Articles from the latest issue in digital format
Insights into the running of Old Warden airshows
Following his recent retirement, Bob Barton reflects on the challenges and triumphs of arranging airshows at Old Warden, home of the Shuttleworth Collection
Last of the World War Two VCs
At the time of writing former RAF Coastal Command pilot John Cruickshank is approaching his 104th birthday. FlyPast presents a tribute to the last living recipient to have been awarded the VC during World War Two
FURIOUS RETURN
Following a lengthy absence, a Hawker Sea Fury is once again flying in Australia, bedecked appropriately in Royal Australian Navy colours.
As fate might have it…
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
'ONCE IN A 'LANC' TIME'
Canadian Warplane Heritage’s Al Mickeloff recounts the trip of a lifetime when it's Lancaster graced the skies of the UK.
Faithful until the end
Jamie Ewan looks at the type’s development and use by RAF Coastal Command in World War Two
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
D-Day Postal Hurricanes
Although the Hurricane was relegated to minor roles on D-Day, the veteran type played a significant part by delivering mail in the days that followed, as Andrew Thomas recounts
Escapee’s Auster on display in Doncaster
The fuselage section of Auster J1.N G-AHHP has recently been positioned on display at Doncaster’s South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum (SYAM).
German-owned Spitfire returns to UK register
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIIIe SM845 has been returned to the UK Register as G-BUOS, having been acquired by Duxford’s Aircraft Restoration Company.
