Articles from the latest issue in digital format
WIN! A Copy Of ‘Luck Of The Draw’ By Frank Murphy - Worth £25!
Thanks to publisher Elliott & Thompson, FlyPast has a hardback copy of the book to give away.
The Shepherd: A ghost of Christmas past
Robin Evans reveals the origins of, and profiles, bestselling author Frederick Forsyth’s ‘The Shepherd’ – is it the best story in aviation?
Phoenix - the story of a Norwegian Tiger Moth
A Tiger Moth that crashed in 1940 during a desperate bid to escape advancing German forces has been recovered and restored to running condition in Norway. Tormod Løkling details the hardy biplane’s remarkable story
The F-104C Starfighter in Vietnam - the right jet at the wrong time?
FlyPast scrutinizes the genesis of the F-104C and its first deployment into the skies of Vietnam with the 476th Tactical Fighter Squadron...
Have you read ‘Luck of the Draw’?
In an extract from his book, ‘Luck of the Draw’: My Story of the Air War in Europe – soon to be featured in Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ hugely anticipated TV Series, Masters of the Air – former USAAF B-17 navigator and POW Frank Murphy reveals how he and his crew fought for their lives in the hostile skies of Germany during World War Two…
Newark’s Canberra is facing the axe
English Electric Canberra PR.7 WH791, which currently resides at the Newark Air Museum in Nottinghamshire, is to be disposed of
Peashooter pair to be completed in US
The Spirit of Flight Foundation museum in Nampa, Idaho, has announced that a rare Boeing P-26 Peashooter has been donated to its collection
Celebrating two legendary brothers
With December 17, 2023 marking the 120th anniversary of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first controlled and sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft across the dunes of Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, we share images of the two brothers from Ohio that changed the world...