Aeroplane July 2023
Fairey Hendon: the RAF's first monoplane bomber in depth
Matthew Willis, an enthusiast of all things Fairey, delves into the history of the RAF’s first monoplane bomber
Inside a Canadian Hawker Typhoon restoration project
The Typhoon Legacy Company, based in Comox, British Columbia, is adopting its own singular approach to returning its example of the Hawker fighter-bomber to airworthiness
Aeroplane meets... John Dodd
Giving up a career as an RAE scientist, and flying for a living instead, was just the start for this exponent of vintage aircraft in all their forms
The Kamikaze flight that brought peaceful greetings
The word ‘kamikaze’ has come to have deadly connotations, but in 1937 a Mitsubishi Ki-15 bearing that name flew to London for the new king’s coronation with friendship in mind — and record-breaking, too
How Rolls-Royce bought a Spitfire for £250
When Rolls-Royce decided it wanted a Spitfire, the company ended up with a wartime veteran that once escorted Churchill’s aircraft —and which gave excellent service for more than four decades
How would a second Berlin Airlift have worked?
Revealing the once-secret plans for how the western allies intended to keep West Berlin supplied in the face of renewed Soviet obstruction
Did Aeroflot airliners spy on NATO?
While many top-secret documents about Cold War aerial intelligence have been declassified, very little has emerged about the use of commercial aircraft. However, files in the Dutch National Archives describe in surprising detail some of Aeroflot’s activities over the Netherlands
How the RAF's first front-line Lightning pilots joined the 'thousand-mile an hour club'
Remembering the early days with the legendary English Electric fighter
'Jenny' restoration complete at USAF museum
Historic biplane to go back on show at Wright-Patterson this summer