Air Classics March 2021

 

ON THE COVER:

 

If the Cold War got "hot", then this could have been the doomsday scenario as the Soviet bomber force headed for North America

 

OTHER FEATURES:

 

ADVENTURES WITH THE HUMAN FLY

Examining one of the strangest aerial displays that came out of

the 1970s / by Clay Lacy

 

MORE MYSTERY LIBERATORS

Our search continues to confirm the identities of post-war surplus

Consolidated B-24 bombers / by Nicholas A. Veronico

 

THE FINAL OPTION

Completely unprepared for the expanding Soviet jet bomber fleet,

the USAF constructed a series of rocket-armed interceptors to

counter the threat. However, there was one problem — they didn’t

work. A series of secret documents reveals the USAF’s final plan to

stop the enemy — ramming! / by Wayne R. Austerman

 

TAKING THE WAR TO HITLER

An inside view on how the USAAF and North American developed

the P-51B Mustang / by James W. Marshall and Lowell F. Ford

 

BUILDING THE FLYING FORTRESS

Part Two of our series on constructing WWII’s most-famous

bomber / by Michael O’Leary

 

MR TIMM'S TERRIBLE TWIN

The Timm T-840 was built to find a market that did not exist /

by Howard Carter

 

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT

Examining the PBYs at Pima along with an update on the rebuild of Liberty Belle / by Doug Fisher

 

CHECKLIST

DOWN MEMORY'S RUNWAY

 

T.O.C.

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