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2. SECOND BEST: WAS THE BOEING 247 REALLY EVERYTHING IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE?
3. THE LEAR OF LEARJET: BILL LEAR NEVER DESIGN AN AIRPLANE. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO
4. FOXBAT FOLLIES
5. SHOOTING STAR: AMERICA'S FIRST OPERATIONAL JET FIGHTER WAS QUICKLY OUTCLASSED BY SWEPTWING SUCCESSORS AND SAW ITS GREATEST UTILITY AS A TRAINER OF PROP PILOTS
6. BEAR OF THE AIR: THE TUPOLEV TU-95--RUSSIA'S BIG, BRAWNY TURBOPROP BOMBER--STILL SENDS NATO FIGHTERS SCRAMBLING ON INTERCEPTS NEARLY 70 YEARS AFTER IT FIRST FLEW
7. TOUGH TURKEY: GRUMMAN'S AVENGER TORPEDO BOMBER--THE BIGGEST SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE OF WORLD WAR II AND THE LAST OF ITS BREED--MADE A HUGE CONTRIBUTION TO ALLIED VICTORY
8. THE PEACEMAKER: CONVAIR'S GIANT B-36 BOMBER FULFILLED ITS PRIMARY MISSION BY NEVER SERVING IN COMBAT
9. DAUNTLESS FOREVER: THE 'SLOW BUT DEADLY' DOUGLAS SBD DIVE BOMBER EMPLOYED 1930S TECHNOLOGY AND TACTICS TO TURN THE TIDE IN THE PACIFIC WAR
10. TOMCATTING
11. WHEN CURTISS-WRIGHT CRASHED TO EARTH.
12. THUNDERBOLT!
13. THE MIGHTY MITCHELL: ARMED TO THE TEETH WITH MACHINE GUNS AND A 75MM CANNON, B-25S PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN WORLD WAR II AS LOW-LEVEL BOMBERS AND STRAFERS
14. THE 10 MOST DANGEROUS AIRPLANES EVER BUILT: WHETHER DUE TO DESIGN FLAWS OR OVERREACHING ATTEMPTS TO PUSH THE AVIATION ENVELOPE, SOME AIRCRAFT SEEM PREDISPOSED TO KILL THEIR PILOTS AND PASSENGERS
15. THUD: A FAST MOVER DESIGNED TO CARRY A NUCLEAR WEAPON, THE F-105 THUNDERCHIEF BECAME THE VIETNAM WAR'S MOST IMPORTANT CONVENTIONAL FIGHTER-BOMBER
16. WINGS OF WAR
17. FROM STRATOCRUISER TO SUPER GUPPY.
18. NIGHT TERROR
19. GULFHAWK EMPRESARIO: DESPITE AL WILLIAMS' IMPRESSIVE LIST OF AVIATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE RACING, TEST AND AEROBATIC PILOT'S ORANGE-PAINTED AIRPLANES ARE BETTER KNOWN TODAY THAN HE IS
20. AK-47 OF THE AIR: STILL GOING STRONG AFTER 60 YEARS OF SERVICE, THE ROCK-SOLID MIG-21 SUPERSONIC FIGHTER GAINED A FEARSOME REPUTATION DESPITE ITS LACKLUSTER COMBAT RECORD
21. STRATOSAURUS: FIRST FLOWN IN 1952, THE VENERABLE BOEING B-52 COULD WELL BE THE FIRST MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO REMAIN IN SERVICE FOR A CENTURY
22. WHY BETTY BOMBED: MITSUBISHI'S G4M BOMBER WENT BY MANY NAMES, BUT PERHAPS THE MOST APPROPRIATE WOULD HAVE BEEN 'FLAMING COFFIN'
23. P-47 GETS NEW LIFE IN NORTH DAKOTA
24. THE RAF'S LAST BIPLANE.
25. Lake Mead's B-29
26. SEA SENTINEL: LOCKHEED'S P2V NEPTUNE SERVED IN KOREA AND VIETNAM, SEARCHED FOR SOVIET SUBMARINES AND EVEN CARRIED NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BUT TODAY IS LARGELY FORGOTTEN
27. NIGHT RAIDER: THE AVRO LANCASTER RAINED TERROR ON GERMANY BUT NEVER ATTAINED THE B-17'S FAME, EVEN THOUGH IT COULD CARRY TWICE THE BOMBLOAD OVER AN EQUAL DISTANCE
28. FIREBOMBERS! AS LAST FALL'S CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES DEMONSTRATED, THE DEMAND FOR AERIAL FIREFIGHTERS AND THE DANGERS THEY FACE HAVE NEVER BEEN GREATER
29. The sky's their canvas: long before the advent of social media, Skywriters created ephemeral messages writ large in the atmosphere for all to see
30. SID COTTON'S AIR FORCE: USING HIGH-FLYING SPITFIRES AND A LOCKHEED ELECTRA, AN OUTSPOKEN AUSTRALIAN HELPED DEVELOP PHOTORECONNAISSANCE TECHNIQUES EARLY IN WORLD WAR II
31. ON MARK MARKETEER
32. The Boeing century: during its 100-year history, William Boeing's company has developed many of the most iconic airplanes ever to take to the sky
33. Queen of the air: the beautiful Beech Staggerwing Model 17 embodies the handcrafted elegance of the golden age of civil aviation
34. Dragon lady: sixty years after its introduction, Lockheed's U-2 spyplane continues to serve as America's eyes in the sky over distant battlefields
35. The Horten Brothers' jet flying wing: the never-built Horten Ho-229 has been the subject of more speculation and myths than any other World War II airplane
36. A REPLICA OF THE WORLD'S FIRST BOMBER
37. PIECING TOGETHER A CONDOR
38. SECOND BEST.
39. Night owl: Heinkel produced one of the most innovative night fighters of World War II, but Nazi bureaucrats repeatedly shot it down
40. Going Commando: the Curtiss C-46 filled a niche during World War II for a high-altitude heavy hauler capable of operating from rough airstrips in far-flung locales
41. Jump jet: in the elusive quest to develop a practical vertical takeoff and landing warplane, only the Hawker Siddeley Harrier has achieved real-world success
42. Angels of mercy: these 10 great aerial rescues demonstrate that aircraft serve a far nobler purpose than hauling passengers and cargo or dealing death from the skies
43. Nazi blitz bomber: the technologically advanced ARADO AR-234 might have changed the course of WWII, but for the Luftwaffe it was another case of too little, too late
44. BURNELLI'S DEAD END
45. GOLDEN ARROW MISSES MARK: CONVAIR'S 880 AND 990 AIRLINERS DEMONSTRATED THAT FASTER WASN'T ALWAYS BETTER WHEN IT CAME TO PASSENGER TRANSPORT
46. INDOCHINA INVADER FLIE5 AGAIN
47. Black Widow's web: with just 127 victories to its credit, the Northrop P-61 was a minor player in WWII air combat, but its influence extended far beyond that wartime role
48. Drafting table aces: nine unsung designers who conceived some of the world's most significant aircraft
49. The miraculous mosquito: De Havilland's versatile wooden wonder racked up an admirable combat record within a remarkably short timespan
50. Dragon Lady down: piloting an early U-2, Republic of China air force Major 'Mike' Hua pulled off a nighttime dead-stick landing with remarkable aplomb
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