Aeroplane October 2024
Aeroplane October 2024
October 2024 issue of Aeroplane in page-turning format features three heroes of Duxford in a special section commemorating the Cambridgeshire airfield’s centenary as a fighter station
Aeroplane meets PAUL BENNET
He’s one of the busiest people in the Australian airshow scene — and, having started out in aerobatics, a wide range of warbirds plays a big part in that
‘BEAR’ BAITING
In the intelligence war between the Cold War superpowers, the Nimrods were at the forefront of a secret operation to monitor Soviet Navy ‘Bear-Fs’
A LESSON FROM HISTORY - Antoinette replica
Antoinette replica “Like flying on top of a jelly in a wind”. What made it so bad compared with what we know of the original? Virgin Galactic’s chief pilot investigates
GUERRILLA HUNTER: FMA IA-58A Pucará
It was one of Argentina’s most prominent weapons during the 1982 Falklands War, but how good, exactly, was the FMA IA-58A Pucará twin-turboprop attack aircraft?
John Grandy “Marvellous in the air”
John Grandy, achieved the service’s highest rank through his work on the Hawker Typhoon, and the effect he had on the men under his leadership remembers Roland Beamont.
‘Dickie’ Cork - There was none better
Fleet Air Arm pilot ‘Dickie’ Cork was part of the Battle of Britain. Killed in a Corsair crash in Ceylon that cast over him a shadow that has only now lifted