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THE B-32 DOMINATOR: AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN WORLD WAR II BOMBER
WHAT WENT
WRONG WITH THE
STRATOCRUISER?
BOEING’S LUXURY AIRLINER PUSHED
TECHNOLOGY TO THE LIMITS
BALLOONING TO THE
EDGE OF SPACE
F-105 PILOTS CREATE AN
INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT
IN VIETNAM
RACING PILOT JACKIE COCHRAN
AND THE BIRTH OF THE WASP
PLUS
U
O SAYS YO
WH
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CAN
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AVIATION
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WINTER 2024
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18
FEATURES
26
FROM STRATOCRUISER
TO SUPER GUPPY
Pan American World Airways
wanted something special.
Boeing responded with the 377.
BY STEPHAN WILKINSON
36
THE AIRPLANE THAT
ALMOST WASN’T
In World War II, Convair’s B-32 Dominator
didn’t get a chance to live up to its name.
BY BARRETT TILLMAN
44
TO THE EDGE OF SPACE
These balloons went up, up and away—
to the top of the atmosphere.
BY DAVID W. TEMPLE
52
BIRTH OF THE WASP
Jackie Cochran wasn’t content with
being a record-setting pilot.
She wanted to serve the war effort.
BY EILEEN A. BJORKMAN
60
THE
TURKESTAN
INCIDENT
How two F-105 pilots and their
commander got entangled in the
geopolitics of the Vietnam War.
BY MARK CARLSON
5
MAILBAG
60
26
52
6
BRIEFING
10
AVIATORS
14
RESTORED
16
EXTREMES
18
PORTFOLIO
24
FROM THE COCKPIT
66
REVIEWS
70
FLIGHT TEST
72
FINAL APPROACH
ON THE COVER:
A Boeing 377 Stratocruiser epitomizes luxury
in the skies for Pan American World Airways (©Boeing).
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