ON THE COVER:
Plans to recover a sunken Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo-bomber are now underway. Air/Sea Heritage Foundation photograph by Brett Seymour

FEATURES:

FROM THE COCKPIT
A hot day, a heavy Warbird, and an engine failure on takeoff / by Matt Jackson

FLIGHT OF THE CROYDON
A forgotten airliner and its epic flight from England to Australia… and back / by Adam Stanton

COLORS OF WAR
More rare photos of WWII aircraft in full color / by Michael O’Leary

TIME CAPSULE
Profiling an unrestored Curtiss Kittyhawk / by Jerry Vernon

MY MISSION TO KASSEL
A survivor’s account on what it was like to fly in the 445th Bomb Group’s disastrous bombing mission / by Sammy Weiner

DEPARTMENTS:

MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
All the latest vintage and veteran aircraft news plus a look at the ambitious plans to recover a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator / by Doug Fisher

LOG ENTRIES
Tex Rankin pioneered the teaching of aerobatics / by Mark Bingham

DOWN MEMORY’S RUNWAY
Classic American aircraft from aviation’s past / by Adam Stanton

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

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics