TUPOLEV TU-160, THE SOVIET RESPONSE TO THE AMERICAN B-1 BOMBER

STAMPS TAKE FLIGHT • AIRPLANES HAVE LONG BEEN A POPULAR SUBJECT IN THE WORLD OF POSTAGE

MAN ON THE MOON

Subscribe Now! • CHOOSE FROM NINE AWARD-WINNING TITLES

FROM MiG KILLER TO MOONWALKER • OF THE 12 ASTRONAUTS WHO LANDED ON THE MOON, ONLY BUZZ ALDRIN HAD SHOT DOWN ENEMY JETS IN KOREA

ENGINES NOT REQUIRED • GLIDERS SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME

TAKING THE HELICOPTER TO NEW HEIGHTS • TEST PILOT JEAN BOULET HAD MANY MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES WITH ROTORCRAFT. SURPRISINGLY, HE SURVIVED THEM ALL

WHEN CURTISS-WRIGHT CRASHED TO EARTH • IT HAPPENED IN 1943—A SCANDAL THAT LED TO HARRY S. TRUMAN BECOMING PRESIDENT AND MARILYN MONROE GETTING MARRIED

“THE WORLD’S CHAMPION AERONAUT” VISITS AMERICA • IN 1908, HENRI FARMAN HOPED TO CREATE A SENSATION BY GIVING FLIGHT DEMONSTRATIONS AT A BROOKLYN RACETRACK. IT DIDN’T WORK OUT THAT WAY

BLACK PROGRAMS

FLYING BOAT • A film by Dirk Braun. Available on DVD and streaming on Amazon

WAR THUNDER • Gaijin Entertainment

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this jet trainer?

FINAL APPROACH

HOW MANY CONFIRMED AIR COMBAT VICTORIES DID THE RED BARON ACHIEVE?


Expand title description text