FlyPast Magazine

FlyPast July 2024

Swedish Spitfire moved within museum

7th June 2024

The Swedish Air Force Museum’s recreation of a reconnaissance Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIX, designated 31051, has been given a new display space at the Linköping attraction.

FlyPast July 2024

‘Jersey Jerk’ makes its first UK flight

30th May 2024

Fighter Aviation’s former RAAF Commonwealth CA-18 G-JERK took to the skies from Sywell in Northamptonshire on May 5, in the hands of noted Australian warbird pilot Cameron Rolph-Smith.

FlyPast June 2024

Newark Hunter receiving Blue Diamonds makeover

24th May 2024

A Hawker Hunter is getting a colourful revamp at the Newark Air Museum.

De Havilland Canada

Otter completes journey to Hickory

24th May 2024

Former United States Navy de Havilland Canada NU-1B Otter BuNo 144672 arrived at its new home, North Carolina’s Hickory Air Museum, on January 12.

Argentina

DC-3 taxies in return to the sky project

9th May 2024

Douglas DC-3 LV-BEH completed a series of taxi runs on March 9 and 10 at an EAA convention in Argentina. It’s the latest step in the project to return the 1943-built aircraft to the skies.

Boeing

Plans to restore Newark Chinook gather pace

8th May 2024

Volunteers at Newark Air Museum have started to fabricate missing and damaged items for Chinook HC.1 ZA717, which arrived at the Nottinghamshire attraction in 2018.

Argentina

Landing gear fitted to Argentine Ju 52

1st May 2024

The restoration of a Junkers Ju 52/3mge (msn 4043) – formerly the Argentine Air Force’s T-158 – passed a new milestone on March 26 with the installation of its main landing gear.

Gloster Meteor

BIG year for Meteor WS778!

8th April 2024

Work to bring Meteor NF(T).14 WS788 back to life continues apace at Elvington’s Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) near York…

FlyPast May 2024

Chipmunk pair find new homes in Belgium

31st March 2024

Two DHC Chipmunks are under new ownership in Belgium

FlyPast May 2024

Polikarpov returns to flight in Spain

28th March 2024

There was good news for the Spanish historic aircraft scene recently when a rare Polikarpov returned to the skies

FlyPast May 2024

Writing on the wall for Swiss Hunter

28th March 2024

Hunterverein Obersimmental has confirmed the grounding of its 1959-built Hawker Hunter F.58 after two decades of operation

de Havilland Mosquito

Gane una copia firmada de Mosquito BMk.25 de Michael Rondot

28th March 2024

El conocido artista aeronáutico Michael Rondot ha publicado un nuevo cuadro titulado Mosquito de Havilland. El grabado está firmado por tres veteranos de guerra del Mosquito

de Havilland Mosquito

Win! a Signed print of Mosquito BMk.25 by Michael Rondot

28th March 2024

The well-known aviation artist Michael Rondot has release a new painting called de Havilland Mosquito. The print is signed by three wartime Mosquito veterans