Grapevine - Michael Oakey's monthly review of happenings in the aircraft preservation world

Henshaw's Cape dash - Renowned racing pilot Alex Henshaw recalls his epic 4 1/2 day solo dash from Gravesend to Cape Town and back in February 1939

Panther on the prowl - A portrait of a unique American jet warbird, with pictures and text by Howard Levy

From penguin to eagle?Part 2 - Gordon Levett continues the story of how, 2yr after joining the RAF as a mechanic in 1939, he became a commissioned pilot

Personal album-military RAF aircraft of the immediate post-war period

A decisive factor?Part 2 - In the second instalment of his series on the British Commonweath Air Training Plan Wg Cdr Jack Meadows DFC AFC AE recalls flying Ansons in Canada's harsh winters

The RAF's Thor force - Ken Delve recounts the Royal Air Force's brief involvement with the Douglas Thor intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile

Personal album?civil Post-war photographs taken at Croydon Airport

The Battle of Britain?was it really a piece of cake? Roland Beamont, who flew Hurricanes with 87 Squadron RAF in the Battle of Britain, presents his "view from a fighter pilot who, unlike the author and producer of the recent TV series, was there at the time"

Skywriters - Preservation profile A D.H. 104 Dove from down under gets the This is your life treatment

Wings of peace - John Stroud's regular series on between-the-wars European airliners breaks with the usual format by describing the fleet of aircraft operated by Deutsche Luftreederei

Sawdust doesn't fly - In which Dopey Edwards recalls some unladylike manoeuvres with dear old "Annie" Auster notes A selection of photographs of various types, submitted by former Auster test pilot Les Leetham