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  CONTENTS
FLIGHT JOURNAL
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APRIL 2014
C O V E R ST O R Y
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Improbable Survivor
Fw 190: The rarest of the rare flies again
By Rachel Morris
FEATURES
28
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Doolittle
The first 80 years
By Barrett Tillman
42
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Wolfpack Assassin
Confessions of a MiG killer
By Lieutenant Colonel Everett T. Raspberry, USAF (Ret.), as told to and written by James P. Busha
54
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Last Flight From Polebrook
A tale of luck and perseverance
By Author Name
COLUMNS
6
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Flight Journal
Contributors
8
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Editorial
10
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Airdrop
11
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On the Web
24
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Aviation Insider
Warbirds: Do They Have a Future?
By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
36
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Gallery
Pre-war Beauty: Hawker Demon
By Luigino Caliaro
40
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Iconic Firepower
Proximity Fuzes: The Game-Changing Genie Was Out of the Bottle
By Frederick A. Johnsen
52
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Modern Classics
F-15 Eagle: 40 Years and Still Lethal
By Barrett Tillman
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Flight Gear
66
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Tailview
Spitfires for the Masses
By Rachel Morris
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THIS PAGE:
e two-place Spitfires of Boultbee Flight
Academy present a golden opportunity to those wishing
to taste a time long gone from a legendary cockpit.
Having been set up for training, the second seat in two-
place Spitfires has complete controls.
ON THE COVER:
John Dibbs is one of the lucky few
to be granted an air-to-air photo session with Flying
Heritage Collection’s “White A.” Well-known warbird
pilot and restorer, Steve Hinton, is at the controls of the
sole-flying, original Fw 190.
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