Canadian Hampden Rebuild - After 40 years unoer-iraier off the Canadian coast a Handley Page Hampden is being restored. Jack Meadows visits the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation to report on progress. Three Hornets - Derek N James looks ai three aircraft which have shared their name with this fearsome member of the wasp family. The problems with the DH86s - The de Havillabnd DH86 Express was a high performance airliner but Graham Simmons reveals some of its shortcomings. Bedford Triangle - Martin Bowman parts the veil of secrecy which has covered the profusion of East Midlands bases for WW2 cloak-and-dagger operations by the Allies. Airborne Forces' 50th Anniversary - Winston Churchill ordered "Let there be parachute regiments". The part played by RAF Ringway as the home of the first elements of the Airborne Forces is told by Brian Robinson. The award-winning Airport - Gordon Roberts visits Shoreham Airport, Britain's oldest operational civil aerodrome, to trace its 79-year history, World War 1 Adversaries - The Sopwith Snipe described by Ken Wixey, with 3-view and cutaway drawings. The Snipe VC - How Canadian William George Barker won his Victoria Cross in a Snipe and became one of the most decorated pilots of WW1. The Stray Fokker - Philip Jarrett recounts the intriguing story of a lone Fokker monoplane fighter in WW2. Six from Supers - Half-a-dozen aircraft produced by the renowned Supermarine company feature in this photo-survey by Philip Moyes. Bookshelf News Airborne Anniversaries Letters FRONT COVER - An F/A-18 Hornet climbs steeply under the power of its two General Electric F404-GE-400 turbofan engines.