Articles from the latest issue in digital format
Super Pinto changes hands – it will fly with the CAF
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has announced the latest addition to its collection – former US Navy Temco TT-1 Pinto N4486L
Stuka is subject of ambitious return-to-flight project
The Hudson, Massachusetts-based American Heritage Museum has acquired the substantial remains of a former Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 D-5 Stuka – and wants to return it to the skies
DA4 leaves Duxford for new Cosford home
The fourth Eurofighter Typhoon prototype, ZH590 (better known as DA4) has moved from IWM Duxford in Cambridgeshire to the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering at RAF Cosford, Shropshire
New roles for classic airliners – heritage livery for others
Two of three former Spanish Air & Space Force (SpASF) Boeing 707s are set to be preserved, while in the US an airworthy Douglas DC-8 has been given a new role
‘Lucky 13’ - 103-year-old Mosquito veteran looks back
Flt Lt Colin Bell DFC (Ret’d) survived 50 bombing operations while flying with Bomber Command, 13 of them to the most feared target of all, Berlin. Tom Allett spoke to the wartime veteran
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…
