 |
Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Disposal: Davis-Monthan Ghost Force ? Phil Chinnery charts the history and purpose of the world's largest aircraft storage facility.
Halton Brats: Philip Sherwood was part of the 33rd Entry into Halton. They may not have been the most devoted of students, but they included some fine airmen.
'Uncle' on the Ark: Cyril Pountney recalls his days on the Ark Royal, flying Stringbags ? and the day the mighty carrier went to the bottom.
Transatlantic Auctions: Flypast was at the Boise, Idaho, sale and, nearer to home, the Christie's South Kensington auction.
Geordie MiGs: Alan Curry catches up with a cache of Polish emigres in the north east of England.
Flight of the Owl: G-APWU flew just the once ? John Fricker was there. Eire at War: First of a two-part study of the air war of 1939-1945 over the Republic of Eire ? a neutral country.
Preservation Project: Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby is making progress in Delaware ? report from Mike Minnich.
Gate Guardian Shuffle: Britain's gate guardians have become suddenly mobile. We chart what-went-where.
Airsho '86: Confederate Air Force, warbirds, mud and rain ? an odd mixture.
Regulars:
Editorial & News, Consul controversy
Between the Wars Bombers, Vildebeest & Vincent
Type Report, Moths and Sea Furies
Question and Answer ?
Register Review, Whitney Straight status
Engines, the Gipsies
Aviation Archaeology, Browning in a back garden
Fotopost, airliner selection
Preservation News, bumper edition
FlyPost & Help!, Bf 109 v Me 109
COVER: Former US Navy VC-118B 128425 lying In the boneyard at Davis-Monthan - see page 7. This was item 15 in sale 41-6304. 128425 arrived for storage on October 5, 1976. Its initial cost was $982,004 and it now consists of 46,000 lbs of scrap metal.
Disposal: Davis-Monthan Ghost Force ? Phil Chinnery charts the history and purpose of the world's largest aircraft storage facility.
Halton Brats: Philip Sherwood was part of the 33rd Entry into Halton. They may not have been the most devoted of students, but they included some fine airmen.
'Uncle' on the Ark: Cyril Pountney recalls his days on the Ark Royal, flying Stringbags ? and the day the mighty carrier went to the bottom.
Transatlantic Auctions: Flypast was at the Boise, Idaho, sale and, nearer to home, the Christie's South Kensington auction.
Geordie MiGs: Alan Curry catches up with a cache of Polish emigres in the north east of England.
Flight of the Owl: G-APWU flew just the once ? John Fricker was there. Eire at War: First of a two-part study of the air war of 1939-1945 over the Republic of Eire ? a neutral country.
Preservation Project: Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby is making progress in Delaware ? report from Mike Minnich.
Gate Guardian Shuffle: Britain's gate guardians have become suddenly mobile. We chart what-went-where.
Airsho '86: Confederate Air Force, warbirds, mud and rain ? an odd mixture.
Regulars:
Editorial & News, Consul controversy
Between the Wars Bombers, Vildebeest & Vincent
Type Report, Moths and Sea Furies
Question and Answer ?
Register Review, Whitney Straight status
Engines, the Gipsies
Aviation Archaeology, Browning in a back garden
Fotopost, airliner selection
Preservation News, bumper edition
FlyPost & Help!, Bf 109 v Me 109
COVER: Former US Navy VC-118B 128425 lying In the boneyard at Davis-Monthan - see page 7. This was item 15 in sale 41-6304. 128425 arrived for storage on October 5, 1976. Its initial cost was $982,004 and it now consists of 46,000 lbs of scrap metal.
Article Snippets
Awaiting Entry
Adverts and Links based on this content
Advertisement