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In this issue

FEATURES: The Mission, the Honor, and the Thrill - In the cockpit with the pilots who fly the USAF Heritage Flight and U.S. Navy Legacy Flight Demonstrations, Killer Cameras - Recon missions in the ETO, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Flying the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk in Vietnam, Double Ace! - Navy pilot chalks up 16 kills in Wildcats & Hellcats, Bristol Bulldog Flies Again - Master builder Ed Storo recreates the classic British fighter, Straight-Wing Heroes, F-84 pilots battle—and beat!—the MiG-15, REGULARS - Editorial, Gallery: DL-1 Lockheed Vega 66 ‹ Tailview

Scourge of the Allied Fighters

IT HAD TO BE THE MOST HELPLESS FEELING in the world: you're at 25,000 feet over Europe knowing that your primary function is to drop bombs-or flying escort for the bombers while being a slow-moving target for some of the world's finest shooters. However, you have John Browning's marvelous .50 caliber invention to give some degree of protection. Unfortunately, you're absolutely helpless against flak. Piloting and gunnery skills play no role in a game where sheer chance makes life and death decisions. For that reason, the Krupp 88 mm Flak 18/36/37 AA cannon could be considered WW II's ultimate stealth fighter. You never saw it coming.

Scourge of the Allied Fighters

3 mins

ZERO MYTH, MYSTERY, AND FACT

A test pilot compares the A6M5 Zero to U.S. fighters

ZERO MYTH, MYSTERY, AND FACT

10+ mins

Fw 190 STURMBÖCKE

The Luftwaffe's \"Battering Rams\" against the USAAF heavy bombers

Fw 190 STURMBÖCKE

10+ mins

American BEAUTY

\"Forgotten Fifteenth\" top-scoring Mustang ace John J. Voll

American BEAUTY

10+ mins

BANSHEE WAIL!

Flying Skulls over Burma

BANSHEE WAIL!

10+ mins

KILLER CORSAIR

Albert Wells, Death Rattlers Ace

KILLER CORSAIR

10+ mins

BACKSTREET BRAWLER

A young man, his Hurricane and the Battle of Britain

BACKSTREET BRAWLER

10+ mins

Still Flying After All These Years

One of the oldest airworthy J-3 Cubs

Still Flying After All These Years

3 mins

NOORDUYN NORSEMAN

Canada's rugged, fabric-covered workhorse

NOORDUYN NORSEMAN

8 mins

A good landing is one you can walk away from

NO, THIS IS NOT A SCENE FROM A MOVIE where the hero staggers away from a \"good landing\" on Mindoro, Philippine Islands, after being shot down by a Japanese Zero.

A good landing is one you can walk away from

1 min

General Curtis LeMay

Strategic Air Command Creator & Commander

General Curtis LeMay

8 mins

Flying the MESSERSCHMITT ME 109

Thrilling tales of aerial supremacy

Flying the MESSERSCHMITT ME 109

4 mins

Firepower

AS AN EVOLVING WEAPONS PLATFORM, the Boeing B-17 underwent numerous changes during its production run to increase its survivability over deadly Axis-held skies.

Firepower

1 min

Stinson AT-19

The Reliant goes to war

Stinson AT-19

4 mins

EJECTING FROM A HAWKER HUNTER

Roderick Kurtz punches out after an encounter with a USAF F-35

EJECTING FROM A HAWKER HUNTER

10+ mins

Adventures in the WAIRAPA WILD CAT

A New Zealand P-40 warrior racks up the kills

Adventures in the WAIRAPA WILD CAT

10 mins

Forgiveness - Lt. Gen. Richard Reynolds on crashing a $379 million B-1 prototype

By the time Lieutenant General Richard Reynolds retired from the USAF in 2005, he’d had a distinguished 34-year career as a B-52 pilot, an Air Force test pilot with experience flying 72 different aircraft types, a B-2 system program office director, a commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, and more.

