ON THE COVER:
Terrific WWII Kodachrome photograph of top-ranking MTO ace Herschel Green. (USAAF)

FEATURES:
OCEAN-TO-OCEAN
During 1913, a rather remarkable flight was made over the Panama Canal to connect two oceans by air / by Reg Miller

MACH 1.05 EJECTION
As a new generation of supersonic warplanes became operational, questions arose on whether a pilot could survive an ejection above Mach 1 / by Howard Carter

GETTING IT WRONG
As the final group of USAF and RCAF surplus Mustangs were sold to civilians, the accident rate skyrocketed / by Doug Fisher

STRATOJET WITH A DIFFERENCE
When it came time to test the mighty Orenda Iroquois turbojet, a different type of aerial testbed was needed / by Howard Carter

CHECKERTAIL ACE
The life and times of top MTO ace Herschel Green / by David Miller

COST OF WAR
Variety of Allied and Axis aircraft that changed hands in the course of combat / by Michael O’Leary

“LET’S TAKE THE PLANE-MOBILE!”
A post-WWII attempt to combine an aircraft and an automobile / by Adam Stanton

DEPARTMENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER

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

LOG ENTRIES
A lengthy look at the aviation legacy of Joe Kennedy Jr. and the fabulously unsuccessful Project Anvil / by Mark Bingham

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

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

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics