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The Man Who Could See Air
Richard Whitcomb changed the shape of wings to come.
July 2002 |
By Peter Garrison
The Plane With No Name
The F-111: In Australia, an airplane for all seasons.
March 2002 |
By William Triplett
Young Turks
The Turkish Air Demo team is winning friends at home with its seven Northrop F-5s.
January 2002 |
By Roger A. Mola
Air Combat U
At the USAF Fighter Weapons School in 1957, the instructors were mean, but the aircraft were meaner.
January 2002 |
By Robert A. Hanson
The Fastest Show on Earth
How two Lockheed F-104 Starfighters became airshow stars.
May 2001 |
By Carl Hoffman
Fishing for Saint-Ex
There's something down there. And it may be Antoine De Saint-Exupéry's P-38.
May 2001 |
By Joseph Harriss
Don't Mess With Switzerland
To the world's most formidable natural defenses, the Swiss have added F/A-18 Hornets and a new slant on neutrality.
March 2001 |
By Carl Posey
Nguyen Van Bay and the Aces From the North
As an F-4 Phantom pilot, I had tried to kill these men. And they had tried to kill me. I thought it was time we had a talk.
November 2000 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Mustang Mania
The staying power of the P-51 proves that a thing of beauty is a joy forever, if you can keep getting parts.
July 1999 |
By Linda Shiner
Counterpunch
Flying Wild Weasel missions involved a variety of airframes but just one philosophy: Do unto SAMS before they do unto you.
September 1998 |
By Robert Hanson
Tullo and the Giant
For pilots shot down over North Vietnam, the way home was jolly and green.
July 1997 |
By Robert Hanson
