Welcome to the Latest Issue of FlyPast

Issue Cover

Britain’s best-selling aviation monthly

Key.Aero subscribers can read the full issue here in page-turning PDF format or as individual features re-edited to suit the digital world.

Read PDF Issues Ways to Buy

 

Articles from the latest issue in digital format

Feature Premium

Blackbird - what was it like to fly the legendary SR-71?

Former USAF Lt Col Bredette Thomas recalls his time with Lockheed’s ‘Lady in Black’ during the fearful days of the Cold War – a story of avoiding fighters and surface-to-air missiles, staying ahead of the Soviets, meteorites and diverts…

Feature Premium

In our sites - the story of the East Coast firing ranges

Having trekked around many east coast sites, Mick Britton shares the history of a handful of key firing ranges

Feature Premium

War wreck secrets - the role of intelligence services

War was not just about combat; the intelligence services fought a most secret conflict too. Barry Wheeler uncovers the story

Jaguar GR.1 delivered to Elvington

SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 XZ383 has arrived at the Yorkshire Air Museum

Feature Premium

Flying Legends - new beginnings

After a three-year hiatus Flying Legends roared back onto the airshow scene at a new venue. Tom Allett reports from Leeds East Airport, the former RAF Church Fenton

British classic to be completed in France

An Auster Mk.V is being refurbished in eastern France

Feature Premium

Lockheed Hudson – World War Two warhorse

It may have originated from a pre-war design, but the Lockheed Hudson went on to become one of the most versatile – and overlooked – aircraft of World War Two. Steve Beebee tells its story

Mustang rebuild gathers pace in Italy

North American P-51D Mustang 'Lil Margaret' is currently being rebuilt to fly in Italy

MiG and Meteor progress at Newark

Good progress is being made on two aircraft repainting projects at Newark Air Museum

‘Working’ Meteors showcased at Chalgrove

Eight decades of Gloster Meteor flight was celebrated with a special photo shoot at Chalgrove, Oxfordshire on September 1

Each issue in page-turning PDF format

Feature Premium

FlyPast November 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

Feature Premium

FlyPast October 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

Feature Premium

FlyPast September 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

View all PDF Issues