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THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY
You had to be better than just a good stick as an Army aviator to be selected to fly the Mohawk in Vietnam. The enemy on the ground was bad enough to contend with, but the ever changing weather, mountainous terrain and political infighting between mi
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An Illustrious History
The “Big Bossman” Tigercat was conceived as U.S. Navy Bu No. 80503. The aircraft began life as a F7F-3, and it rolled off the Grumman plant assembly line at Bethpage, New York, being accepted on July 31, 1945. It was ferried to the Lockheed plant at
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“Fatal Fang” Flies Again
WHEN WARBIRD PILOT Mark Todd pulled back on the stick and left the runway at Chino Airport on November 30, 2023, it was the first time that “Fatal Fang,” the P-63A-7 acquired by Yanks Air Museum founder Charles Nichols in 1977, had flown in 40 years.