Stories Collection

  1. New categories included Rolls-Royce has expanded the Aviation Heritage Invitational ...
  2. Do you remember how you became interested in aviation? Yes. When I was twelve, we li...
  3. CATALINA SOCIETY BACK IN THE AIR Consolidated PBY will fty in Britain Encouraging ne...
  4. THE UNIQUE DC-1 POINTED THE WAY TO THE FUTURE OF AERIAL TRANSPORTATION BUT THE DC-2 ...
  5. Over the years, you have restored and maintained quite a few Warbirds. How do you rat...
  6. Well-known pilot perishes after apparent engine failure On 20 February, pilot Jim Sh...
  7. WARBIRD REPORT KEEP EM FLYING Activities continue at the Me 262 Project, reports Jim...
  8. IN 1949, AN AERONCA SEDAN LIGHT AIRCRAFT SET AN INCREDIBLE ENDURANCE RECORD BY ST...
  9. Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on 13 March 1914. O'Hare...
  10. TARGET TOKYO Your article "Target Tokyo" in the March 2003 issue is a great piece of...
  11. Warbird insurance is now more accessible The EAA Warbirds of America aircraft insura...
  12. ONE OF ONLY TWO FLYABLE GRUMMAN F4F-3 WILDCATS, THIS FINELY-RESTORED EXAMPLE HONORS ...
  13. THE DAY- TO-DAY LIFE OF A LOCKHEED F-5 LIGHTNING PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON IN ACT...
  14. NTSB concludes fuel starvation cause of crash The crew of Boeing 307 N19903 had orig...
  15. JOE FOSS. Retired US Marine Corps Brigadier General, Foss destroyed 26 Japanese aircr...
  16. GERMANY'S COLORS OF WAR Covering the complex paint schemes of the Luftwaffe During ...
  17. BOBBI TROUT. The last surviving pilot from the first Women's Transcontinental Air Der...
  18. IN THIS ISSUE WE PRESENT A SELECTION OF CLASSIC MILITARY AIRCRAFT-- ALL IN A DISTINCT...
  19. WHY HAD ARMY AIR FORCE OfFICIALS ALERTED THE GERMANS TO THIS MASSIVE FLYING FORTRESS ...
  20. Howard Hughes heads for the big screen As a young man, Howard Hughes was fascinated ...
  21. Canadian company is the top refinisher of Warbirds Sky Harbour Aircraft Refinishing ...
  22. Stinson Aircraft Company by John Bluth (Arcadia Publishing, $19.99) examines the shor...
  23. It was really nice to see such a beautifully restored Warbird as Max Chapman's Corsai...
  24. Chronicling the life and times of a classic line of aircraft Laird Airplanes - A Leg...
  25. FURTHER SELECTION Of AERONAUTICAL PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING THE INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY O...
  26. THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE OF A LOCKHEED F-5 LIGHTNING PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON IN ACTI...
  27. THE SECOND FLIGHT Of THE FIRST NEW-BUILD ME 262 CONCLUDED WITH A LANDING INCIDENT. HO...
  28. CHECKLIST NEW ITEMS FOR THE AVIATION ENTHUSIAST With so many excellent books availa...
  29. CREATING THE ULTIMATE PROPLINER DID NOT MEAN THAT THE L-1649 WAS DESTINED FOR SUCCESS...
  30. The American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport, Farmingdale, Long Island, New York,...
  31. In the last issue, we reported on the Northrop Alpha project being offered for sale b...
  32. CLASSIC AIRCRAFT FACT FILE ON THE TYPE'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY, WE CELEBRATE THE LOCKHEED...
  33. It has almost been 60 years since I last flew a Spitfire but as I remember it the thr...
  34. KNOWN AS THE "FORGOTTEN WAR," AERIAL COMBAT IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS MEANT THAT AMERIC...
  35. Authors Marc Hamel and Punchy Powell told a good story about Y-29 which you published...
  36. Interesting saga of the 363rd The 363rd Fighter Group in World War II by Kent D. Mil...
  37. TWA WAS READY TO LAUNCH THE INAUGURAL CONSTELLATION FLIGHT fROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW YO...
