Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Mexico's Spitfire Boys - Hidden History finds Santiago A. Flores tracing the wartime careers of two Mexican nationals who flew RCAF Spitfires in the fight against Nazism
Merlin Magician - Richard Paver reports from Suffolk on Maurice Hammond's engine restoration company, EyeTech Engineering ? a vital player in UK preservation
Calderara: Italy's First Aviator - Johnny de Uphaugh relates the adventurous life and little-known career of Italy's first qualified pilot, the irrepressible Mario Calderara
Mayday? What Mayday? - Test pilot Desmond Penrose recalls a hair-raising flight in Trident G-AWZU, in which clear thinking saved the day
The Devil is in the Detail - Ian Frimston traces the restoration of our cover star, Hawker Demon K8203 a "modest little project" which turned out to be anything but...
Double-decker Deja-vu! - As Air France inaugurates its Airbus A380 service in November, Mike Hirs: remembers the Breguet 763 Deux Ponts - perhaps the original A380?
Regulars:
News - All the latest preservation news, compiled by Tony Harmsworth
Readers'Archive - A fine selection of photos taken by N.W. "Dick" Lewis from his time in the RAF during 1944-47
Aircrew - Kightly examinesa Paul Defiant gunner
Where on Earth? - Peter Davison is on the virtual hunt for a Soviet Tupolev Tu-4 Bull at the Russian Air Force Museum at Monino
Picture of the Month - North American Mitchell II FL185 - a departure from the usual British fare, but still in RAF roundels!
From the Archives - Nick Stroud looks back to The Aeroplane's weekly issues of 1944
Skywriters - A selection of readers' letters on a wide range of topics
Flying Visit - Melvyn Hiscock puts his usual questions to ex-RAF fighter pilot GpCpt David Baron QBE
Hairy Moment - Our regular spot for your historic-aviation close calls
In Database: Sopwith 1/2 Strutter:
PHILIP JARRETT takes a detailed look at the first true fighting two-seater, introduced in 1916:
Birth and evolution - The Strutter's origins, in-service development and civilian use
Scale drawings - Mick Davis's detailed general-arrangement drawings
Strutters in service - Operational use by a variety of national air arms
Strutting its stuff - Flying the Strutter
Inside the Strutter ? The Strutter's structure described
The four survivors - Where the few remaining original examples are to be found
In Navigator:
Our Navigator section at the back of the magazine tells you all you need to know about what to buy and where to go:
- Three Greens
- Book Reviews
- DVD Offer
- Web review
- Information Exchange
- Registration Update
- Airshows & Events, Lost & Found
- Classified
- Aeroplane services - back-issues, subscriptions, binders, newsagent order form, annual index and more
- Contacts and next month in Aeroplane
Mexico's Spitfire Boys - Hidden History finds Santiago A. Flores tracing the wartime careers of two Mexican nationals who flew RCAF Spitfires in the fight against Nazism
Merlin Magician - Richard Paver reports from Suffolk on Maurice Hammond's engine restoration company, EyeTech Engineering ? a vital player in UK preservation
Calderara: Italy's First Aviator - Johnny de Uphaugh relates the adventurous life and little-known career of Italy's first qualified pilot, the irrepressible Mario Calderara
Mayday? What Mayday? - Test pilot Desmond Penrose recalls a hair-raising flight in Trident G-AWZU, in which clear thinking saved the day
The Devil is in the Detail - Ian Frimston traces the restoration of our cover star, Hawker Demon K8203 a "modest little project" which turned out to be anything but...
Double-decker Deja-vu! - As Air France inaugurates its Airbus A380 service in November, Mike Hirs: remembers the Breguet 763 Deux Ponts - perhaps the original A380?
Regulars:
News - All the latest preservation news, compiled by Tony Harmsworth
Readers'Archive - A fine selection of photos taken by N.W. "Dick" Lewis from his time in the RAF during 1944-47
Aircrew - Kightly examinesa Paul Defiant gunner
Where on Earth? - Peter Davison is on the virtual hunt for a Soviet Tupolev Tu-4 Bull at the Russian Air Force Museum at Monino
Picture of the Month - North American Mitchell II FL185 - a departure from the usual British fare, but still in RAF roundels!
From the Archives - Nick Stroud looks back to The Aeroplane's weekly issues of 1944
Skywriters - A selection of readers' letters on a wide range of topics
Flying Visit - Melvyn Hiscock puts his usual questions to ex-RAF fighter pilot GpCpt David Baron QBE
Hairy Moment - Our regular spot for your historic-aviation close calls
In Database: Sopwith 1/2 Strutter:
PHILIP JARRETT takes a detailed look at the first true fighting two-seater, introduced in 1916:
Birth and evolution - The Strutter's origins, in-service development and civilian use
Scale drawings - Mick Davis's detailed general-arrangement drawings
Strutters in service - Operational use by a variety of national air arms
Strutting its stuff - Flying the Strutter
Inside the Strutter ? The Strutter's structure described
The four survivors - Where the few remaining original examples are to be found
In Navigator:
Our Navigator section at the back of the magazine tells you all you need to know about what to buy and where to go:
- Three Greens
- Book Reviews
- DVD Offer
- Web review
- Information Exchange
- Registration Update
- Airshows & Events, Lost & Found
- Classified
- Aeroplane services - back-issues, subscriptions, binders, newsagent order form, annual index and more
- Contacts and next month in Aeroplane
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