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 • WINTER 2023 / VOL. 33, NO. 1

ONE CATCH

FOKKER D.XXI REPLICA TAKES TO THE AIR

THE FINAL LAYOVER • BURBANK’S PORTAL OF THE FOLDED WINGS SHRINE TO AVIATION HONORS PIONEERS OF THE AIR

MIDWAY’S CUTLASS • THE F7U-3 HAD A BAD REPUTATION, BUT IT WAS AN INTERESTING AIRPLANE

A SOVIET DRAGON • THE VVA-14 TRIED TO DO TOO MUCH WITH TOO LITTLE

BEHIND THE SCENES

TIME PASSAGES

TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL!

THE LEAR OF LEARJET • BILL LEAR NEVER DESIGNED AN AIRPLANE. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO

THE MANY CRASHES OF CAL RODGERS • THE FIRST FLIGHT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WAS ANYTHING BUT NON-STOP

FINAL MISSION • THEIR LANCASTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A LUCKY AIRPLANE. LUCK CAN RUN OUT

THE SECRET DOGFIGHT • ROYCE WILLIAMS SHOT DOWN FOUR SOVIET MIG-15s IN ONE DAY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. BUT HE COULDN’T TALK ABOUT IT

ONE AND DONE • 75 YEARS AGO, HOWARD HUGHES FLEW THE “SPRUCE GOOSE” FOR THE FIRST AND LAST TIME

NEVER PANIC EARLY

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this sleek twin-pusher business turboprop?

REBORN