  38. One of only two survivors Jack Northrop had, of course, a major influence in the des...
  39. CHECKLIST For the early airlines, air mail was essential for survival Visionary ent...
  40. BUILT IN NEW YORK, FLOWN BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, REBUILT TO AWARD-WINNING FL...
  41. Rare fighter getting closer to first flight During 1974, the damaged remains of Bell...
  42. The expansion and re-creation of the Air Force's national museum is gathering momentu...
  43. PREPARED DURING MAY 1943, THIS RATHER QUAINT PIECE DOES GIVE AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE FI...
  44. NEW ITEMS FOR THE AVIATION ENTHUSIAST Inside Britain's secret flight test field The...
  45. AS TRANSPORTATION BY AIR GREW IN POPULARITY WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC, LOCKHEED WAS DET...
  46. ONE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S MOST CLASSIC COLD WAR AIRCRAFT RECENTL Y CELEBRATED I...
  47. WITH THE ADVENT Of WORLD WAR TWO, LOCKHEED PS NEW CREATION WOULD NOT ENJOY COLORFUL A...
  48. Help is solicited from Air Classics readers regarding two extremely important restora...
  49. B-17 pilot recalls combat in the air and on the ground Escaping certain death - not ...
  50. Very rare aircraft awaits a new home The Douglas DWC World Cruiser was lowered this ...
  51. HELPING PROVE THE CONSTELLATION'S ENGINES CALLED fOR A UNIQUE AIRCRAfT Since the mas...
  52. PAPPY BOYINGTON Mint Moore sent me a copy of the January Air Classics which featured...
  53. FURTHER SELECTION Of AERONAUTICAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EDITOR'S FILES Truly one of t...
  54. AS AMERICAN FORCES FOUGHT THE DEADLY ISLAND-HOPPING WAR, A MASSIVE TASK FORCE APPROAC...
  55. LOCKHEED PREPARED THIS INTERESTING DOCUMENT ON THE ROLE OF EACH C-69 CREW MEMBER AND ...
  56. THE INCREDIBLE SAGA Of RESTORING A FAIREY FIREFLY TO MINT CONDITION. AS TOLD BY TH...
  57. I have just finished the November issue which carried the article "Fighting Seagull."...
  58. Richard D. Santora recently sent in a photograph of Jack Kosko's TBM restoration. "Th...
  59. New addition for Pioneer Field The Experimental Aircraft Association fulfills a uniq...
  60. In reference to the piece "The Mystery That Wasn't" in "Warbird Report" for November,...
  61. Combining for growth New York Governor George E. Pataki has created the New York Sta...
  62. HOW A VERY COLORFUL B-24J LIBERATOR GOT ITS NAME Our B-24J USAAF s/n 44-40101 was bu...
  63. SAGA OF A FIGHTER PILOT How Jimmy Flatley helped develop naval aviation during the e...
  64. New for the 2003 airshow season Red Baron Pizza has expanded its very successful Ste...
  65. As we grow more remote from the actual event, the collecting of World War Two items i...
  66. Fairey Fireflys WB518 and WD828 were delivered to the Australian Navy in 1950. More t...
  67. On 10 November 2002, Joe Tobul died in the crash of his Vought F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 971...
  68. I enjoyed your series on the Douglas Invaders. My father, LCDR W.C. "Bud" Moessmer wa...
  69. The October article on the restoration of the Dutch Constellation was of great intere...
  70. AT PAINE FIELD, THE FIRST NEW-BUILD ME 262 STORMBIRD HAS FLOWN. WE PRESENT AN EXCLUSI...
  71. Last of the V bombers may fly again The Avro Vulcan is a long-range high-altitude bo...
  72. While researching some early aspects of the P-51 Mustang, I read the excellent book E...
  73. TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL MISSIONS IN THE REAR-MOST POSITION Of A BOEING FLYING FORTRE...
