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ON THE COVER:
A magical view of the Lockheed Lightning operated by Red Bull. N25Y has a long history and most readers will remember the P-38 when it was flown in fabulous aerobatic displays by Lefty Gardner. (Red Bull)

FEATURES:

LIGHTNINGS OVER REYKJAVIK
Concluding our history of USAAF fighter operations in Iceland during WWII / by Steve Blake

ROSE OF YORK
How a B-17G Flying Fortress was named for Princess Elizabeth / by Marshall Wainwright

RETURN OF RACE 8
Owner Justin Zabel has brought P-51D N2869D back to its original 1964 Reno Air Race Race 8 configuration and the Bardahl Special was the hit of the 2022 races / by Tim Weinschenker and Michael O’Leary

MY TOUR WITH SPOOKY
Part three of what it was like to go to war in an AC-74D gunship. As they see more combat, the losses in the small unit of gunships begins to rise / by William J. Pratt

LOG ENTRIES
Famed magician Harry Houdini was also a pioneering aviator / by Mark Bingham

SHORT FINAL
An examination of what has gone on behind the scenes at the Reno National Air Races as the course keeps shrinking and the dangers to pilots increases. A veteran race pilot reveals startling details / by Matt Jackson

THE WILLIAM T. LARKINS COLLECTION
Our first installment in this new department presents nighttime photographs taken by W.T. Larkins / by Nicholas A. Veronico

DEPARTMENTS:

MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
All the latest vintage and veteran news from around the world plus Ralph Pettersen’s overview of some of the surviving Constellation population / by Doug Fisher

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

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics