Airpower back issues from September 2004:
It's deja vu all over again.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Motels were sold out for miles around, herds of RVs gathered, and a crowd estimated at more than 30,000 people came to witness the historic launch. Into a crystal clear morning sky, a manned spacecraft rocketed up on a suborbital journey sixty-two miles into space, and the world held its ...
CIA C-46 crash.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Regarding the C-46s of Air America article by Terry Love in the July issue of AIRPOWER, he states that C-46 B-908 shown on page 25 crashed on June 20, 1954. The crash actually occurred in 1964 while the aircraft was on a flight to the Pescadores. I know because sadly, my secretary and her ...
Mace launches in Libya.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2004; ... I am enjoying your magazine very much, especially the article on winged missiles. I served with the 11th Tactical Missile Squadron from June 1955 to August 1958. The squadron was formed in 1955 at Orlando AFB, FL and moved to Sembach AB, Germany in June 1956. We then joined with the 1st ...
Mission 378--Battle over the Reich.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004 ... By Ivo de Jong MISSION 378--Battle over the Reich ISBN 1-902109-03-1, Hardbound with separate dustjacket, 9"x 12", 256 pages with 250 B/W photos and 16 pages of full-color aircraft profiles and artwork. Published by Specialty Press of North Branch, MN and available ...
Marauder--Memoir of a B-26 Pilot in Europe in World War II.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004 ... By Louis S. Rehr with Carleton S. Rehr; Foreword by Trevor J. Allen. MARAUDER--Memoir of a B-26 Pilot in Europe in World War II ISBN 0-7864-1664-5, Hardbound with printed BM cover, 7-1/4" X 10-1/4", 220 pages with BM photographs throughout. Published by McFarland & ...
Wings of Yesteryear--the Golden Age of Private Aircraft.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004 ... By Geza Szurovy WINGS OF YESTERYEAR--The Golden Age of Private Aircraft ISBN 0-7603-1925-1, Softbound, 10" X 10", 168 pages with color photos throughout. Published by MBI Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN. Available through Amazon.com and all major bookstores, or ...
B-17-versus-the B-2?(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2004; ... I was surprised to see an article like your recent B-17 and B-2 comparison, and while you made the point that technology has catapulted many generations in the fifty years that have passed between those two aircraft, some things like overall mission objectives have not changed in the ...
Test pilot school project.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Just wanted to let you know that you've made a big contribution to a research project I was working on. As part of my study, I needed to know what airplanes were historically used at TPS and when they were introduced into the curriculum. Before I spent hours searching through the archives, ...
Tupolev's titanic turboprop.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Tremendous story on the imprisonment of Andrei Tupolev and a nice compilation of some of his many great aircraft designs. I would have liked to have seen more. Growing up in New York during the late-1950s, I remember seeing the giant Aeroflot Tu-114 turboprop bearing Premier Nikita ...
Will the real 'Air Force One' squawk 'ident'.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Another great issue! I subscribe to many aviation magazines, but when WINGS or AIRPOWER arrive, they go to the top of my stack of stuff to read. However, as I feel accuracy is important, I am compelled to point out the following: On pg. 23 of the August WINGS, the caption states a VC-137B ...
Nuclear nightmare almost.
Sep 01, 2004; ... The article on 1950s Air Force missiles in the May 2004 issue of Airpower evoked a number of memories and stimulated my digging into newspaper clippings and magazine articles about what could have been a nuclear nightmare. On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 7, 1960 I returned home from high ...
F-108 Rapier: the elusive Mach 3 interceptor.(Excerpt)(Cover Story)
Sep 01, 2004; ... INTRODUCTION: For a while during the 1950s, it seemed that all types of aircraft--fighters, bombers, airliners, and maybe even general aviation--were going to fly at three times the speed of sound in the near future. As it turned out, of course, Mach 3 was a lot harder than it first ...
The view from Itazuke Tower.
Sep 01, 2004 ... Aviation enthusiast and photographer Harry Sievers was born in Queens, New York in 1932, and as a youth was fascinated by the airliners he watched overhead making their final approach to Runway 22 at nearby La Guardia Airport. After attending college, Harry joined the U. S. Air Force and ...
Swingin' on a spar: the birth and development of variable--geometry aircraft.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Grumman's pudgy XF10F-1 Jaguar was the Navy's first swing-wing jet in 1952, but being rather early In the grand scheme of things, its performance was less than stellar, Hence, for his beautiful chaseplane view of the Jaguar landing, aviation artist Gerry Asher chose the appropriate title ...
Lockheed Vega: record-breaking wooden wonder.(Factory Fresh)
Sep 01, 2004 ... In past installments of this popular feature, we've attempted to bring you different aspects of aircraft manufacturing showing all types of airplane throughout all eras of aviation history. This month, we explore a novel new manufacturing technology which allowed production of sleek ...
A moment frozen in time: the ultimate research experience as art imitates life.
Sep 01, 2004; ... It is dusk on Friday. October 18, 1974 at San Diego's historic Lindbergh Field. A balmy 78-degree temperature and variable high clouds have replaced the morning fog that earlier embraced the 'City by the Sea', and as the official 6:16pm sunset time approaches, a thin crescent moon dimly ...
Cover kudos.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2004; ... As a long-time reader of WINGS & AIRPOWER, I've always been intrigued as to what images appear on the covers of your magazines. While the look has changed with your new ownership, there is still an amazing array of aircraft in both photography and artwork, and your March issue with the ...