MUST HAVES AND LATEST NEWS FROM KEY PUBLISHING
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NEW LOOK FlyPast
May issue on sale now
FREE warbirds supplement PLUS save £££s with our museum saver vouchers
FREE Airfix 1:48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc when you subscribe to FlyPast in the May issue – pg 54
In the May issue:
Peeling Back the Years
The Smithsonian’s magnificent P-61 Black Widow profiled by Frank B Mormillo.
Biplane Magic – Something for All
Tony Haig-Thomas talked to Jarrod Cotter about how the Shuttleworth Collection offers a great day out for the whole family.
A Suitable Case for Design
Stanley Seager compiled a fascinating archive of his 52 years with the pioneering Westland company.
Phabulous Phantoms
Warren E Thompson pays an anniversary tribute to the Phantom in US Navy and Marines service.
Phantom Survivors Phile
Nearly 150 F-4s are preserved and with plenty of life left in the mighty fighter, that figure is bound to grow and grow. Andy Marden charts the museum retirees.
Naval Omega
Our artwork special zooms in on the Fleet Air Arm’s 892 Squadron – the last to fly the Phantom from a carrier deck.
Alcock and Browne’s Phantom
Pictorial profile of the RAF Museum’s celebrated FGR.2.
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Your invitation to Farnborough International Airshow’s 60th celebrations
Held from 14th – 20th July 2008, the 46th biennial Farnborough International Airshow is one of the world’s largest aerospace airshows and exhibitions. This year, the airshow celebrates two landmarks in aviation history, the 100th year of powered flight in Britain together with its own 60th anniversary.
The flying displays* scheduled are being finalised and will be available nearer the time of the event but displays booked† so far include: The Red Arrows, The Aerostars, The Blades, The Avro Vulcan, Supermarine Seafire, Hawker Sea Fury, Fairey, Swordfish, Hawker Sea Hawk, GAP Kestrel JP100 and an assortment of classic aircraft types that first flew in the 1948 Airshow.
To buy your ticket now click here
*Subject to change
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NEW
The Trent 900 Engine
Rolls-Royce: Powering the Whispering Giant – The Trent 900 Engine
The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines power the world’s largest airliner, the Airbus A380.
In February 2001, Rolls-Royce announced the launch of one of the most ambitious engineering programmes in the company’s Civil Aerospace history – to develop the Trent 900 engine to power the Airbus A380, a new and exciting aircraft which would become the largest civil airliner ever built.
The Trent 900 is the 4th member of the Trent family, and holds pride of place as the largest jet engine ever produced by Rolls-Royce. ‘Powering the Whispering Giant’ plots the Trent 900 journey in photographs from concept to design, development, testing, first flight on the A340 flying test bed, flight test on the A380, Route Proving, Service Readiness and Entry into Service in October 2007.
This colourful publication combines the best images from throughout the programme, with descriptions of each major step along the way, to offer the reader a unique insight into one of the most public and most exciting new jet engine programmes ever undertaken.
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LAST FEW REMAINING! Royal Air Force Celebrating 90 years – Official Souvenir Issue
The story of the RAF as never told before
The Aircraft – The Pilots – The Valour
Created by a world renowned team of aviation writers, this beautiful 132 page official souvenir publication details the story of the RAF from its inception to the present day.
Special features include:
– Squadron directory as on April 1, 1918
– Typhoon bombing operations in World War Two
– Flying Valiant V-bombers in the Cold War
– Harriers in the Falklands
– Jaguars in the Gulf War
– Order of Battle 2008
– Tomorrow’s world, the RAF in 2018
Reserve your copy now, on sale 21 February 2008
Price: £4.99
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April 11, 2008 at 10:41 am