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LINDBERGH BEFORE PARIS
Fond remembrances of "Slim" from Craig Isbell CRAIG ISBELL WAS A TYPICAL YOUNG MAN who liked to hang around the Peoria, Illinois, airport while he...
Flight Journal, 02/01/04 by Meyer, Corky · More from publication -
jug and I flying the P-47, The
I was introduced to the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in a most unique way-by the Grumman Hellcat. One option in Grumman's, F6F-3 Hellcat proposal to...
Flight Journal, 10/01/03 by Meyer, Corky · More from publication -
Flying the D.VII: A fabulous Fokker fighter
ANTHONY FORKER'S FABULOUS WW I FIGHTER-THE D.VII-WAS THE LOCKHEED F-22 OF the 1930s era in which I grew up. It was the model airplane of choice for...
Flight Journal, 10/01/03 by Meyer, Corky · More from publication -
Forum
Editors' note: because of the volume of letters we received regarding Corky Meyer's "The Best WW II Fighter" article, we have reinstated the...
Flight Journal, 10/01/03 by Lemke, James U; Meyer, Corky · More from publication -
best WW II fighter, The
These flight evaluations weren't merely joyrides to add hours to my logbook; they had been set up to investigate the fighters' known good and bad...
Flight Journal, 08/01/03 by Meyer, Corky · More from publication -
P-38 the legend explained
Of the inventory of fighters available to the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) in WW II, three types are generally acknowledged to have been the best:...
Flight Journal, 07/01/03 by Meyer, Corky · More from publication -
F7F Tigercat: The untold story
The relatively unknown Grumman Tigercat was the first production Navy fighter to better the performance and capabilities of land-based fighters....
Flight Journal, 08/01/02 by Meyer, Corky H · More from publication -
Grumman Hellcat: Just in the nick of time...
In this day of aerospace mega-corporations, it's easy to forget that airplane companies such as McDonnell/Douglas, Boeing, North American,...
Flight Journal, 04/01/02 by Meyer, Corky · More from publication -
Talent training for a "wilde Sau"
Wilde Sau-translation: wild female pig. It is known to be very antagonistic when protecting its family; thus arose the nickname of the solo...
Flight Journal, 04/01/02 by Meyer, Corky · More from publication -
A Wildcat rises from Lake Michigan
In 1994, the number-- three FM-1 Wildcat (BuNo 14994)-delivered on November 2, 1942, by General Motors-was pulled out of Lake Michigan. ...
Flight Journal, 10/01/01 by Meyer, Corky · More from publication
