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ON THE COVER:
American Heritage Museum’s Fw 190F on the GossHawk ramp during March. Photography by Joe Scheil

FEATURES:

INGLEWOOD’S EXPORT FIGHTERS
Complete examination of the limited production North American NA-50 and NA-68 designs along with notes on the two surviving examples / by James Thompson

THE LONG FALL
The unusual story of what may have been the first suicide by airliner / by Howard Carter

COBRA III: FIRST FLIGHT, LAST FLIGHT
History of Mike Carroll’s ill-fated Bell P-39Q Airacobra / by Tim Weinschenker

COLORS OF WAR
Further selection of rare color images from the Challenge archives / by Michael O’Leary

WHEN THE MUSTANG WENT TO WAR
Part Two on how North American developed the NA-73 for combat use by the Royal Air Force / by Michael O’Leary

IT’S TIME FOR WWIIW!
How the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum developed WWII Weekend along with a progress report on the P-61 restoration / by A. Kevin Grantham

DEPARTMENTS:

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
Latest restoration news while also highlighting the American Heritage Museum’s Fw 190F / by Doug Fisher

LOG ENTRIES
Developing your own Flying Carpet through aviation / by Mark Bingham

DOWN MEMORY’S RUNWAY
Photographs recalling aviation’s glorious past / by Norm Taylor

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics