Jamie Ewan
Starfighters bound for European skies!
It has been nearly two decades since the skies of Italy were beaten into submission by the howling roar of a Lockheed Starfighter’s General Electric J79-GE-19 turbojet…
Another Hawker Tempest bound for UK skies?
On February 23, 2023, the South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM) at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan took delivery of the major parts of Hawker Tempest II MW758…
New group to return historic Lear Jet to the skies
Based in Wichita, Kansas, the newly-formed Classic Lear Jet Foundation (CLJF) has announced its intentions to restore Learjet 23-003 – the third ever example of the world changing business jet ever built and the first delivered to a customer…
Tatenhill Buccaneer work continues
Work to return Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B XX900 to its former Exercise Red Flag 77-2 colours continues apace, with most of the two-tone sand and dark earth desert camouflage scheme now applied to the jet at it Tatenhill home near Burton-upon-Trent in the Midlands.
UK's sole Mirage IV makes nocturnal debut
FlyPast’s Jamie Ewan reports from a bitingly cold Yorkshire Air Museum as its monstrous Mirage IV makes its first public appearance after dark…
Southend Vulcan to honour ‘Dam Busters’
Avro Vulcan B.2 XL426 to take to the runway at twilight to commemorate 617 Squadron...
Historic Aviation Quiz: Fighters of the 1920s
Not even a worldwide economic depression could derail the "Golden age of flight" during the 'Roaring Twenties' – especially when it came to the development of fighters. How good is your aircraft recognition? Can you recognise these fighters from across the 1920s?
Historic Aviation Quiz: The Avro Arrow
With February 20 marking the 65th anniversary of the cancellation of Avro Canada’s still incredible delta-wing CF-105 Arrow, we dedicate this week’s quiz to “Canada’s greatest plane that never was…”
Historic Aviation Quiz: 1940s experimental aircraft
Can you identify these experimental types from across the 1940s?