Aviation History

Aviation History Magazine is an authoritative, in-depth history of world aviation from its origins to the Space Age. Aviation History offers air enthusiasts the most detailed coverage of the history of manned flight, with action-packed stories and illustrations that put the reader in the cockpit with pilots and military (army, navy, and marine)aviators to experience aviation’s greatest dramas.

Aviation History

GRAVE MATTERS

HOMEBUILT SPITFIRE CLEARED FOR FLIGHT

NOT YOUR FATHER’S B-52

SPITFIRE RETURNS TO PRODUCTION IN THE U.K.

AIR FORCE MUSEUM DEBUTS SKYRAIDER

CAT HOUSE

LIGHT MY FIRE

MONUMENT MAN

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

MADE IN FRANCE • ONCE LÉON DELAGRANGE TOOK UP FLYING, HE NEVER LOOKED BACK

G.I. JOE VS. THE VOLCANO • IN 1935 TWO U.S. ARMY BOMBER SQUADRONS RECEIVED UNIQUE ORDERS—TO FIGHT AN ERUPTION

THE LAST SPITFIRE • THE SUPERMARINE SPITEFUL WAS FAST, BUT IT ARRIVED TOO LATE FOR WORLD WAR II

COME FLY WITH US

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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SECOND BEST • WAS THE BOEING 247 REALLY EVERYTHING IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE?

AN AIRPLANE FOR THE YANKS • THE AMERICANS FLYING IN WORLD WAR I WANTED THE SPAD XIII. THEY GOT THE NIEUPORT 28 INSTEAD

THE DAY WILEY POST KILLED WILL ROGERS (AND HIMSELF) • EVEN WORLD-FAMOUS PILOTS CAN MAKE FATAL MISTAKES

SNATCHING INTELLIGENCE FROM THE SKY • SATELLITES TOOK PHOTOS OF THE SOVIET UNION. HOW TO GET THOSE PICTURES BACK TO EARTH?

Balloon Spies

“SEND THE EGGBEATER TO TARO” • THE ONLY WAY TO RESCUE SOLDIERS FROM THE BURMESE JUNGLE DURING WORLD WAR II INVOLVED SOMETHING CALLED A HELICOPTER

WAR IS HELL

AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES M. SCOTT

TINY COMBAT ARENA

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this twin-engine British trainer?

OH, THE MONOTONY!