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TWO-WAR american ACE
P-47 pilot Gabby Gabreski (above)
became the top ace in the European
theater, then went on to shoot down
MiGs over Korea.RUTLAND OF JUTLAND
Frederick Rutland earned the DSC for a
daring recon mission in a Short 184 sea-
plane during the 1916 Battle of Jutland.FAIREY ROTODYNE
An ingenious blend of airplane and heli-
copter, the Rotodyne was an attempt to
revolutionize the short-haul airline industry.Follow our step-by-step instructions to build
this issue’s “Modeling” project, a Lockheed
F-117 Nighthawk, featured in “The Black
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