  74. I read your interesting article on the restored Lockheed Hudson in the December 2001 ...
  75. THIS MASSIVE AND UNGAINLY FRENCH BIPLANE FAILED TO MEET ITS GOALS Charles Lindbergh'...
  76. Rare Bomber needs a home It has been three decades since efforts were first begun to...
  77. AN INSIDE LOOK AT ONE OF WORLD WAR TWO'S MOST IMPORTANT FIGHTER PILOTS PART TWO Not...
  78. I am the curator of the National Warplane Museum at the Elmira Coming Regional Airpor...
  79. An artistic look at aviation history In the United States, we often forget about the...
  80. AN INSIDE LOOK AT ONE OF WORLD WAR TWO'S MOST IMPORTANT FIGHTER PILOTS "You will neve...
  81. ODDLY, IT WAS THE FLEET AIR ARM THAT FIRST TOOK THE CORSAIR TO SEA During the Second...
  82. Ambitious plans to restore the ultimate Constellations There is good news from the r...
  83. During June 1950, North Korean troops swarmed into the South on a program of "reunifi...
  84. One of the last remaining SR-71s has a new home The first step to bring a Lockheed S...
  85. Ghosts of World War Two Nearly six decades after four young American airmen disappea...
  86. CHECKLIST The mystery of Amy Johnson Adoration surrounded British aviator Amy Johnso...
  87. WHAT BETTER WAY TO A 7TEND THE GATHERING Of CORSAIRS AND LEGENDS IN INDIANA THAN IN N...
  88. KEN WALSH EXEMPLIFIED THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF MARINE PILOTS TAKING THE CORSAIR INTO CO...
  89. Adding to a growing jet collection Yanks Air Museum at Chino, California, has been m...
  90. Unusual sight for Florida motorists Recently, Florida residents were treated to the ...
  91. CHECKLIST Fascinating study on Japanese aircraft markings Surely some of the most c...
  92. DURING 1969, AN IMPROBABLE AIR WAR TOOK PLACE WHICH PITTED THE LAST OPERATIONAL PROPE...
  93. THE AU-1 WAS BUILT WITH JUST ONE OBJECTIVE IN MIND -- GROUND ATTACK Sometimes the Un...
  94. ELEGANT SOLUTION TO A COMPLEX PROBLEM The design of the Corsair was optimized for hi...
  95. TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL MISSIONS IN THE REAR-MOST POSITION OFA BOEING FLYING FOR TRE...
  96. Saga of a famous 'Fifties fighter During the 1950s, the Soviet Union produced and us...
  97. GOODYEAR UNDERTOOK DRASTIC MODIFICATIONS TO THE CORSAIR DESIGN IN ORDER TO CREATE AN ...
  98. DETAILS Of MARINE CORPS ACE PAPPY BOYINGTON'S LAST COMBAT FLIGHT It was December 194...
  99. Another magnificent restoration prepares for flight After several years of extremely...
  100. GERALDINE Once again, I noted with interest the two photographs at the bottom of my ...
  101. Flying and fighting with the Stormbird Bomber pilots that went on to become fighter ...
  102. THE POST- WAR CLEVELAND NATIONAL AIR RACES WERE TO BE DOMINATED BY SUPER CoRsAIRs Wi...
  103. INTERESTING EXPERIMENT REMAINED A PROTOTYPE Two of America's most effective combat a...
  104. Historic event at Middlesboro On 26 October, Steve Hinton took Lockheed P-38F Lightn...
  105. SOMEWHAT LIKE THE DOUGLAS INVADER, THE VOUGHT CORSAIR WAS AN EXTREMELY ADVANCED AIRCR...
  106. A most unusual transaction The Commemorative Air Force has finalized an agreement to...
  107. THIS MONTH, OUR PHOTO SELECTION HAS A DISTINCTLY NAUTICAL fLAVOR This happy group of...
  108. DUE TO TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR THE ADVANCED FIGHTER, LICENSE AGREEMENTS WERE ISSUED TO ...
  109. Honoring a forgotten Warbird During the Korean War, the North American Texan served ...
  110. BRIAN AND DENNIS SANDERS HAVE AN EN VIABLE REPUTATION FLYING AND BUILDING UNLIMITED R...
  111. A very derelict but reasonably intact Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 has been found in outsi...
