FEATURING:
Hurricane Hero
Ace photographer John Dibbs goes air-to-air with one of Britain’s best loved warbirds – Hawker Hurricane Mk.I R4118.
Little Friends
Three fighter pilots who flew with the US Eighth Air Force describe to Warren E Thompson the challenges of escorting bombers.
Ride The Lightning
Chris Gibson explains how the English Electric Lightning’s weaponry developed as the supersonic fighters encountered Soviet intruders.
SPOTLIGHT:
Messerschmitt Me 210/410
Origin and History
We recount the German fighter’s history.
By Land And Sea
The discovery of a photo album enabled Erik Mannings to piece together the varied career of fighter pilot Geoff Booth.
Flying Cheetahs
Bush-strip lookouts equipped with gongs and gifts of wild cats as mascots – Steve Maclean details the colourful exploits of South Africa’s 2 Squadron.
AND MUCH MORE!
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By: scotavia - 3rd February 2019 at 12:25
Thats just the march of time….
By: Sopwith - 3rd February 2019 at 11:12
I think you’ve posted this in the wrong section UPDATES, you’ve still got the Feb issue advertised above.
By: cabbage - 16th April 2018 at 17:18
Anyone else notice the glaring photographic error in the Typhoon article in this issue ?
A picture marked as showing a bubble canopied Typhoon flying past the Pyramids, is clearly a Tempest V/VI. The shape of the fin plus the post-war red-white-blue roundels give it away.
By: Sopwith - 7th April 2018 at 18:47
You’ve got the heading for the thread wrong, it’s the May issue not April.:)
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