Articles from the latest issue in digital format
Why new engines couldn't save the BAC One-Eleven
Re-engining the BAC One-Eleven with Rolls-Royce Tay engines could have given the veteran British airliner a new lease of life — but neither BAe, nor the market, turned out to think so
How Col Don Blakeslee became a master of the Merlin Mustang
“I’m going to fly the ass off each one of you”, said Col Don Blakeslee on one occasion to his 4th Fighter Group colleagues — it illustrated his hard-bitten approach to aerial combat
How the Gloster Meteor became the RAF’s 1st jet night fighter
Tony Buttler AMRAeS details the development of the Meteor night fighter
How the Luftwaffe's deadly Condors roamed the Arctic and Polar regions
The four-engined Focke-Wulf Fw 200s were most often active over the Atlantic, to the west of France. However, the type’s long range allowed it to go much further afield
Which air forces flew the Gloster Meteor night-fighter?
Although by no means so prolific as single-seat Meteor exports, the night fighter was supplied in modest numbers to NATO and Middle Eastern countries
Why was an ex-Royal Navy Phantom at a motorway service station?
‘Omega’ jet leaves Yeovilton bound for new home
'Barn find' NZ Mosquito to perform first public engine runs
Merlins on ex-John Smith ‘Mossie’ to be powered up at Classic Fighters Omaka show