Features:
Making the Switch from Dragon to Witch - Michael O'Leary reports on the new colour scheme for the Collings Foundation's B-24 Liberator, with air-to-air pictures
The Tale of a Tomtit - Former wartime Spitfire test pilot Alex Henshaw recalls how he acquired a trio of Hawker Tomtits as factory runabouts
Aeroplane Explains - Bill Gunston describes how a constant-speed propeller works, with graphics by Ian Bott
Vickers Viking: The Pregnant Dakota - To mark 60 years since its first flight, Gerry Sweet tells the story of the airliner development of the Wellington bomber
Demon Rising - Ian Frimston was present at the rollout of Skysport Engineering's latest masterpiece, a Hawker Demon
A Modern Classic - Waco biplanes are coming off the factory line again in Michigan, as Dan Patterson reports
World War Two Survivors - Dirk Septer recounts the wartime career ofCedric "Ced" Mah, who flew transport aircraft "Over the Hump" in China
Postcard from New Zealand - Tony Harmsworth reports from the recent Aeroplane reader tour
Great War Veterans - A selection of 1914-18 military aircraft turned civil, from Philip Jarrett's photographic archive
The Luftwaffe's Last Throw of the Dice - Axel Urbanke describes the a last-minute Luftwaffe relocation operation in the final days of World War Two

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News - Latest preservation news, compiled by Tony Harmsworth
READER EVENT - Behind Closed Doors at Duxford - Last chance to book tickets for our Reader Day on June 11
Contact! - Paul Coggan comments on the preservation scene
Skywriters - Readers' letters
Flying Visit - A potted interview with autogyro pioneer Wg Cdr Ken Wallis, by Melvyn Hiscock
Picture of the Month - This month's Aeroplane photo offer ? a Lightning formation
Looking Back - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 65 years ago
High Society - The Shackleton Preservation Trust is this month's subject
Navigator - Aeroplane's monthly reviews and listings
Crosswind - Sideways comment on the aviation world, from John Fricker
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Database - English Electric Lightning:
David Willis describes the only all-British Mach 2 fighter in detail, Includes 3-view by Tim Hall and cutaway by J.H. Clark

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