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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Mosquitos Bite at Night - Australians Jack Palmer and Jack Rayner formed a close-knit intruder Mosquito crew - Ken Wright describes their exploits.
Preserving 'Field 16' - Lennart Burns tells of a massive heritage project underway in Sweden.
Boogie-Woogie 'ace' - Tom Walsh charts the wartime heroics of the piano-playing fighter pilot, Major 'Mac' McKennon.
I'll Be Back! - This year's Reno Races were not the happiest for the Eberhardt family, but as Frank B Mormillo explains, they are undaunted.
US 'Flying' Fortresses - A pictorial tribute to the USA's airworthy B-17s.
Soviet Shuttle - Paul B Cora relates the story of B-17 Second Patches and her crew.
Classic meet-up - Peter Celis describes a unique warbird/military link-up.
Enter the Dragon - Pleasure flight specialist Delta Aviation added classic airliner trips from Oxford to its options last year. Nigel Price went to sample the delights of a Dragon Rapide.
Regulars:
News News News - First flight for Duxford Spitfire; Fw 190 reclaimed from the deep; Merlin magic for de Havilland museum; Newark's Viggen back together; 'Lanc' on the move in Canada; Helicopter museum expands; RAF Museum Battle under restoration; Australia gets an Invader; Marine Corps museum re-opens; Nimrod II flies at Duxford; Swordfish arrives in Ottawa and much, much, more!
The Way We Were: 2 Squadron - Our series on the heritage of current RAF units turns to the recce specialists, 2 Squadron.
Museums 1 - McChord - Ed Davies visits Washington State's airlift base and its superb heritage collection.
Airshow - Midland and round-up
What's New - double-bill of reviews
Museums 2 - Ottawa - Nigel Price visits Ottawa's superb Canada Aviation Museum.
FlyPost - readers' letters
'Ops' Board - where to go, things to do
We Salute You - obituaries and memorials
In Focus - Boeing B-47 Stratojet:
- Cold War Reflex Action - Col Richard H Wood remembers his days piloting the awesome B-47 and his time on nuclear alert in the UK.
- Swept-wing Sword - Pictorial tribute to the B-47 and a look at the survivors.
Cover Stories:
B-17 and P-51s in triplicate! - P-51s: The Boogie-Woogie 'ace' - page 36; Hard Luck at Reno - page 40 and Commemorative Air Force action at Midland - centres, page 50. B-17s: Sally B makeover - page 8; Soviet Shuttle raids - page 76; USA's Flying Fortresses - page 74. That's Lone Star Flight Museum's Thunderbird on the cover
Cold War Warriors - Nuclear deterrent B-47 Stratojets to the UK - see page 65.
Canada's Capital Collection - Ottawa's fantastic museum - see page 54.
Mosquitos Bite at Night - Australians Jack Palmer and Jack Rayner formed a close-knit intruder Mosquito crew - Ken Wright describes their exploits.
Preserving 'Field 16' - Lennart Burns tells of a massive heritage project underway in Sweden.
Boogie-Woogie 'ace' - Tom Walsh charts the wartime heroics of the piano-playing fighter pilot, Major 'Mac' McKennon.
I'll Be Back! - This year's Reno Races were not the happiest for the Eberhardt family, but as Frank B Mormillo explains, they are undaunted.
US 'Flying' Fortresses - A pictorial tribute to the USA's airworthy B-17s.
Soviet Shuttle - Paul B Cora relates the story of B-17 Second Patches and her crew.
Classic meet-up - Peter Celis describes a unique warbird/military link-up.
Enter the Dragon - Pleasure flight specialist Delta Aviation added classic airliner trips from Oxford to its options last year. Nigel Price went to sample the delights of a Dragon Rapide.
Regulars:
News News News - First flight for Duxford Spitfire; Fw 190 reclaimed from the deep; Merlin magic for de Havilland museum; Newark's Viggen back together; 'Lanc' on the move in Canada; Helicopter museum expands; RAF Museum Battle under restoration; Australia gets an Invader; Marine Corps museum re-opens; Nimrod II flies at Duxford; Swordfish arrives in Ottawa and much, much, more!
The Way We Were: 2 Squadron - Our series on the heritage of current RAF units turns to the recce specialists, 2 Squadron.
Museums 1 - McChord - Ed Davies visits Washington State's airlift base and its superb heritage collection.
Airshow - Midland and round-up
What's New - double-bill of reviews
Museums 2 - Ottawa - Nigel Price visits Ottawa's superb Canada Aviation Museum.
FlyPost - readers' letters
'Ops' Board - where to go, things to do
We Salute You - obituaries and memorials
In Focus - Boeing B-47 Stratojet:
- Cold War Reflex Action - Col Richard H Wood remembers his days piloting the awesome B-47 and his time on nuclear alert in the UK.
- Swept-wing Sword - Pictorial tribute to the B-47 and a look at the survivors.
Cover Stories:
B-17 and P-51s in triplicate! - P-51s: The Boogie-Woogie 'ace' - page 36; Hard Luck at Reno - page 40 and Commemorative Air Force action at Midland - centres, page 50. B-17s: Sally B makeover - page 8; Soviet Shuttle raids - page 76; USA's Flying Fortresses - page 74. That's Lone Star Flight Museum's Thunderbird on the cover
Cold War Warriors - Nuclear deterrent B-47 Stratojets to the UK - see page 65.
Canada's Capital Collection - Ottawa's fantastic museum - see page 54.
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