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AAHS Journal Volume 44 (1999) Table of Contents

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The Fairchild C-82 Packet Ken A. Mitchell 2
Americans and Nationalist Chinese Military Aviation, 1929-1949 Guangqiu Xu, Ph.D 16
Igor Sikorsky and Pan American Airlines Thomas Reilly 28
Korean War Airfield “K’ and “J’ Numbers Robert C. Mikesh 32
The Liberator “Sky Queen of the Lettuce Run" Richard A. Morley 34
The Ugly Duckling Edward Spasek 40
Dissecting an Air Force (Air Disarmament Division’s Role in Neutralizing the Luftwaffe and Plundering its Secrets) Russell Lee 46
Aircraft Photos from the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Airport 1947-1948 Photos by Roger F. Besecker 56
The Enigmatic P-40G Eric C. Hart 60
The Lockheeds That Never Were (Part I) Bill Slayton 65
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 75
News & Comments 78
Richard S. Boutelle: Aviation Executive Kent A. Mitchell 82
The 1996 National Stearman Fly In: A Stearman Silver Celebration Kenneth D. Wilson & Thomas E. Lowe 92
The Lady Was a Test Pilot: WASP Ann Baumgartner Carl at Wright Field Richard A. Morley 98
The Lockneeds that Never Were: Part II Bill Slayton 102
The Jet Aircraft History of the United States: Part II Walt Bohl 114
Americans and Nationalist Chinese Military Aviation, 1929-1949 Addendum Guangqiu Xu 139
Harold G. Martin: One of Aviation’s Great Photographers Fred E. Bamberger with A. Kevin Grantham 142
When Did Glenn Martin First Fly? John R. Breihan 148
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 155
News & Comments 158
Selling Aviation in South America (the C.W. Webster Chronicle) Dan Hagedorn 158
PB2Y Coronados of VPB-15 Billy Gibson 158
Hunsaker and M.I.T. Larry Elman 159
Bernelli and his Lifting Body Transports Ray Shewfelt 160
Northrop (Douglas) 8A-1 and 8A-2 Mario DiMarco 160
75 Years Ago - First Around the World by Air Robert E. Williams 162
Umbaugh 18 Gyrocopter Kent A. Mitchell 182
The Martins of TWA (Part II - The 404) Ed Betts 190
Common Man - Uncommon Pilot (The Story of Army Air Forces Lt. Frank Lowell Titel) Richard A. Morley 202
The Lockheeds that Never Were (Part III - Vega Airplane Company) Bill Slayton 208
The Goodyear Blimp: A Continuing Tradition Earl See, Photos by Al Hansen 220
Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet, America’s First Swept Wing Turbojet Bomber George A. Larson, Lt Col USAF (ret) 222
The Mystery Mosquito Norman Malayney 230
GE’s B-45s, 1950-1957 Roger W. Story & A.B. Liptak 232
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 236
News & Comments 239
Development of Transport Airplanes and Air Transport Equipment Part I - The Beginnings of Military Transportation by Air: 1917-1 Complied by Historical Division Inteligence, T-2 ATSC, Wright Field, April 1946 242
Diminutive Test Pilot Richard “Dick’ Spano Kent A. Mitchell 255
RB-57A and RB-57D in Republic of China Air Force Service Wai Yip 259
Vought Aircraft Production 1917-1968 Complied by Arthur L Schoeni 274
Altitude Sickness and the Oxygen Mask: The American Experience in Europe During WWII Jack B. Shelton, Jr. 282
The Lockheeds that Never Were: Part IV Bill Slayton 288
The Douglas DB-8A/3N F. Gerdessen 298
Adventures with Junior Lee M. Symson CWO, USAF (ret) 308
Two Semi-Mystery Planes Peter M. Bowers 314
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 315
News & Comments 318