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Add To Cart$1.99Madras A2AXMadras, Oregon-based Erickson Aircraft Collection put up five aircraft and hosted aerial photographers from around the world. For three days they learned the finer points of air-to-air photography from three legends of the craft.
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Add To Cart$1.99Madras MojoA recent warbird trend has been the air-to-air photography seminar that offers participants an opportunity to capture calendar worthy images that previously were unobtainable to aspiring aviation photographers. All necessary ingredients for stunning photography were present during the Erickson Aircraft Collection’s unveiling event in Madras, Oregon. Participant Matt Booty explains the differences that made this seminar a big hit.
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Add To Cart$1.99Marinell – A Combat Veteran P-51D MustangCaptain Brad Stevens claimed four victories in P-51D Mustang 44-13521 before it and squadron mate Myer Winkleman were lost during a dive bombing mission. This is the amazing story of Marinell, the Mustang, then and now.
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Add To Cart$1.99Mentors GaloreVirtually every military pilot who learned to fly in the 1960s and '70s spent time in the workhorse Beechcraft T-34 Mentor. Today Beechcraft owners enjoy the benefit of a low cost warbird that was designed over 60 years ago and served the military for decades.
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Add To Cart$1.99Merlin MaestroSeventy years after they were delivered to the United States Army, over 150 P-51 Mustangs are still flying. To keep these aircraft airworthy requires meticulous maintenance and dependably built Merlin engines. Among the handful of Merlin engine shops, Roush Aviation stands out as the industry leader in the design and manufacture of replacement parts, as well as a pre-eminent engine builder. Warbird Digest was given special access to the Michigan-based shop and a private interview with the legendary Jack Roush.
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Add To Cart$1.99MiG FeverDuring the Korean War the MiG-15 and F-86 were contemporary, competing designs that provided the means to deadly aerial combat. American test pilots of the early jet era praised the strengths of the Soviet design when they put a captured aircraft through its paces. Today the qualities that made it a challenging adversary can be experienced in a two-seat MiG-15 at the Jet Warbird Training Center.
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Add To Cart$1.99Olympic CorsairThe Olympic Flight Museum’s FG-1D Corsair was in need of significant maintenance after a decade of faithful service. When museum president Brian Reynolds decided it was time to return the bent wing bird to its former glory, he entrusted Brad Pilgrim, a passionate Corsair devotee, to oversee the project in conjunction with John Lane’s restoration shop, Airpower Unlimited.
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Add To Cart$1.99Panchito Flying SchoolLarry Kelley’s B-25, Panchito, has been a prolific participant at public events and Kelley himself an ardent supporter and organizer of many warbird endeavors. The newest enterprise for the queen of the Delaware Aviation Museum fleet is a B-25 flight instruction school that offers four program options, including SIC and PIC ratings.
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Add To Cart$1.99PBY Goes DutchArguably the most significant aircraft of the Atlantic submarine war is the Consolidated PBY Catalina. A true hero of that history, the highest U-Boat killer PBY of World War Two, is still flying today in The Netherlands.
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Add To Cart$1.99Planes of Fame’s JetsWhen people think of Chino, California they think of the Planes of Fame Museum. When they think of the museum they think of World War II airplanes, but the collection includes an amazing array of more modern warbirds, including 18 static jet and rocket planes, three full scale replicas, and ten flyable jets.
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Add To Cart$1.99Planes of Fame’s New Swiss Miss the Pilatus P-2The only flying Pilatus P-2 in the United States was recently returned to flight status and publicly unveiled at the Planes of Fame’s annual air show in Chino, California. It took English-born Simon Diver, Kent Holiday, and a crew of volunteer seven years to complete, but this Swiss Miss is finally flying once more.
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Add To Cart$1.993D Digital Modeling and Rapid PrototypingModern technology is opening new doors to restoration shops and maintenance professions dedicated to restoring and operating warbirds.New 3-D modeling and prototyping offer an opportunity for the construction of otherwise unobtainable parts, as well as research and development and prototyping.