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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
8 From the Alco Hydro-aeroplane company to Lockheed 18 Tow Lightning 26 The large and the small of it 28 Sheer elegance 32 Test flying the Lockheed P-80 44 Shooting stars entering the jet age 48 Long range record setter 58 The ultimate interceptor 60 Airliner to submarine hunter 64 Transport for the world 72 High altitude Dragon Lady 74 Helicopter developments 76 The big jets 80 The worlda€ s first cabin business jet 82 Ita€ s going HOW fast? 86 Oddities and one offs 88 Small and silent 90 The last airliner
Article Snippets
Edited by Tim Callaway, who has a strong aviation pedigree, this issue of Aviation Classics will again comprise the publicationa€ s now established high quality mix of features and photographs. This 132 page glossy A4 perfect bound a€~bookazinea€ will tell how: The company started out in 1913 as the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company until its change to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in 1926. Aircraft like the legendary P-38 Lightning, the elegant Constellation, P-3 Orion to the F-104 Starfighter were designed and built. The first flight was made of the only military aircraft to still be in production after nearly 60 years, the irreplaceable C-130 Hercules. Includes high performance aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71, the story of the stealth fighters like the F-117 Nighthawk and up to date with the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning which will replace many other types now in service worldwide
