Grapevine - Michael Oakey's monthly review of happenings in the aircraft preservation world The flight of Rudolf Hess?part 2 628 Roy Nesbit describes the events following the German Deputy Fuhrer's unexpected arrival in Scotland on his ill-fated peace mission of May 1941
Skywriters - The basketweave bomber - Part 5 - Eric Morgan and Edward Shacklady continue their development history of the Vickers Wellington bomber. This month they examine the high-altitude Marks V and VI
Probe probare No 30: Fairey Battle 636 - Alec Lumsden and Terry Heffernan continue their series on aircraft which received special attention from the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment with the development of the Fairey Battle
Monty's Dak - Photographs of Douglas Dakota KN628. Field Marshal Montgomery's personal transport in 1945-46
Armchair aviation - A bumper pre-Christmas selection of books
Qantas Cat ops - Part 2 - The engineering and weather problems encountered by the Catalinas of Qantass wartime Indian Ocean service are described by Capt L. Ft. Ambrose in his first-hand report written in 1945
Personal album - A selection of World War Two RCAF trainers
Heinkel He 51 - Our final extract from Michael Turner's latest book, Luftwaffe Aircraft
For business and pleasure - Mike Jerram continues his series on British post-war private and club aircraft with the twin-engined Miles Gemini, one of British light aviation's rare successes
Mutiny! - Bernard Shilling recalls how. in January 1946, slow demobilisation in India led to a mutiny among RAF airmen
Preservation profile - Fairchild Argus HB-ERO. preserved by the Fairchild Club of Switzerland, is this month's subject
Wings of peace - John Stroud's regular feature on between-the-wars European airliners continues with Cant's biplane flying-boats and Zappata floatplanes
Scimitar saga - Part 2 - Ray Williams concludes his history of Armstrong Whitworth's last biplane fighter
Bargain day at "Boyzee" - Catherine O'Bnen reports on the recent auction at Boise, Idaho, USA

Front Cover - FRANK B. MORMILLO'S cover photograph depicts The Air Museum's RA-26C Invader and B-25J Mitchell in formation over Chino, California in May The Invader is being flown by Don Lykins. and the Mitchell by Joe Haley and Mernll Wein. This month's centrespread features John Pothecary's de Havilland D.H. 60 Moth G-AAOR/EM-01 in Spanish Civil War training colours. The aircraft, photographed by GORDON BAIN, has been rebuilt over the last 5yr - see Grapevine for details.