Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Tail-less Handful - Vought's futuristic-looking F7U Cutlass proved to be a real handful to fly. Warren E Thompson describes the controversial US Navy fighter.
QANTAS Goes Back to the Future - The first jetliner for Australia's national airliner has been saved from the axe and flown to a new life as a museum piece. Phil Whalley reports.
Birthday Present - Dave Price describes how Cathay Pacific Airways went back to its pioneering roots.
Time to Save Mustang 01? - Shlomo Aloni describes the plight of a unique survivor.
For Our Tomorrow They Gave Their Today - One of two survivors from a crash of a Lancaster in 1945, Ron Needle describes the tragic incident and an emotive pilgrimage to remember his crew.
Trojan Buddies - John Roberts and Gregg Weitzman are united in their love of the T.28. Frank B Mormillo reports
Win! Win! Win! - Win a Diverse Images Blenheim diorama.
Win a USAAF B-17 wartime DVD.
Regulars:
News News News - Heinkel 162 to fly in the UK?; Pearl Harbor museum opens; Gannet on the move; Greek C-47 in Korean War tribute; 'Knights of the Sky' collection debuts in New Zealand; new storage site for Manchester museum; New 'warbirds' for Canada's Vintage Wings; Conrod Trophy for Shuttleworth's Andy Sephton; Viggen handed over at Newark; Venue set for 'Doolittle Raiders' reunion and much, much, more!
Glory Days - Another helping from Dave Smith of World War One-era aircraft that have given up the struggle with gravity.
What's New - products reviewed
And Another Thing - Editorial comment
FlyPost - readers' letters
Out of the 'Ark' - A second helping of From the Workshop, looking at the resurrection of a charismatic light aircraft.
'Ops' Board - where to go, things to do
In Focus - Bristol Blenheim:
Bearing the Brunt - Seventy years ago, 114 Squadron became the first to fly the Blenheim operationally. Graham Warner examines the unit's exploits.
Bomber turned Fighter - Graham Warner explains how the Blenheim was turned into a 'bolt-on' fighter that rose to the challenge.
From the Workshop - Changing Shape - A well-known and well-loved warbird will return to the skies in a completely new guise. Jarrod Cotter reports.
Transatlantic Blenheim - Andrew Appleton describes how Bristol Aero Collection managed to bring a genuine operational Bolingbroke from California for Filton.
Our Very Own - Our series on RAF Auxiliary units continues with Bruce Blanche's examination of the Air Observation Post squadrons.
Love at First Flight - More from our series of first-hand accounts from wartime aircrew.
Cover Stories:
Blenheim Tribute - In Focus turns to the Bristol Blenheim: The first RAF unit - page 32; 'Bolt-on Fighters' - page 40; From the Workshop - page 55; Transatlantic Blenheim - page 59. The cover shows John Romain flying Bolingbroke IVT G-BPIV in night-fighter colours. JOHN DIBBS-PLANE PICTURE COMPANY
Tail-less Handful - The potentially lethal Vought Cutlass - see page 20.
New Museums - Two have opened their doors - in Hawaii and New Zealand - see the News pages.
Tail-less Handful - Vought's futuristic-looking F7U Cutlass proved to be a real handful to fly. Warren E Thompson describes the controversial US Navy fighter.
QANTAS Goes Back to the Future - The first jetliner for Australia's national airliner has been saved from the axe and flown to a new life as a museum piece. Phil Whalley reports.
Birthday Present - Dave Price describes how Cathay Pacific Airways went back to its pioneering roots.
Time to Save Mustang 01? - Shlomo Aloni describes the plight of a unique survivor.
For Our Tomorrow They Gave Their Today - One of two survivors from a crash of a Lancaster in 1945, Ron Needle describes the tragic incident and an emotive pilgrimage to remember his crew.
Trojan Buddies - John Roberts and Gregg Weitzman are united in their love of the T.28. Frank B Mormillo reports
Win! Win! Win! - Win a Diverse Images Blenheim diorama.
Win a USAAF B-17 wartime DVD.
Regulars:
News News News - Heinkel 162 to fly in the UK?; Pearl Harbor museum opens; Gannet on the move; Greek C-47 in Korean War tribute; 'Knights of the Sky' collection debuts in New Zealand; new storage site for Manchester museum; New 'warbirds' for Canada's Vintage Wings; Conrod Trophy for Shuttleworth's Andy Sephton; Viggen handed over at Newark; Venue set for 'Doolittle Raiders' reunion and much, much, more!
Glory Days - Another helping from Dave Smith of World War One-era aircraft that have given up the struggle with gravity.
What's New - products reviewed
And Another Thing - Editorial comment
FlyPost - readers' letters
Out of the 'Ark' - A second helping of From the Workshop, looking at the resurrection of a charismatic light aircraft.
'Ops' Board - where to go, things to do
In Focus - Bristol Blenheim:
Bearing the Brunt - Seventy years ago, 114 Squadron became the first to fly the Blenheim operationally. Graham Warner examines the unit's exploits.
Bomber turned Fighter - Graham Warner explains how the Blenheim was turned into a 'bolt-on' fighter that rose to the challenge.
From the Workshop - Changing Shape - A well-known and well-loved warbird will return to the skies in a completely new guise. Jarrod Cotter reports.
Transatlantic Blenheim - Andrew Appleton describes how Bristol Aero Collection managed to bring a genuine operational Bolingbroke from California for Filton.
Our Very Own - Our series on RAF Auxiliary units continues with Bruce Blanche's examination of the Air Observation Post squadrons.
Love at First Flight - More from our series of first-hand accounts from wartime aircrew.
Cover Stories:
Blenheim Tribute - In Focus turns to the Bristol Blenheim: The first RAF unit - page 32; 'Bolt-on Fighters' - page 40; From the Workshop - page 55; Transatlantic Blenheim - page 59. The cover shows John Romain flying Bolingbroke IVT G-BPIV in night-fighter colours. JOHN DIBBS-PLANE PICTURE COMPANY
Tail-less Handful - The potentially lethal Vought Cutlass - see page 20.
New Museums - Two have opened their doors - in Hawaii and New Zealand - see the News pages.
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