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IN THE COCKPIT WITH HERITAGE FLIGHT PILOTS
THE AVIATION ADVENTURE — PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
Bristol Bulldog
1930'S FIGHTER
FLIES AGAIN!
FLYING THE
OV-1 MOHAWK
IN VIETNAM
DOUBLE ACE!
KILLER CAMERAS
ETO Recon
Missions
STRAIGHT-WING
HEROES
F-84s Battle MiGs
LOCKHEED VEGA
Golden-Age
Icon
BLASTS
ZEROS
March/April 2024
CONTENTS
FLIGHT JOURNAL
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MARCH/APRIL 2024
FEATURES
THIS PAGE:
Maj. Joshua
Gunderson readies his F-22
for a U.S. Air Force Heritage
Flight, during which he’ll fly
formation with WW II,
Korean, and Vietnam-era
warbirds. (USAF photo by 2nd
Lt. Sam Eckholm)
ON THE COVER:
Master crafts-
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The Mission, the
Honor, and the Thrill
In the cockpit with the pilots who fly
the USAF Heritage Flight and U.S. Navy
Legacy Flight Demonstrations
By Jan Tegler
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Double Ace!
Navy pilot chalks up 16 kills in Wildcats & Hellcats
By Barrett Tillman
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Bristol Bulldog Flies Again
Master builder Ed Storo recreates
the classic British fighter
By David L. Leininger
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Killer Cameras
Recon missions in the ETO
By Col. Clyde B. East USAF, (ret.)
as told to and written by James P. Busha
man and pilot Ed Storo banks
his replica 1929 Bristol Bulldog
up the coastline near Netarts,
Oregon. Using drawings and
information from Finnish and
British Museums, Ed was able
to accurately replicate his
stunning Bulldog example.
(Photo by David Leininger)
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Straight-Wing Heroes
F-84 pilots battle—and beat!—the MiG-15
By Warren E. Thompson
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The Good, the
Bad, and the Ugly
Flying the Grumman OV-1
Mohawk in Vietnam
By James P. Busha
REGULARS
4
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Editorial
60
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Gallery: DL-1 Lockheed Vega
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Tailview
FLIGHT JOURNAL
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EDITORIAL
MARCH/APRIL 2024
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VOLUME 31, NO. 2
EDITORIAL
Editorial Director
Louis DeFrancesco
Executive Editor
Debra Cleghorn
CONTRIBUTORS
Bud Anderson, James P. Busha, Ted Carlson,
Eddie J. Creek, Doug DeCaster, Robert S.
DeGroat, John Dibbs, Robert F. Dorr, Jim
Farmer, Paul Gillcrist, Phil Haun, Randy Jolly,
Frederick Johnsen, Geoffrey P. Jones, Ron
Kaplan, Peter Lert, David Leininger, Rick
Llinares, John Lowery, George Marrett, Peter
Mersky, Paul Novak, Dan Patterson, Steve
Pace, Stan Piet, Alfred Price, Clive Rowley,
Brian Silcox, Robert Tate, Jan Tegler, Warren
Thompson, David Truby, Barnaby Wainfan,
Bradley Wentzel, Chuck Yeager
ART
PHOTO BY DAVID L. LEININGER
Art Director
Betty K. Nero
DIGITAL MEDIA
Bulldog 2.0
SO MANY OF THE AIRCRAFT
featured in
Flight Journal
over the years are
the result of herculean efforts by a select number of talented individuals who
rescued these aircraft from what would have been their final resting places:
A Battle of Britain Supermarine Spitfire ditched along the Channel coast and
buried in the sand, only to have its exposed wingtip discovered by a beach jogger
decades later; a Spanish built Messerschmidt Bf 109 found in a warehouse, still
unassembled in its wooden factory shipping crate; a Nakajima built A6M Zero
found by island natives and pulled out of the jungles of Western New Guinea; and
how about the iconic “White A” Fw 190, found remarkably intact with the pilot’s
helmet still on the seat, in an overgrown meadow near St. Petersburg, Russia?
These stories surrounding aviation archaeology and the chance encounters that
revealed them are as compelling as the beautifully restored aircraft themselves.
But what if there are no examples available of an aircraft you are passionate about
and want to restore? Well, then you get hold of the original engineering drawings
and scratch-build it yourself—all in the spirit of preserving aviation history.
In our feature “Bristol Bulldog Flies Again,” retired Fed Ex pilot Ed Storo did just
that with the forgotten Bulldog, a single-seat, radial-engine powered biplane
fighter that saw service in the RAF and numerous other European air forces
during the 1930s. Storo was no stranger to scratch-building aircraft before
he took on this project, but with no help from Bristol Aerospace of the UK, he
forged ahead for the next two decades to complete it. One can only imagine the
perseverance and ingenuity required to bring his dream to flying status. But it
was all worth it when a year ago Storo lifted the British fighter into the air from
Tillamook Municipal Airport in Oregon.
All the aircraft featured in this issue, including a MiG 15, Grumman OV-1
Mohawk, photo-recon P-51 Mustang “Lil’ Margaret,” the period fighters of the
USAF Heritage Flight, P-63A Kingcobra, Hellcat, and Lockheed Vega, are the
result of exhaustive restoration efforts to get them mechanically sound and
airworthy. Today, let’s pay tribute to all the aviation archeologists, salvagers,
restorers, mechanics, machinists, fabricators, crews and pilots who continue to
keep aviation history alive.
Enjoy this issue.
—Louis DeFrancesco
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