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Add To Cart$1.99ACE Allisons – V1710 with a DifferenceBud Wheeler has been building Allison V-12s for over thirty years. His intimate knowledge of the V1710, coupled with his experience and mechanical aptitude, have resulted in many innovations that make today’s engines more reliable than ever.
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Add To Cart$1.99AERMACCHI MB-326 1-RVEGPilot/owner Renzo Catellani took to the skies in his restored Aermacchi MB-326, one of the most successful advanced trainers of its era. The Phoenix Flying Museum returned the “Macchino” to flying status after an extensive six year restoration.
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Add To Cart$1.99Betsy’s Biscuit BomberEstrella Warbirds Museum of Paso Robles, California, operates a C-47 that seems to have remained relatively unchanged since flying combat missions during World War II. When 26 “Gooney Birds” descended on EAA’s AirVenture in 2011, Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber was voted by judges to be the most original C-47.
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Add To Cart$1.99Butch Schroeder – From Flipping Burgers to Flying MustangsThe story of an unassuming man who accomplished some pretty great things.
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Add To Cart$1.99Champion CZECHSteve Chapis takes us back in time to meet Reno’s first unlimited champion, Mira Slovak. Read how Mira’s story began in the 1940s, twisted through the 1950s with his jetliner defection from Communism and speed boat racing, then turned him toward air racing in the 1960s and ‘70s.
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Add To Cart$1.99Curtiss HawkWarbird Historian Frank Mormillo shares some history of the development of the iconic Curtiss fighter and reviews some of the restored examples flying today.
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Add To Cart$1.99Debden REBELJoe Joiner is a quiet hero who says he’s nothing special. Steve Chapis documented his amazing stories as a combat pilot flying P-51 Mustangs with the legendary 4th Fighter Group, the Debden Eagles. You will enjoy these never before published stories of combat and camaraderie.
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Add To Cart$1.99Detroit AceThe final chapter of Lt. Urban “Ben” Drew’s life was punctuated by seven black horses pulling his flag covered casket in a caisson accompanied by eight soldiers. Prayers were offered, a flag was folded and presented, three rifle volleys rang out, and a P-51 roared overhead. Steve Chapis takes on a journey through the life of an American hero.
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Add To Cart$1.99Far East BeechFrom the ashes of World War II the Japanese manufacturing sector was reborn, including the aviation company Fuji Heavy Industries that produced variants of the Beechcraft Bonanza for the Japanese military. Robert Cooper of Delaware is the proud owner of an ex-Japanese Ground Self Defense Force LM-1 that carries its original paint and that still flies like a dream.
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Add To Cart$1.99Getting Started in Jet WarbirdsIronically, each generation of aircraft since World War II has been represented in the civilian sector in decreasing numbers. Luckily a niche within the warbird community has preserved the heritage of America’s first generation of jet combat aircraft. Pilots interested in learning to fly the Korean War era T-33 still have opportunities to pursue this admirable goal.
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Add To Cart$1.99Gloster Gauntlet GT-400The final generation of British biplanes included the Gloster Gauntlet, which was still in service at the outbreak of World War II. A handful of these rugged airplanes found their way to Finland, where one lone survivor still flies to represent the breed.
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Add To Cart$1.99Hawaiian Flyin’Most people go to Hawaii for the lush tropical flora and beaches, with a luau thrown in for social libations; however, these things don’t excite Warbird Digest readers as much as the sound of a radial engine and the smell of 100LL. Lyle Jansma travelled to Hawaii to give us this exciting report on two relatively new opportunities – Pacific Aviation Museum and Pacific Warbirds. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it.