ON THE COVER:
Bert Richardson’s dramatic shot of Steve Hinton piloting Rod Lewis’ Hellcat on its second flight following a multiyear restoration by Ezell Aviation

FEATURES:

COST OF WAR
More photographs from the Challenge archives of WWII military aircraft that are definitely “out of action” / by Michael O’Leary

FLY-IN DRIVE-IN
During the late 1940s and 1950s America’s craze for drive-in movies even included aircraft / by Adam Stanton

IKE’S CONNIE
Latest update on the restoration of VC-121  Columbine II / by Ralph M. Pettersen

DAWN OF THE HELLCAT
How Rod Lewis and Ezell Aviation combined forces to create what is possibly the world’s finest F6F / by Michael O’Leary

TRANSATLANTIC: BY GLIDER!
An attempt to build an “air bridge” over the Atlantic by using a force of Waco CG-4A gliders / by Howard Carter

RETURN OF CORSAIR F-21
Latest restoration of a Lake Michigan Warbird by the
National Museum of Naval Aviation / by Marshall Wainwright

IT’S A STAIB!
This miniature biplane was built for post-WWII airshows / by Roger Cain

DEPARTMENTS:

MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
All the world’s vintage and veteran aircraft news plus an exciting MiG 15 / by Doug Fisher

LOG ENTRIES
Bringing a classic Piper back to life / by Mark Bingham

FRIDAY NIGHT OLDIES
More ex-military aircraft in the days before multimillion- dollar Warbirds / by Doug Fisher

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

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics