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AAHS Journal Volume 49 (2004) Table of Contents

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Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: Project FICON Section 3: Thunderflash Brian Lockett 2
Life at the 1949 National Air Races with the Christensen Goodyear Midget “Zipper" Warren Eberspacher, AAHS 25
Flight Training and American Aviation Pioneers James K. Libbey 28
The Known North American O-47 Aircraft Assigned to the Pre-World War II National Guard Squadrons W.J. Bennett, M Sgt, USAF (Ret) 37
Aircraft Photos by Emil Strasser, Part VI: The ’30s, ’40s and 1957 Al Hansen 41
A Tale of Two P-51s Named Joan Merle Olmsted 44
The Waco Model F Al Hansen 53
General Eisenhower’s Modified B-25J Used During World War II Lt. Col George A. Larsen, USAF (Ret) 66
Forum of Flight Al Hansen 71
News & Comments 76
Inside Front Cover: DC-9 Cutaway R.E. Williams 78
Inside Back Cover: Skyhawk “508” and its Pilot, Lt. Al Carpenter Jim Caiella 79
Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: Project FICON Section 4: Systems & Operations Brian Lockett 82
The Last Formal Act Jay Miller 106
Boeing Model 40 and Its Descendants; the Great Mailplane of the Twenties Walt Bohl 114
"Flying Coffin’ and “Pearl of the Sky"; The worst and at the same time the best fighter aircraft of WWII Bas Kreuger 124
D-Day and the Yoxford Boys Merle Olmsted 129
Waco Cabin Aircraft, Part 1, 1931 to 1935, the early years Al Hansen 135
"Kinsvater Remembers’ the Luftwaffe JG27 Squadron Wayne McPherson Gomes 140
Forum of Flight Al Hansen 144
News & Comments 150
Cripes A’Mighty Reborn Jim Caiella 155
Arlington Sisu 1A: Rise and Demise of America’s Most Successful Competition Sailplane Russell E. Lee 162
Charles P. “Chuck’ Doyle Terry Love 173
The Fighting 54th, The Forgotten Squadron of the Forgotten War Part I John Haile Cloe 182
Finding the Redheaded Woman Charlie Henry 197
Cold War in Alaska Terry Love 209
Army Cooperation in the former Netherlands East Indies, 1945-1950. The Story of the Piper L--4J Cubs of the NEIAF Dr. P.C. Boer
Max Holtzem: An “Old Eagle’ of the First World War. Part One: Flight Instructor and Test Pilot Walter A. Musciano and Nick Hauprich
The Navy’s Striking Eagles Squadron, Part I Thomas F. Gates 242
Douglas B-23 Dragon Lt. Col. George A. Larson, USAF (Ret.) 255
Korean War First: VF-53 vs. the Soviet Fleet Air Arm Joe Brennan 262
"The Fighting 54th’ The Forgotten Squadron of the Forgotten War, Part II John Haile Cloe 267
The Air Force’s early Airlift and Operation Strawboss Maj. Gen. Stephen T. Keefe, Jr. USAFR (Ret.) 281
The Post-WWII USAF Bomber Designs that Never Flew E.R. Johnson 285
Aircraft Photos by Emil Strasser Part VII -the ’30s, ’40s and 1962 Al Hansen (Photos courtesy of Gery Liang) 297
The Tragic Flight of Boeing’s Prototype Model 307 Stratoliner John B. Russell 300
Max Holtzem: An “Old Eagle’ of the First World War. Part Two: Fighter Pilot Walter A. Musciano and Nick Hauprich 303
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 313
News & Comments 320