Aviation History - July 2016

How CIERVA’S autogiros helped win the Battle of Britain night creature of the Lockheed’s nearly invisible top-secret F-117 steal ...

THE NEW C8 FLYER AUTOMATIC VINTAGE BLACK EDITION – 44MM Inspired by the Best of British Aviation Spirit in the Sky EXCLUSIVELY A ...

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2 AH july 2016 JULy 2016 features ON THE COVER: Two Lockheed F-117 Nighthawks line up for aerial refueling during a training mis ...

O nly a few of us are born with silver spoons in our mouths. Until Stauer came along, you needed an inheritance to buy a timepie ...

4 AH JULY 2016 TWO-WAR american ACE P-47 pilot Gabby Gabreski (above) became the top ace in the European theater, then went on t ...

MAILBAG july 2016 AH 5 BIRD STRIKE STORIES Y our May issue invited readers to submit bird encounter stories. As a private pilot ...

6 AH july 2016 F WTTW_QVOIOITI[MVLWٺ celebration at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona on March 18, President Dwight D. Eise ...

july 2016 AH 7 ABOVE: ©TYSON RININGER/TVR PHOTOGRAPHY; INSET: DICK SMITH; TOP RIGHT: SUZANNE HAKUBA; BOTTOM RIGHT: AIR FORCE ASS ...

BRIEFING 8 AH july 2016 Two-Faced P-40n warhawk > after the Normandy inva- sion. Its 1930s greenhouse, awkward landing gear a ...

M illions of people collect the American Eagle Silver Dollar. In fact it’s been the country’s most popular Silver Dollar for thi ...

Operation Desert Storm, the U.S.-led coalition’s response to Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, started 25 yea ...

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EXTREMES 12 AH july 2016 EXTREMES Flying Railroad Car THE E.G. BUDD COMPANY DUBBED ITS STAINLESS STEEL CARGO PLANE THE CONESTOGA ...

july 2016 AH 13 OPPOSITE: (TOP) NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, (BOTTOM) TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, URBAN ARCHIVES, PHILADELPHIA, PA; RIG ...

aviators 14 AH july 2016 aviators W hen Emil Matthew Laird left his hometown of Chicago and relocated to Wichita, Kan., in 1919, ...

july 2016 AH 15 OOPPOSITE: SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM; ABOVE RIGHT: ©AVIATION HISTORY COLLECTION/ALAMY; RIGHT: JOAN LAIRD ...

16 AH july 2016 Raised From a Watery Grave LOST IN LAKE MICHIGAN FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY, A MARINE CORPS SBD DAUNTLESS HAS FIN ...

july 2016 AH 17 OPPOSITE TOP & RIGHT: U.S. MARINE CORPS; OPPOSITE BOTTOM: IKE COPPERTHITE veteran docent Major Jack Elliott ...

Have you ever said to yourself “I’d love to get a computer, if only I could figure out how to use it.” Well, you’re not alone. C ...