Aeroplane May 2022
Aeroplane meets Jim Beasley
The legal profession ran as a common thread between Jim Beasley father and son — but so did flying warbirds
The Swiss Dassault Mirage III scandal
Military aircraft procurement is now a highly controversial issue in Switzerland, but this was not always the case. It all started in 1964, when the cost of acquiring the Dassault Mirage III spiralled out of control
Starfighter scandal: Did Germany's Lockheed F-104 deserve its bad name?
Fatal crashes and a bribery affair — the reputation of the Lockheed F-104 in Germany could hardly have been worse. But the Starfighter barely deserved its bad name
A day at the show: Vintage Aeroplane Club
January might not seem the most practical time for a gathering of historic open cockpit aircraft, but that month in 1952 a new club’s first major rally proved an outstanding success despite the freezing temperatures
The controversial 1937 Tupolev ANT-25 flight distance record
When the Soviet Union, with the Tupolev ANT-25, set a new world distance record in 1937, The Aeroplane’s editor C. G. Grey felt the whole thing was a fix, said so in print, and nearly caused an international incident. The record stood — but was he right?
SCANDAL: The incredible story of the US Air Mail fiasco
The safety record of the US Army Air Corps’ temporary operation of mail services turned into a national scandal. But so was the situation that led to the military stepping in