Articles from the latest issue in digital format
Super Sabre makes airborne return in Texas
The Collings Foundation’s North American F-100F Super Sabre 56-3844 (N26AZ) flew for the first time in several years on June 30 from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas.
BBMF Spitfire wears new tribute
As a salute to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Sqn Ldr Mark Long who lost his life in a flying accident on May 25, 2024 the BBMF’s Spitfire Mk.XVI TE311 has received some new markings.
Return of the Hawker Sea Fury to Australian skies
Following a lengthy absence, a Hawker Sea Fury is once again flying in Australia, bedecked appropriately in Royal Australian Navy colours. Gavin Conroy and Paul Bennet tell the former air racer’s story
Exploits of 500 Squadron Avro Ansons over Dunkirk
While the cry of many of the troops stuck on the beaches at Dunkirk was ‘Where are the RAF?”, 500 Squadron and its near-obsolete Avro Anson Mk.Is were there in the thick of it. Robin Brooks recalls some of the unit’s most notable combat exploits during Operation Dynamo
FlyPast September 2024
September 2024 issue of FlyPast in page-turning format features a very special aeroplane on its cover – the Avro Heritage Museum’s white-painted Vulcan B.2 XM603
One man and his SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1
Phil Stevens caught up with Neil Atterbury – the man single-handedly returning a former RAF SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 back to its former glory…
Gyrocopters saved at Newark Air Museum
Campbell-Bensen B.8M gyrocopter G-ASNY, previously on loan to Newark Air Museum, has now been bequeathed to the venue through the will of its late owner, Roger Light.
Lake Michigan Grumman Wildcat restored for display
Staff at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan, have completed an 11-year restoration of Grumman FM-2 Wildcat 57039 (also see May 2024 issue of FlyPast).
Work continues on Convair Sea Dart
Prior to Florida’s major Sun ’n’ Fun event in April, staff at the Florida Air Museum completed some minor refurbishments and a thorough clean of Convair YF2-1 Sea Dart 135765.
Heron revival makes progress in Australia
Staff at the Moorabbin Air Museum in the Australian state of Victoria are busy restoring de Havilland Heron VH-CLX, formerly G-ANPV.
Each issue in page-turning PDF format
FlyPast September 2024
September 2024 issue of FlyPast in page-turning format features a very special aeroplane on its cover – the Avro Heritage Museum’s white-painted Vulcan B.2 XM603
FlyPast August 2024
August 2024 issue of FlyPast in page-turning format features a Lancaster double as Al Mickeloff details how Canada’s Avro Lancaster FM213 crossed the Atlantic in 2014 to fly alongside the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s example
FlyPast July 2024
July 2024 issue of FlyPast in page-turning format features De Havilland T.43 Mosquito NZ2308, which recently returned to the skies in New Zealand after long-term restoration