Features:
The End of the Beginning - To coincide with the publication of his major tome on the conflict, Peter D. Cornwell recounts some of 73 Sqn's exploits during the Battle of France
Time for Bed, Zebedee - In December the last airworthy ex-RAF Avro Shackleton made its final flight. Aeroplane sets the scene, and pilot Dick Markgraf describes what the "Growler" is like to fly
Murder by Mosquito - Marshall Wainwright investigates an intriguing tale of greed, deception, murder - and an ex-surplus RAF de Havilland Mosquito in sun- bleached post-war California
Preservation Review 2007 - Mike Hooks takes his annual look back at aircraft preservation activity in the UK and around theworld during the past year
Buck Rogers in the 20th Century - Had the Avro Vulcan been built to its original configuration, the shape of things to come might have looked very different. David Fildes asks "what if...?"; then Bottand Mario Lendvai provide some fascinating artists' impressions
One Thousand Hours in a Mustang - Photographer Richard Paver reports on the Mustang milestone reached by P-51 owner Rob Davies, who recently logged his 1,000th hour in the type
The Kaiser's Curious Camera - The testing of the world's first aerial photographic drone, by Dr Alfred Price
Travels with June Bug - Eddie J. Riding travelled throughout the UK before the outbreak of war in 1939, photographing as many aircraft as possible. Richard T. Riding opens a two-part account of his father's epic journey

Regulars:
News - All the latest preservation news, compiled by Tony Harmsworth
Dogfight - Is the P-51 Mustang over-represented on the world warbird scene?
Aircrew - James Kightly highlights the vital role of a wartime RAF bomber crew - an Avro Lancaster navigator
From the Archives - Nick Stroud revisits the aviation news and issues of 80 years ago - 1928
Readers'Archives - Photographs from the album of a young RAF engineer who was based at Hinaidi, Iraq, in the 1920s
Picture of the Month - March's offering is an evocative image of the Saro London flying-boat
Skywriters - A selection of readers' letters on a wide range of topics
Flying Visit - A potted interview with "reluctantly retired" Concorde pilot Christopher Orlebar, by Melvyn Hiscock
Crosswind - John Fricker provides sideways comment on the aviation world

Database:
The McDonnell F3H Demon - American military aviation specialist ROBERT F. DORR traces the history of McDonnell's first naval swept-wing jet fighter, including its disastrous early career and its later blossoming into the US Navy's first true all-weather interceptor:
- Demon development - from liability to asset. With scale drawings by Tim Hall
- The not-so-little devil - the Demon in detail PLUS cutaway by Mike Badrocke
- Whatever the weather - the Service career of the rehabilitated F3H-2
- Pilot's Perspective - Demon drivers describe what the "lead sled" was like to fly
- Survivors-the three Demons left

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