North American Skyline 1945 03-04 (PDF)

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Vol. 6 No. 2

Cover: Come fair or stormy weather, Willie Wingflap finds his stride. With one stroke, he severs the knotty problems confounding the harried and hurried engineers. Time and again, he disputes the laws of science and probability. He is also, as Artist Dennis McCarthy reveals on our cover, a shrewd judge of a trim fuselage.

Inside Cover: Reflecting the constant work of improving military aircraft at North American, an experimental P-51D Mustang fighter, piloted by Bob Chilton, no sooner returns to the California flight ramp than it is met by a crew ready to give it a thorough checking. Kodachrome by photographer Stan Boyd, California plant.

Articles Inside:

What We Did in 1944 – [ Operations

We Built Better Planes Faster

Statement of Consolidated Income

This Is How We Spent Our Money

Here’s How We Worked for Victory

Planning for Tomorrow ]

Seven-Way Leader – Seven positives of the P-51. By Jack Canary Field Rep in China

Qualified for Flattops – Navy Pilots flying SNJ Texans qualify for carriers on the USS Sable and USS Wolverine stationed on Lake Michigan

Mustangs Uber Alles – 8th AAF P-51 pilots are making the Germans sing another version of their ” Deutschland Uber Alles” Illustration By Reynold Brown

Spares to the Rescue – Spare parts speeding to theaters of combat keep damaged aircraft flying

North Americana – “Briefs” on some of the more recent developments in aircraft production

Mitchells on Target – Photos of targets hit by Mitchells

Eight Years of Employee Suggestions

Top Suggesters of 1944

Keep It to Yourself! By A. R. Miller ( Director of Plant Protection

The Saga of “Pappy” Gunn – The epic story of a two-fisted flyer who fought a one-man war with the combined Jap sea and land forces ( Col. Paul I. “Pappy” Gunn ) By William B. Dickinson

Jack Fox and “Pappy” Gunn – Pictured with Pappy’s B-25 “Pappy’s Folly

More About “Bones” – Last B-25 produced at California plant is shown in action over Central Burma

T-Day Strategy – Contract Termination Board By A. D. Disney

A Fashion Plate of Aprons – Men and their aprons at work. By Dennis McCarthy

Rockets Are the Payoff – P-51 mounted with rockets

This is Strategic Bombing – B-25s in action over Italy

The Revolution’s Here – P-80 The “Shooting Star”

Texans Shoot for Keeps – Plant Security Pistol Teams Competitions

Super-Fighter: The Mustang – New Book “Super-Fighter: The Mustang” edited by the editors of Air News Magazine

The Home Shift By Genevieve Callahan and Lou Richardson

Circuit Riders of the Sky – Excerpts from letters of American Service Representatives at home and abroadÂ