ON THE COVER:
Classic photograph of a teenage Flying Fortress crewman and his aircraft. (USAAF)

FEATURES:

KEEPING THE AIRACOBRAS FLYING
When the Bell P-39 entered service with the Air Corps, many problems arose and crew chiefs quickly had to learn how to cope with them / by Raymond J. Teliczan, Sr.

BONEYARD BIRDS
Military aircraft that have gone from being flying warplanes to items in desert storage / by Jim Dunn

PORT MORESBY’S COBRAS
Bell P-39 Airacobras of the 8th and 35th Fighter Groups were rushed to New Guinea in an attempt to halt Japanese aggression and stop the invasion of Australia / by Steve Blake

TWILIGHT WARBIRDS
New type of airshow act to display Warbirds at dusk / by David Horn

MAIDEN LOCK HAVEN
The story of a unique Piper Clipper / by Roger Cain

TEXAN FROM HAITI
Recovering the last T-6G from the Haitian Aviation Corps / by Larry Johnson

DEPARTMENTS:

MESSAGE FROM PUBLISHER

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
All the latest vintage and veteran aircraft news from around the world / by Doug Fisher

LOG ENTRIES
A meditation on how quickly we can forget aviation history / by Mark Bingham

CHECKLIST
What is new in aviation literature

FRIDAY NIGHT OLDIES
Kodachromes of surplus ex military aircraft / by Doug Fisher

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

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics