Features:
60 Up for the 'Chippie' - de Havilland Canada's faithful Chipmunk reaches its diamond anniversary - Eric Dumigan reports from Ontario
Lustrous Legends - Melvyn Hiscock takes a behind-the-scenes look at Duxford's Flying Legends, the world's best vintage airshow
Flying South - Rowland White describes a record-setting Vickers Valiant flight from London to Cape Town using air-to-air refuelling
What goes into Aeroplane Explains...Artist lan Bott relates how he creates his superb illustrations for our regular series
Flight of the Rodina - In 1939 three intrepid Russian women pilots crossed the Soviet Union in a converted bomber ? Mikhail Maslov tells the story of a remarkable feat
From Flying-boat to Boeing 707 - John Maynard concludes his biography of Vic Hodgkinson ? one of BOAC's longest-serving airline captains
Personal Album - Photographs from David Bale, who served on the RAF Staging Post in British North Borneo
Under Starter's Orders - H.F. O'Neill recalls organising a motley collection of aircraft for a race at RAF Newton in 1950
Clipping the Eagle's Wings - Dr Alfred Price looks at the more unconventional methods used above wartime Britain to bring down Luftwaffe bombers
B of B Sculpture Offer - A chance to own a scaled-down resin cast by Paul Day, the sculptor of the Battle of Britain Monument

Regulars:
News - All the latest preservation news, compiled by Tony Harmsworth
Contact! - Paul Coggan comments on the preservation scene
Skywriters - A selection of readers' letters on various topics
Flying Visit - A potted interview with former Avro Chief Test Pilot and author Tony Black man
Database - The Boeing P-26 Peashooter - With the return to the air in California of the last airworthy survivor, Michael O'Leary traces the history of the diminutive but distinctive P-26 Peashooter, the USA's first production all-metal monoplane fighter. Includes cutaway illustration by Mike Badrocke and scale drawings by Tim Hall
Picture of the Month - This month ? a glorious 1958 COLOUR photograph of the RAF's old drag queen: the mighty Gloster javelin
High Society - This month we look at the good work being undertaken by The Biggin Hill Battle of Britain Supporters' Club
Looking Back - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 60 years ago ? August 1946
The Office...A detailed look in the cockpit of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter ? the missile with a man in it
Navigator - Aeroplane's monthly reviews and listings ? see opposite
Crosswind - John Fricker provides sideways comment on the aviation world

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