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ON THE COVER:
Magnificent Kodachrome image taken by Rudy Arnold of an Air Corps pilot and a Republic YP-43 Lancer. In the background is a North American BT-14 (NA-58) basic trainer, 251 of which were acquired by the Air Corps. Much like the P-43 led to the P-47, the BT-14 was the steppingstone to the AT-6 Texan. (R. Arnold/National Archives)

OTHER FEATURES:

MYSTERY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY PRIVATEERS
Mayhem, murder, and gun-running were involved with these two surplus patrol bombers / by Nicholas A. Veronico

ANOTHER GHOST OF THE LIBYAN SANDS
Free French Air Force Bristol Blenheim bomber and its crew discovered 17 years after they disappeared / by Andre Sante

TALE OF TWO LIGHTNINGS
Amazing combat saga of two MTO P-38Fs and how one survived to become a Cleveland air racer / by Steve Blake

NEW LEGEND OF LOCH NESS
Forced down on Scotland’s famed lake, you can help this PBY keep flying / by David Legg

REPUBLIC’S IN-BETWEEN FIGHTER
The P-43 Lancer is basically forgotten today, yet it did see combat in the CBI while forming the stepping-stone for the mighty Thunderbolt / by Marshall Wainwright

BUILDING THE FLYING FORTRESS
Part One in our series on constructing America’s greatest WWII bomber / by Michael O’Leary

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT

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