Articles from the latest issue in digital format
Which was best? The USAAF's main European theatre fighters compared
Debate still rages about which was the US Army Air Forces’ best fighter in the European theatre of operations. But is it even possible to reach a meaningful verdict?
Sidney Cotton's legendary Lockheed: the new evidence
As World War Two neared, Sidney Cotton and Lockheed 12A G-AFTL helped change the face of British aerial reconnaissance. But what does evidence gathered as the aircraft was restored for Fighter Aviation Engineering tell us about their covert activities?
748 raised up at Speke
Restoration milestone for sole preserved example of twin-turboprop airliner in Britain
Saluting a Bomber Command hero: Rusty Waughman 1923-2023
Bomber Command veteran Rusty Waughman has died, aged 100. In a memorable Aeroplane feature from 2018, Graham Finch interviewed him about his tour flying Lancasters on No 101 Squadron
The Vickers Viscount that became an air racer
For the crew of the third Vickers Viscount, named Endeavour, the long-distance air race from London to Christchurch 70 years ago took them — and their aircraft — into new territory
Support the restoration of France's last flying Rapide
The Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis is making excellent progress with its de Havilland Dragon Rapide restoration, but needs funding to see it through
How did the first Lympne Trials influence aviation?
The inaugural edition of the Lympne light aeroplane trials took place 100 years ago — and didn’t exactly swing a lamp over the future. How did the correspondents of the time view it?
An unusual Flight path
When Ann Tilbury went to work for Flight magazine as its picture librarian, it opened up to her a life in aviation she could never previously have imagined
Aeroplane meets... Robs Lamplough
An exclusive interview with the former racing driver who helped pioneer the UK’s airworthy warbird movement during its formative days in the 1970s — and whose influence is still strong today
