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Add To Cart$1.99CAF Wisconsin Wing Enjoys Renaissance with Award Winning PT-26The Wisconsin Wing of the Commemorative Air Force needed an aircraft that was more appropriate for their membership size and resource level. When they found a pristine PT-26 restored by Mark and Joe Denest, they found a perfect match.
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Add To Cart$1.99California Capital AirshowWhen five P-38 Lightnings gather in one place the news travels worldwide. Andrea Eldridge details the orchestration needed to make such an event successful.
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Add To Cart$1.99Chino Air Show: A Salute to the Greatest GenerationYielding more calendar photographs than any other warbird show, the 2010 Chino Air Show held its title as the premier west coast warbird show. We let the photographs tell the story. Who needs words when you have images like these?
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Add To Cart$1.99Classic Jet Warbirds at RIATGenerally considered the world’s largest military air show, the Royal Internationalo Air Tattoo (RIAT) draws the best overall collection of European military aircraft, both past and present. Frank Mormillo focuses on the incredible collection of jet warbirds that participated at the 2011 event, held at RAF Fairford, England.
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Add To Cart$1.99Curtiss P-40E KittyHawkIn 1942 a young pilot and his P-40E went missing in the vastness of the Egyptian desert. Seventy years later the plane’s discovery was international news. Historian Mark Sheppard offers the full story of how the discovery took place, the details about the aircraft, and the haunting tale of that fateful, final mission.
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Add To Cart$1.99de Havilland DH-89A Dragon RapideIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the stunning new Rapide recently restored to perfection by AvSpecs Limited in New Zealand, now flying with the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia.
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Add To Cart$1.99Double-SixIn 1936 the Spanish Civil War became the prelude to world conflict. When enemy bombers approached Madrid they were surprised by a group of new monoplane fighters, the Polikarpov I-16s purchased from Russia. Seventy years later the Spanish aviation museum, Fundacion Infante de Orleans, actively maintains and flies this invaluable piece of Spanish aviation heritage.
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Add To Cart$1.99Family Affair: Heather Penney’s Path to RenoLong-time Reno participants consider Reno an extended family reunion. For Heather Penney, a new pilot in the Jet Class, it’s truly a family affair.
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Add To Cart$1.99FAST CLINIC: Redstar Pilots AssociationWhen it comes to formation flying the FAST program sets the standards for safety and proficiency. Owners of Yaks and CJ’s have been the fastest growing segment of the formation flying community, and from their ranks the warbird community has gained a group of formation pilots second to none.
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Add To Cart$1.99Flying the Griffon SpitfireJim Beasley is known as one of the best warbird pilots in the business, so we asked him to take us on a journey flying the Griffon powered Spitfire Mk. XVIII.
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Add To Cart$1.99Forensics and Fervor – Yak-1A rare Yakovlev Yak-1 was pulled from an icy Russian lake with many clues to aid in its identification. This amazing aircraft’s restoration is now well underway and impressively includes a perfectly running Klimov MP- 105 engine. Now that it is for sale the big question is who will ultimately own and fly it.
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Add To Cart$1.99FRASCA’S Butcher BirdIn June of 1939 the first Fw 190, designed by Focke Wulf’s Kurt Tank, took to the skies. Almost 71 years later one of the most unique of the Flug Werke new construction Fw 190 kits, built by Matt Nightingale for owner Rudy Frasca, and flown by Steve Hinton, lifted off the runway on May 14, 2010.