  112. THE AUTHOR RECALLS THE TRAINING PROCESS REQUIRED TO MAKE HIM A BRANDNEW SECOND LIEUTE...
  113. LEAN, MEAN, AND YELLOW-GREEN... MIKE BROWN'S NEW AERIAL HOT-ROD Like Brown started o...
  114. After numerous delays and various mechanical problems, Captain Frank Lang and his cre...
  115. WITH AN ALMOST HEART-BREAKING EFFOR T, RARE BEAR NEARLY MADE THE RACES BUT NEARLY WAS...
  116. FIELDING TWO SUPERBLY-MAINTAINED AND FLOWN RACERS, TEAM VOODOO HAS BIG PLANS FOR THE ...
  117. WAS THIS YEAR REALLY TIGER'S LAST TRIP AROUND THE PYLONS? That's six Gold victories ...
  118. MORE INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EDITOR'S FILES Thirty-sev...
  119. AFTER BEING GROUNDED IN 2001 BY TERRORISTS, THE RENO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES ...
  120. THE ADDITION Of AN L-39 JET CATEGORY TO THE RACES WAS A POPULAR AND COLORFUL SUPPLEME...
  121. The last of eleven Butler Blackhawk biplanes -- a relic of the Butler manufacturing C...
  122. FUTURE KOREAN WAR MIG ACE DOLPH OVERTON HAD A NEAR CAREER-ENDING ENCOUNTER WITH CIGAR...
  123. To the spectators in the Reno stands, the situation did not look good. To the other r...
  124. On 20 September, the last surviving pilot of the Royal Flying Corps from the First Wo...
  125. It is interesting to note that what would become one of the world's most famous aircr...
  126. RENO 2002 TALK ABOUT EXCITING! For decades, one of the most exciting racing aircraf...
  127. WARBIRD REPORT KEEP'EM FLYING! Lots has been going on at the Lone Star Flight Museu...
  128. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the crashes of the Hercules an...
  129. With the approaching flight of the first of four Nakajima Ki43 Hayabursa (Allied code...
  130. In the October issue and Part Three of the history of the Douglas Invader, you descri...
  131. DURING WORLD WAR TWO, NOCTURNAL AIRCRAFT CARRIER MISSIONS WERE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. T...
  132. As reported in the last issue (pages 6-7), now that the Collings Foundation's North A...
  133. In a burst of international publicity, actor John Travolta launched a world-- wide tw...
  134. OBSOLETE AT THE START Of WORLD WAR TWO, THE CURTISS SOC SEAGULL SERIES Of BIPLANES WO...
  135. ON A PERFECT BRITISH WEEKEND, WE VISIT THE MAGNIFICENT FLYING LEGENDS AIRSHOW Withou...
  136. The operation of any aircraft has its own implied danger. The operation of vintage ai...
  137. The two-part article by Dick Rossi about his time spent with the American Volunteer G...
  138. North America's only flying Avro Lancaster recently had a close brush with disaster. ...
  139. Good news from Middlesboro, Kentucky - Lockheed P-38F USAAF s/n 41-7630/N5757 is just...
  140. TOM PATTEN'S 352ND FIGHTER GROUP MUSTANG HONORS THE AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN THAT WON ...
  141. I noted with great interest the restoration story of P-51D, ex-RCAF 9252. Sometime du...
  142. The somewhat remote Eagle's Nest airfield at Ione, California, is home to a rather st...
  143. The recent series on the Douglas B26 Invader was very informative. I found it to be e...
  144. Just because we now realize our vintage and veteran prop-driven airliners are rare ma...
  145. Excellent account of a little-known portion of the Day of Infamy The discovery this ...
  146. A recent flurry of media excitement has been generated in the American press regardin...
  147. THE AMAZING BATTLE OVER Y-29 AS TOLD BY MEMBERS OF THE FAMED 352ND FIGHTER GROUP-- IN...
  148. Detailing a nearly-forgotten era of aviation Amelia Earhart is probably the world's ...
  149. At lone, California, Sanders Aircraft is at work on a complete restoration of a Grumm...
  150. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, more and more information is being printed reg...
  151. The Aviation Foundation of America has announced its formation as a non-profit organi...
  152. WITH ALL ITS POWER AND RANGE, IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT CIVIL INVADERS WOULD BE ENTERE...
  153. UNWANTED BY THE RAF, THESE AIRCRAFT FOUND A NEW MARKET When the Royal Air Force deci...
  154. BRUCE LOCKWOOD CREATES A HOT-ROD YAK 3 FOR AIRSHOW PERFORMER ART NALLS On 12 July, t...
  155. THIS INVADER, THE LAST MILITARY EXAMPLE, LED A MOST INTERESTING LIFE It was a warm a...
  156. THE A-26 FORMED A VERY IMPORTANT PART Of THE POST-WAR AIR NATIONAL GUARD With the en...
  157. North American's oft-forgotten F-- 107A remains perhaps the most enigmatic of the fam...
  158. /1 When the class of 43-B graduated in February, only four of us got fighters. There...
