Air Classics November 2019

ON THE COVER:

Marine Corps aviator checks over his Grumman F3F-2 in this 1940 Kodachrome. (National Archives)

OTHER FEATURES:

BOEING’S BIG BOAT

Designed by the Naval Aircraft Factory and built by Boeing to have the range to fly between the West Coast and Hawaii, the PB-1 ended its life as an engine test bed / by Howard Carter

ROSCOE!

Concluding the history of Roscoe Turner and his racing aircraft and how he became the fastest man in America / Kenneth D. Wilson

CLIPPERS AT WAR

With the USA thrust into the Second World War, the Boeing Model 314 Clipper became a vital tool of war / by M.D. Klaas

WHEN THE MARINES FLEW BARRELS

Grumman F3F-1/F3F-2 fighters in US Marine Corps service / Staff Report

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT

We visit the Stinson fly-in, get an update on the Mitsubishi A6M3 Hamp restoration, and go aloft for the first flight of a Ryan NYP replica

SAVING A CARIBOU

STORMBIRD RISING

T.O.C.

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