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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Preservation Project: Ken Ellis reviews a vintage year for aircraft preservation as he looks back on 1981.
Your letters keep flooding in, and we publish as many as possible.
Borne on the Divine Wind: John Morris investigates the Kamikaze suicide pilots who made Japan's last desperate fling in WWII.
Warplanes in Civvies: In the second in his series on military aircraft which saw service in civil roles, Donald Hannah tells the story of the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley.
Museums of the World: Bob Ogden continues his researches behind the Iron Curtain to report on the huge aviation museum at Kbely in Czechoslovakia.
I Remember: Wing Commander Ralph Havercroft's recollections of his first flight in a Spitfire.
'Connie's' in Captivity: Two FlyPast readers took their cameras on holiday with them last year and came back with pictures of abandoned Lockheed Constellations.
Aviation Archaeology: A reader's enquiry set Peter Moran on the track of a crashed Fokker XXII. He calls his story 'The loss of Sylvia Scarlet'.
Preservation News: This is the close season for news of preservation happenings, but we still collected four pages of news without trying.
The Rare Kind: In his series on war heroes of the air, Chaz Bowyer reports on Grp Capt Colin Gray, New Zealand's high scoring ace of WWII.
The Station Commander's Clanger: Grp Capt Peter Heath recalls the day when he landed a Sunderland in Jersey and brought the airport to a halt.
London's Flying Start: It may seem odd to younger enthusiasts but many of Britain's aviation pioneers worked in places like Hackney. Peter March reviews the exhibition currently on at the London Museum.
For the Record: A newcomer to FlyPast's pages, but a much respected historian, Bruce Robertson begins an occasional new series on details of history which have often been overlooked.
The Admiral's Revenge: Sten Stenersen recalls the raid by Grumman Avengers and Wildcats on the remnants of the German fleet in Norway late in 1945.
COVER: The face of fanaticism; this still taken from a British Movietone News cine film depicts all too clearly the unblinking loyalty of Japan's Kamikaze pilots. John Norris tells their story on page 14.
Your letters keep flooding in, and we publish as many as possible.
Borne on the Divine Wind: John Morris investigates the Kamikaze suicide pilots who made Japan's last desperate fling in WWII.
Warplanes in Civvies: In the second in his series on military aircraft which saw service in civil roles, Donald Hannah tells the story of the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley.
Museums of the World: Bob Ogden continues his researches behind the Iron Curtain to report on the huge aviation museum at Kbely in Czechoslovakia.
I Remember: Wing Commander Ralph Havercroft's recollections of his first flight in a Spitfire.
'Connie's' in Captivity: Two FlyPast readers took their cameras on holiday with them last year and came back with pictures of abandoned Lockheed Constellations.
Aviation Archaeology: A reader's enquiry set Peter Moran on the track of a crashed Fokker XXII. He calls his story 'The loss of Sylvia Scarlet'.
Preservation News: This is the close season for news of preservation happenings, but we still collected four pages of news without trying.
The Rare Kind: In his series on war heroes of the air, Chaz Bowyer reports on Grp Capt Colin Gray, New Zealand's high scoring ace of WWII.
The Station Commander's Clanger: Grp Capt Peter Heath recalls the day when he landed a Sunderland in Jersey and brought the airport to a halt.
London's Flying Start: It may seem odd to younger enthusiasts but many of Britain's aviation pioneers worked in places like Hackney. Peter March reviews the exhibition currently on at the London Museum.
For the Record: A newcomer to FlyPast's pages, but a much respected historian, Bruce Robertson begins an occasional new series on details of history which have often been overlooked.
The Admiral's Revenge: Sten Stenersen recalls the raid by Grumman Avengers and Wildcats on the remnants of the German fleet in Norway late in 1945.
COVER: The face of fanaticism; this still taken from a British Movietone News cine film depicts all too clearly the unblinking loyalty of Japan's Kamikaze pilots. John Norris tells their story on page 14.
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