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AAHS Journal Volume 48 (2003) Table of Contents

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A Shadow over the Horizon : The Bell X-2 Robert W. Kempel with Richard E. Day 2
History of Night Air Combat World War II Harold D. Meakin 12
Armand J. Thieblot, Aircraft Designer Kent A. Mitchell 28
Aviation Division of the Texas Company, Part I, 1928 to 1945 Al Hansen 36
Cairns Aircraft Ev Cassagneres 44
Instrument Flying and Radio Navigation, the Early Years Richard C. Hill 52
Boeing Stratocruiser Peter Berry, MRAeS 64
Aircraft Photos by Emil Strasser: Part IV 1930’s Compiled by Al Hansen (Photos courtesy of Gerry Liang) 72
FLYING THE BIG B-50’s Lt.Col. B. C. Reed (USAF, Ret.) 75
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 75
World’s Fastest Piston Engined Airplanes Addendum Jack F. Sweeney 78
DeHavilland Comet Gary L. Killion 78
The Comet’s Revenge Peter Berry 79
FLYING THE BIG B-50’s Lt.Col. B. C. Reed (USAF, Ret.) 82
Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: Project FICON Section 1: Thunderjet Brian Lockett 93
Aviation Operations of Standard Oil Corporation And Affiliates,1919-1941 (Part of Project Oil Wings) Al Hansen 114
Bristol XLRQ-1 Glider Story: Bristol Aeronautical Corporation New Haven, Connecticut Ev Cassagneres 123
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY The Air Fields of the Sixth Air Force FRANCE FIELD Dan Hagedorn 129
Helicopter Projects at GE’s Schenectady Flight Test Center Roger W. Story 138
Flight 203 Remembered Richard Seaman 141
Aircraft Operated by Pure Oil Company 1931-1940 (Part of Project Oil Wings) Al Hansen 148
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 153
A Local Service Equation (B+P+WC=AW=HAW) Airlines Addendum Karl T. Pflock 157
Aviation Division of the Texas Company, Part I Addendum Walt House 157
Lufbery, Addedum Dennis Gordon, et. al 159
Cairns Aircraft Addendum John Underwood 158
Robert E. Williams, 1923-2003 IFC
Gee Whiz! How Col. Joh Paul Stapp set the Land Speed Record, Discovered Murphy’s Law, and Might have saved Your Life Nick T. Spark 162
"Sky Gypsies’ The Transocean Airline Story Joe Weber with tables and photos by Walt Bohl 175
"Vertical Envelopment!’ A story about “Operation Varsity’ based on the eyewitness account of Lt. Col. Rob E.R. Johnson 182
A Man and His Dream, Part 1: In the Beginning Wayne M. Gomes 190
Martin’s PBM Mariner 1937-1956 Bob Smith, VPB-216, VPB-21 (prepared in 1984) 196
The Hagerstown Airport Kent A. Mitchell 215
Aircraft Photos by Emil Strasser: Part V, Cleveland 1947 Al Hansen (Photos courtesy Gery Liang) 230
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 233
Walter Matthews Jefferies 1921-2003 IBC
The Birth of the Delta Wing Robert E. Bradley 242
Katherine Stinson: Pioneering Aviatrix Lori Burrup 261
Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF, Project FICON, Section 2: Thunderstreak Brian Lockett 269
Buy A Thunderbolt Jeremy C. Scutts 288
The Red Rippers: 1927 -2002 Thomas F. Gates 291
Forum of Flight Albert Hansen 315
News & Comments 320