ON THE COVER:
Doug Griffin and Brennan Lash flying The Warbird Shop’s freshly-restored North American B 25D Mitchell for a Swiss owner. Photography by Michael O’Leary

FEATURES:

CAT ON COURSE
Recalling a dramatic and unusual event when an F-14A Tomcat tackled the Unlimited course at the Reno National Air Races / by Steve Cox

COLORS OF WAR
Our popular feature illustrating World War Two aircraft in full color / by Michael O’Leary

PATTERN FOR VICTORY
The fledgling Canadian aircraft industry was tasked with license building the complex four-engine Avro Lancaster. To aid in the project, a Lancaster was flown across the Atlantic to serve as a pattern for production / by C.E. Colby

DESTINATION TOKYO!
The Warbird Shop has finished an incredible nose-to-tail restoration of a rare B-25D Mitchell. Come along on an exclusive photo flight and examine the unique history of this wonderful Warbird / by Michael O’Leary

HIGH COUNTRY CLASSIC
We go flying with a Call-Air Model A-4 and examine not only the history of the plane, but also that of the unusual little company that built it / by Roger Cain

DEPARTMENTS:

MESSAGE FROM PUBLISHER

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
Latest vintage aircraft news from around the world / by Doug Fisher

LOG ENTRIES
Spare parts are important in keeping our historic planes flying. Parts are being purchased and hoarded and prices keep going up / by Mark Bingham

CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
Wonderful items for those interested in aviation / by Susan Duprey

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

FRIDAY NIGHT OLDIES
Presenting more vintage Kodachromes of ex-military surplus aircraft / by Doug Fisher

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics