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FlyPast
June issue on sale now
FREE Spitfire Mk1Xc Airfix 1:48 kit worth £10.99 when you subscribe to FlyPast. Further information available at http://www.flypast.com
In this issue:
A Navigator’s Tale
Douglas Hudson was taken prisoner in 1940, but went on to complete a tour of ‘ops’ with 100 Squadron. Jarrod Cotter tells his story.
Airlift Afloat
Flying-boats were a valuable asset in the Berlin Airlift. Guy Warner examines 230 Squadron’s contribution.
Curtain Up! Curtain Down!
Ken Ellis remembers a bizarre and short-lived museum of the 1980s.
Gearing Up
Vulcan XH558 is back in the air; we look at the preparations for mid-April test flights.
Hind Sight
An ambitious salvage for Hawker Hind biplanes from Afghanistan aims to put the airframes back into the air.
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Bargain Books
Spitfire – The History £12.99
Living Lancasters £25.00
Sigh for a Merlin £4.99
Wrecks & Relics £15.99
The Flypast book of the P-51 Mustang £5.00
The Flypast Book of the B-17 Flying Fortress £5.00
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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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