INTO THE WIDOW’S WEB
70 years since Northrop’s P-61 Black Widow last flew. But with every passing day, the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Pennsylvania is getting closer to returning
Trident a revolutionary Failure?
As revolutionary as the Trident was, the UK’s first ‘Tri-liner’ didn’t live up to its potential. Stephen Skinner details its development as FlyPast asks – was it destined to fail?
FlyPast October 2024
October 2024 issue of FlyPast in page-turning format sees Richard Paver going air-to-air with Spitfire LF.XVI TE184 and recalling the exploits of the wartime pilots it salutes
Messerschmitt Bf 110 restoration progressing in Norway
Forty years after it was salvaged from a crash site near Båtsfjord in Finnmark county, northern Norway, the long-term restoration of Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-2 Werknummer 5096 is progressing at the Flyhistorisk Museum at Stavanger-Sola.
B-17 Flying Fortress Yankee Lady changes hands
On 5 June at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, the Michigan Flight Museum — known as the Yankee Air Museum before a rebrand in early May — announced the sale of its flagship flight experience aeroplane, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-85829/N3193G, following 38 years of ownership.
New arrivals at museums in Poland
The Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego in Kraków has received former police Mil Mi-8 SN-40XP/A-016 which now sits alongside a PZL Kania, another ex-police helicopter.
New two-seat Spitfire takes to the air
Aero Legends’ Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXT MJ444/G-LEGD Lady Luck made a debut post-restoration flight in the hands of John Romain on June 6.
Ukraine gains ex-Croatian Antonov An-32 Clines
In late 2023, unofficial sources reported that two retired An-32B Cline transport aircraft from the Croatian Air Force (CroAF) had been formally transferred to Ukraine, based on a decision made by Zagreb to donate the airlifters to the war-torn country, writes Vladimir Trendafilovski
TaktLwG 73 EF-2000 marks new milestones
The Luftwaffe’s Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 (TaktLwG 73; Tactical Air Force Wing 73) ‘Steinhoff’ has rolled out special tail art on one of its EF-2000s to mark three milestones achieved by the unit and Germany’s wider Eurofighter force.
Final KC-46A Pegasus for McGuire delivered
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has received its 24th Boeing KC-46A Pegasus, the final example of the tanker-transport destined to serve with the wings that operate from the site.