Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Alpine Finale - Peter R. Arnold reports from New Zealand on this year's Warbirds over Wanaka airshow - the last under its current management
The "0" Boat - David G. Powers recounts the career of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, sunk during May in Florida as an artificial reef
Operation Goodwill - Sixty years ago, 16 RAF Avro Lancasters made a flag-waving tour of the USA. Mike Hooks traces their journey
1,600 h.p. in My Garage - Aero engine specialist Graham White relates how he revived an ultra-rare 1940s Continental IV-1430 "Hyper" engine
Beauty or a Beast? - David Morris finds out what Fleet Air Arm Corsair pilots thought ofVought's mighty "bent-wing bird"
A Diamond Milestone - Brian Miller celebrates the 60th anniversary of the world's first live airborne ejection
Training Twins - David Ogiivy weighs up Shuttleworth's 1930s trainers; Avro Tutor vs Hawker Tomtit
Above the Western Front - The concluding part of the late Alan Goodfellow's vivid account of flying with the Royal Flying Corps in WW1
Busby Heads West - The second half of Richard T. Riding's account of his father's pre-war tour of UK airfields
COMPETITION - Win one of Corgi's new biplane model range Your chance to win one of Corgi's new Fairey Swordfish or Gloster Gladiator models
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 renowned display pilot and 747 airline captain Alan Walker
Aeroplane Explains - Bill Gunston describes the development of the monoplane, aided by Ian Bott's graphics
Looking Back - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 80 years ago ? July 1926
High Society - We profile The Washington Times, the newsletter covering all things relating to the RAF's post-war Boeing B-29 force
Picture of the Month - This month's offering honours Peter Twiss's record-snattering flight of 50 years ago ? the timeless Fairey F.D.2
Crosswind - John Fricker provides sideways comment on the aviation world
Database - The Handley Page Hampden:
Handley Page historian Harry Fraser-Mitchell describes the genesis and development of the company's Hampden, often referred to as the "Flying Suitcase", and its less successful counterpart, the Dagger-engined Hereford. Includes cutaway illustration by J.H. Clark and scale drawings by Tim Hall
Navigator - Our Navigator section at the back of the magazine tells you all you need to know about what to buy and where to go:
- Book and DVD reviews
- Internet review
- Information Exchange
- Reader offers
- Airshows & Events
- Auction update
- Corgi Swordfish & Gladiator competition
- Aeroplane services
- Next month in Aeroplane
Alpine Finale - Peter R. Arnold reports from New Zealand on this year's Warbirds over Wanaka airshow - the last under its current management
The "0" Boat - David G. Powers recounts the career of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, sunk during May in Florida as an artificial reef
Operation Goodwill - Sixty years ago, 16 RAF Avro Lancasters made a flag-waving tour of the USA. Mike Hooks traces their journey
1,600 h.p. in My Garage - Aero engine specialist Graham White relates how he revived an ultra-rare 1940s Continental IV-1430 "Hyper" engine
Beauty or a Beast? - David Morris finds out what Fleet Air Arm Corsair pilots thought ofVought's mighty "bent-wing bird"
A Diamond Milestone - Brian Miller celebrates the 60th anniversary of the world's first live airborne ejection
Training Twins - David Ogiivy weighs up Shuttleworth's 1930s trainers; Avro Tutor vs Hawker Tomtit
Above the Western Front - The concluding part of the late Alan Goodfellow's vivid account of flying with the Royal Flying Corps in WW1
Busby Heads West - The second half of Richard T. Riding's account of his father's pre-war tour of UK airfields
COMPETITION - Win one of Corgi's new biplane model range Your chance to win one of Corgi's new Fairey Swordfish or Gloster Gladiator models
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 renowned display pilot and 747 airline captain Alan Walker
Aeroplane Explains - Bill Gunston describes the development of the monoplane, aided by Ian Bott's graphics
Looking Back - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 80 years ago ? July 1926
High Society - We profile The Washington Times, the newsletter covering all things relating to the RAF's post-war Boeing B-29 force
Picture of the Month - This month's offering honours Peter Twiss's record-snattering flight of 50 years ago ? the timeless Fairey F.D.2
Crosswind - John Fricker provides sideways comment on the aviation world
Database - The Handley Page Hampden:
Handley Page historian Harry Fraser-Mitchell describes the genesis and development of the company's Hampden, often referred to as the "Flying Suitcase", and its less successful counterpart, the Dagger-engined Hereford. Includes cutaway illustration by J.H. Clark and scale drawings by Tim Hall
Navigator - Our Navigator section at the back of the magazine tells you all you need to know about what to buy and where to go:
- Book and DVD reviews
- Internet review
- Information Exchange
- Reader offers
- Airshows & Events
- Auction update
- Corgi Swordfish & Gladiator competition
- Aeroplane services
- Next month in Aeroplane
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