FlyPast July issue – OUT NOW

Featuring:

BBMF’s Silver Wings
Gp Capt Martin ‘Sammy’ Sampson is the latest RAF BBMF Spitfire pilot. Paul Eden found out how he recently converted to the thoroughbred.

Phantoms in Vietnam
F-4 pilot Jonathan A Hayes describes how he helped defend his base from attack in Vietnam.

Desert Ace
Michael Schoeman examines a famous aerial combat involving enigmatic Luftwaffe ‘ace’ Hans-Joachim Marseille.

Tuskegee Airmen
A look at the forthcoming film ‘Red Tails’, which tells the story of the USAAF’s first all-black fighter unit.

Sopwith Squadron
Norman Franks presents the roll call for 87 Squadron RFC on the Western Front in 1918 and we visit the battlefields of the Somme.

Spotlight on…
Handley Page Victor

Origin and History
A look back at the history of Handley Page’s V-Bomber.

Contemporaries Compared
We compare the Victor to two rival designs – the B-47 Stratojet and the Tupolev Tu-16 ‘Badger’.

Men Behind the Victor
Glenn Sands details some of the men who designed and tested the crescent-winged bomber.

Victor in profile
Pete West artwork of a Victor tanker that met a premature end.

In Combat
Glenn Sands explains why British success in the Falklands War relied heavily on the contribution of the Victor tanker force.

And much more!

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