ON THE COVER:
A USAAF instructor goes over an upcoming flight with a student in the cockpit of a Curtiss AT-9 multi engine trainer. One of WWII’s lesser-known aircraft, the AT-9 was supposed to instruct pilots in the operation of complex multiengine aircraft. The AT-9 was not well-liked but nearly 800 were built. (USAAF)

FEATURES:

FLIGHT OF THE WEE BEE
It was not an easy task to create what would be billed as the world’s smallest airplane / by Howard Carter

VJ-2 AVENGERS
This little-known US Navy unit performed many valuable duties in the Pacific while flying a variety of aircraft / by Lee Scales

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG!
Part One of the comprehensive history of the Mustangs of the 354th Fighter Group and the final days of the Luftwaffe / by Steve Blake

WHERE PROPLINERS REFUSE TO DIE!
Our Propliner Editor makes an extensive trip to Alaska to view the world’s largest collection of “Big Props” / by Ralph M. Pettersen

DEPARTMENTS:

MESSAGE FROM PUBLISHER

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

LOG ENTRIES
Why the 1920s were really “roaring”/ by Mark Bingham

DOWN MEMORY’S RUNWAY
More great aircraft from America’s aviation past / by Adam Stanton

FRIDAY NIGHT OLDIES
Surplus ex-military aircraft before they became today’s valued Warbirds / by Doug Fisher

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics