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AAHS Journal Volume 69 (2024) Table of Contents

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Meet Our New Society President 2
Just Follow the Rope; WWII Glider Pilots Remember Scott M. Fisher 3
Across the Continent in One Go: The Flight of the Fokker T-2 Adam Estes 11
Decrypting How to Use a 120-Year-Old Aviation Watch Ken Glaze 24
Charles "Slim" Lindbergh’s Second Jump 26
The Interstate L-6 and L-8A Cadets; Forgotten Liaison Aircraft Dan Hagedorn 28
Flight not Improbable; Octave Chanute and the Worldwide Race Toward Flight Simine Short 50
Cessna’s Gliders Hayden Hamilton 65
Death at the Mexican Border: An Almost War J.B. Rivard 68
Chriss J. Peterson; Early Wright Pilot, WWI Military Instructor Harold E. Morehouse; Updated and Edited by Hayden Hamilton 71
Forum of Flight 74
News & Comments 79
CEO’s Message Jerri Bergen 80
Immigrants in Aviation - Rotorcraf: Rotor-Revoluntionaries from Abroad Richard Harris 82
Coastal Sentinels; The Rise and Fall of the Blimp Hangar Scott M. Fisher 87
Operation Pressure Points: A Memoir and Short but True History of the Owl FAC Mission, September 1969-February 1970 Sheldon A. Goldberg, Ph.D. LtCol USAF (Ret) 95
The Story of the Self-Sealing Fuel Tank Capt. Edward H. Eckelmeyer, Jr. USN 103
Countering the Zero: A Small Firm’s Contribution J.B. Rivard 118
The 737 and the Thrust Reverser, or, Just One More Day! Bob Bogash 120
The Irish Swoop . . . The Bellanca 28-70 Michael West 128
Lockheed’s RT-33As Supplied to U.S. Allied Nations in the 1950s and 1960s W. Yip 133
PBY Operations in the Solomons: A WWII Interview Edited by Joe Martin 147
Forum of Flight 157
CEO’s Message Jerri Bergen 160
Best wishes for a Happy Holiday 162
The Achilles Heel of the Hughes H-4 Hercules Roger Raleigh 163
The First Night Air Mail: The Story of Jack H. Knight’s Epic Flight AAHS Editors 179
The Evolution of "November Charlie" - United States Civil Aircraft Registration System between 1927 and 1946 Dan Hagedorn 189
Bernard Pietenpol and the Birth of Homebuilt Aviation Scott M. Fisher 211
Trenton-Mercer Airport: New Jersey’s Secondary Airfield Robert G. Waldvogel 215
Forum of Flight 225
News & Comments 230
Vintage Models for Sale 231
CEO’s Message Jerri Bergen 232
AAHS Model Advertisement 234
Acquisition of the Douglas DB-7B and DB-7C for the Netherlands East Indies Navy Scott A. Thompson 235
The 1923 Puerto Rico Flight: A Forgotten Epic of Air Force History C Vance Haynes, Jr. 245
The 1923 Puerto Rico Flight: Recapturing an Historic Event in Aviation History Joe martin 252
The Real Story of the B-17 "All American" Adam Estes 262
Thomas Wesley Benoist and His Planes Hayden Hamilton 269
The United States Air Force and the Post-WWII Rebirth of the German Luftwaffe (1953-1958) Michael P. Hoffman, (USAF Retired) 280
The Air Corps and the Army Housing Program of 1926 Arnold Swanberg 292
Stewart International Airport: Military to Commercial Transition Robert G. Waldvogel 304
News & Comments 310
CEO’s Message Jerri Bergen 312