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ON THE COVER:
Steve Hinton airborne in the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum’s new F6F-5 Hellcat restoration. Photography by Michael O’Leary

FEATURES:

PEOPLE’S FIGHTER
Designed and built in an incredibly short period of time, the Heinkel He 162 was to be flown by minimally-trained Hitler Youth. However, even the most experienced pilots would have their hands full with the small and potent jet fighter / by Karl Toll

SUN-SETTERS’ SAGA
Part One of the comprehensive history of the 339th Fighter Squadron during the dark, early days of WWII / by Steve Blake

HONORING AN ACE
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum and Fighter Rebuilders create a magnificent Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat / by Michael O’Leary

BOY SCOUT BOMBER, MEXICO’S ELVIS… AND A MYSTERY SOLVED
The hunt for an elusive B-24 Liberator / by Nicholas A. Veronico

END OF THE DEMPSEY DUMPSTERS
Another group of Propliners has faded into history / by Ralph M. Pettersen

BUILDING THE FLYING FORTRESS
Part Four examines the creation B-17E / by Michael O’Leary

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
Global news of vintage and veteran aircraft / by Doug Fisher

COLORS OF WAR
Our new department presents rare color images of military aircraft from the late 1930s into the 1960s / by Michael O’Leary

DOWN MEMORY’S RUNWAY
More classics from aviation’s glorious past / by Norm Taylor

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics