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True Aviation Picture-Stories #14
The issue features multiple aviation-themed stories and features. One story depicts a flying lesson where an instructor teaches a student fundamental maneuvers including climbs, descents, and turns in a yellow aircraft. Another story chronicles pilot McGill's combat missions during World War II in the South China Sea, where he engages Japanese bombers and is credited with three kills, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. The issue also includes a feature on Charles Brennan, a member of the Syracuse Model Airplane Club, who constructed an innovative model plane equipped with a gasoline motor and a unique parachute deployment mechanism using a timer and lever system.