Forgiveness - Lt. Gen. Richard Reynolds on crashing a $379 million B-1 prototype

10 mins

BA Swallow - Slab-sided floater

The British Aircraft (BA) Swallow originated in Germany in 1927 as the Klemm L.25, a tandem two-seat, low-wing, all-wood monoplane. Klemm first exported to Britain in March 1929 and started a small \"flood.\"

BA Swallow - Slab-sided floater

2 mins

FLYING THE ROC!

Stratolaunch test pilot Evan Thomas on flying the world's largest operational airplane

FLYING THE ROC!

10 mins

PAYBACK - B-25s settle the score on the Rising Sun

As I sat silently in my B-25-shrewdly named \"Fickle Finger of Fate\"awaiting the signal from the Navy deckhand to start my engines, I thought long and hard about how I ended up here and about the unknown that lay ahead.

PAYBACK - B-25s settle the score on the Rising Sun

10+ mins

SPITFIRE SPY - over China

Unauthorized, high-risk photo-recon missions

SPITFIRE SPY - over China

10+ mins

"GENTLEMEN, YOU HAD A RACE ...The end of the Reno Air Races BY JAN TEGLER ייף

It has been almost 59 years since legendary pilot Bob Hoover first uttered the famous words, “Gentlemen, you have a race!”

"GENTLEMEN, YOU HAD A RACE ...The end of the Reno Air Races BY JAN TEGLER ייף

2 mins

SABRE-RATTLING - Flying F-100s and F-86s in Korea

I GREW UP IN TOLEDO, OHIO with my mother, who provided the most influence in my life and my two sisters. My father, who was a World War I veteran, had died when I was only seven years old, right at the beginning of the Second World War.

SABRE-RATTLING - Flying F-100s and F-86s in Korea

10+ mins

"America" Flies Again

Restoring the Curtiss Seaplane

"America" Flies Again

4 mins

Howard DGA GH-2

The \"Big Blue Freeloader\" earns its keep

Howard DGA GH-2

10 mins

AWOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING

Major Charles \"Bazooka Charlie\" Carpenter and his gun-toting L-4 Cub

AWOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING

10+ mins

MUSTANGS over Normandy

P-51s search and destroy targets of opportunity

MUSTANGS over Normandy

10+ mins

"DAMS RAID" - John "Hoppy" Hopgood, heroic "Dambuster"

Eighty years ago this May, Operation Chastise, more commonly known as the \"Dams Raid,\" took its place in military history. Flying at ultra-low-level, at night, a few RAF Lancaster crews successfully breached two major dams, the Möhne and the Eder, in the heart of Germany. The incredible story of the raid, executed by a newly formed RAF squadron flying specially modified Avro Lancaster bombers, is well-known to those with an interest in military aviation, and the extraordinary feat of arms carried out by the \"Dambusters\" has become legendary. To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the raid, this is the story of just one of those who did not return, with the details related in the words of one of his crew members who miraculously survived.

"DAMS RAID" - John "Hoppy" Hopgood, heroic "Dambuster"

10+ mins

RISE OF THE PHANTOM - Evolution of the Legendary F-4

IT WAS MAY 10, 1972, when four Air Force F-4D Phantoms, using their AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, initiated a head-on engagement with a four-ship formation of MiG-21s. The MiGs had no weapons capable of engaging from a fontal aspect. Oyster Flight was part of a 28-ship F-4D prestrike MiGCAP configured to intercept any Vietnamese People’s Air Force (VPAF) MiGs that might attack the 92-plane strike force that followed. The target was the Paul Doumer Bridge, part of the highway network from China into Hanoi.

RISE OF THE PHANTOM - Evolution of the Legendary F-4

10+ mins

A Legendary Sortie

BRADLEY WENTZEL

A Legendary Sortie

1 min

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Flight Journal Magazine Description:

PublisherAir Age Media

CategoryFlying & Aviation

LanguageEnglish

FrequencyBi-Monthly

Flight Journal is like no other aviation magazine in the world, covering the world of flight from its simple beginnings to its high-tech, no-holds- barred future. We put readers in the cockpit and let them live the thrill and adventure of the aviation experience, narrated by those who know the technology and made the history. The spectacular photography – from air-to-air shots to rarely seen archival photos–enhances each and every story. Each issue brings the stories of flight–past, present and future – to life.

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