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Add To Cart$1.99Then and Now: Flying a Tallahassee LassieFHC’s P-47 Thunderbolt Tallahassee Lassie is the connection between two veteran Air Force pilots, Lt. Col. Greg Anders, who flies the P-47 for FHC, and Col. Ralph Jenkins, who flew the original Tallahassee Lassie in World War Two. Join them as their dialogue takes you into the cockpit and back in time.
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Add To Cart$1.99They Weren’t Supposed to Fly – American Huey 369 OrganizationWhat started as a plan to restore a UH-1H Huey to static display grew into an organization with two flying Hueys and another one in the works. The “Cinderella story” of the American Huey 369 Organization is an amazing tale of success.
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Add To Cart$1.99Thunder Over Michigan 2010Heavy bombers, ground battles, the Horsemen, and jet demos highlight the Midwest’s best air show.
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Add To Cart$1.99Time Warp — MAAM’s WWII WeekendFor centuries scholars have theorized quantum physics, relativity, and gravitational time dilation in their attempt to explain time travel as a viable concept. While formulas and hypotheses might work for genius physicists, most of us would just opt for something much more tangible and enjoyable – the WWII Weekend in Reading, PA.
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Add To Cart$1.99Tora–Tora–Tora — Re-creation of the attack on Pearl HarborWhat would a warbird reenactment be without “the bad guys?” Luigino Caliaro travelled from Italy to learn more about the group that has for decades brought the ultimate December 7th reenactment to airshows across America.
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Add To Cart$1.99Tragedy at RenoThe Reno National Air Races is a sport that is uniquely intimate, so when tragedy struck at the 2011 event it was devastating. This personal account provides insight to the camaraderie between pilots, expressed through pre-race banter, then into the events that will be recorded as Reno’s worst day.
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Add To Cart$1.99Two for One and Two for AllDuring World War Two, the P-51D Mustang Ain’t Misbehavin’ was the shared commodity of pilot Jesse Frey and crew chief Pat Buzzeo. From different worlds the war brought them together and created an eternal bond.
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Add To Cart$1.99Two for the SkyTwin Mustangs for twin pilots— Bob Baker and his team restore a P-51 Mustang and reunite the Pattillo brothers with their past. In more than one way, it was a race against time.
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Add To Cart$1.99Two Kill Tail GunnerAt the time Art Kemp was just doing his job to the best of his abilities. Worthy of Hollywood, the details of one amazing mission perfectly illustrates the horrors of aerial combat between the men of the Eight Air Force and the German Luftwaffe.
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Add To Cart$1.99U.S. Navy Legacy Flight: Centennial Aircraft Going RetroThe Centennial year of U.S. Naval Aviation is underway. In addition to utilizing the well-known Legacy Flight program to honor their proud heritage the Navy also sought to commemorate the past 100 years by painting active duty aircraft in vintage paint schemes. This bold initiative has the aviation world buzzing.
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Add To Cart$1.99Ultimate Reward: The “FIFI” Success StoryOne of the most anticipated events of 2010 was return of the world’s only flying B-29 Superfortress, the Commemorative Air Force’s “FIFI”. When the plane was grounded five years prior, many people wondered if it was the end for the big bomber. It took five years, countless man-hours, and a million dollar pledge from Jim Cavanaugh to prepare “FIFI” for the next 60 years.
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Add To Cart$1.99Under a Foreign Flag: The F8F Bearcat in IndochinaAn aircraft that represented the pinnacle of piston driven fighter designs might not have been the perfect aircraft to employ in the ground support role, but the French utilized the amazing Grumman fighter against the Viet Minh to great effect.