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AVIATION
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BEHIND THE SCENES ON BILLY WILDER’S
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
TOP
SECRET
DOGFIGHT
HAD TO
WHY A NAVY PILOT IN KOREA
KEEP SILENT ABOUT HIS VICTORIES
75
TH
ANNIVERSARY
HOWARD HUGHES
FLIES THE SPRUCE GOOSE (JUST ONCE)
CRASH AFTER CRASH
THE HARROWING
FIRST FLIGHT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
E ALLURE
TH
OF THE
LEARJET
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WINTER 2023
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THE LEAR OF LEARJET
Bill Lear liked putting his name on things—
including the quintessential business jet.
BY STEPHAN WILKINSON
Three later model Learjets bank
against the rising sun.
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THE MANY CRASHES
OF CAL RODGERS
Fly across the country in 30 days or less?
Not so easy in 1911.
BY STEVE WARTENBERG
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FINAL MISSION
Lancaster L7576 had flown 98 sorties.
It would not complete number 99.
BY GAVIN MORTIMER
44
52
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THE SECRET DOGFIGHT
Royce Williams did something incredible during
the Korean War—but he couldn’t talk about it.
BY DAVE KINDY
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: PAUL BOWEN; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; AP PHOTO; NATIONAL ARCHIVES; GARY EASTON/FLIGHT ARTWORKS/ALAMY
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ONE AND DONE
Seventy-five years ago, Howard Hughes
took his massive seaplane aloft for
the first and only time.
BY CHRISTOPHER WARNER
DEPARTMENTS
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60
5
MAILBAG
6
BRIEFING
10
AVIATORS
14
RESTORED
16
EXTREMES
18
PORTFOLIO
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FROM THE COCKPIT
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REVIEWS
70
FLIGHT TEST
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FINAL APPROACH
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In “One Down, Three to Go,” Jack Fellows
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