  159. One of aviation's truly great personalities has retired. After over 30 years of servi...
  160. WITH ITS EXCEPTIONAL RANGE AND PERFORMANCE, MODIFIED INVADERS BECAME THE LEAR JETS O...
  161. A REMOTE ARIZONA DESERT AIRFIELD HAS BECOME THE CENTER FOR LOCKHEED CONSTELLATION OPE...
  162. PART 3 IN FOREIGN USE, THE B-26 HAD A SIGNIfICANT INFLUENCE IN SOME Of THE WORLDS HOT...
  163. FLYING ORTNER BROTHERS After reading Tom Friedman's very informative two-part articl...
  164. While preparing for a morning mission to a brush fire on 14 July, the pilot and copil...
  165. The collapse of the Soviet Union brought about radical changes during the last decade...
  166. PILOTS AND CREWS DESCRIBE THE INCREDIBLE AERIAL BATTLE OVER Y-29 ON I JANUARY is The...
  167. At the time of a national fire emergency, the crash of a Consolidated Privateer near ...
  168. VINTAGE INVADERS STILL RISE TO DO BATTLE WITH MAN'S OLDEST ENEMY- FIRE A visitor to ...
  169. PILOTS AND CREWS DESCRIBE THE INCREDIBLE AERIAL BATTLE OVER Y-29 ON 1 JANUARY 1945 T...
  170. New volume chronicles the development of a remarkable aircraft Following years of de...
  171. Certainly almost every reader his seen the video of Lockheed C-130A Hercules N130111'...
  172. A salute to Charles Lindbergh On 21 May 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh flew the...
  173. WE VISIT THE 2002 EDITION OF WARBIRDS OVER WANAKA A Hughes 500 helicopter, mere feet...
  174. The July issue of "Warbird Report" has three photos of Douglas A-3 Skywarriors operat...
  175. This year's Reno National Championship Air Races will have an added element of speed ...
  176. Fire aboard an aircraft carrier Ever since man first ventured to sea, fire has been ...
  177. R.T. Smith would have smiled at the caption below the photograph of #77 on page 30 of...
  178. Since the 60th anniversary gathering of the Doolittle Raiders in Columbia, South Caro...
  179. PART 2 THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO CERTAINLY DID NOT MEAN AN END FOR THE INVADER'S FRONT...
  180. The Americans that fought for Britain First in a new series from Britain's Classic P...
  181. You invited extra comments on the Gordon Israel Redhead racer and I have a few. The p...
  182. AN EXAMINATION OF SOME Of THE PERSONALITIES IN VOL VED IN THE DARING B-24 LIBERATOR R...
  183. Well-known vintage aircraft restorer Buzz Kaplan was killed in the crash of his just-...
  184. Suprise visitor to a private Mustang fly--in at Paso Robles, California, on 1 Junes w...
  185. I was genuinely pleased to see another Grumman Duck take to the air - and a magnifice...
  186. I was reading some back issues of Air Classics and stumbled on the article "Falcon's ...
  187. LONE STAR'S NEWEST Now regularly flying with the Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston,...
  188. The Experimental Aircraft Association and its Vintage Aircraft Association will be as...
  189. The article on the Beguine in the June issue brought back a nostalgic memory. I was b...
  190. As part of their growing series of flying events, the San Diego Aerospace Museum host...
  191. FALKLANDS EXHIBIT It's a bit hard to , but the Falklands War in now 20 years in the ...
  192. In the June issue, there is a mistake on page eight. The new gate guard at Mojave Air...
  193. CHUCK AND BEV GREENHILL HAVE RE-CREATED A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF AMERICAN WORLD WAR T...
  194. FORGOTTEN RACERS THE DOLE RACE TO HAWAII WAS A DISASTER. HOWEVER, AN EXTENSIVE SEARC...
  195. The Dayton Airshow will host the first Eastern Region National Aviation Heritage Invi...
  196. I read with interest the article "Bent Wing Warrior" in the May issue and enjoyed the...
  197. Remembering a glorious segment of aviation's past During the 1920s and 1930s, airfie...
  198. RECALLING A LITTLE-KNOWN BATTLE BETWEEN AMERICAN P-38s AND SOVIET YAKS This mission ...
  199. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMED AN IDEAL WEAPON, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DID NOT OPERATE THE IN YA DER...