FlyPast – August 2018

August 2018 FLYPAST 41 with Webley revolvers; fortunately we were not attacked. We remained at La Fère all day on the 27th, on w ...

OVER THE TRENCHES MONS “I was told to hang on to an Avro that was threatening to take off backwards. I hung on grimly, suffi cie ...

machines that had not already been blown away. Next morning we found that four Henri Farmans of 5 Squadron had been blown over a ...

Heading Style Graham Pitchfork refl ects on the courageous actions of Great War pilot Gilbert Insall VICTORIA CROSS GILBERT INSA ...

CRANWELL AVIATION HERITAGE MUSEUM EXHIBITION APRIL – SEPTEMBER 2018 To mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force, Cranwell Aviat ...

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August 2018 FLYPAST 47 EJECTION SEAT DANGER DANGER August 2018 FLYPAST 47 was ready to take over. The pioneering EE416 was scrap ...

WORLD WAR TWO EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 48 FLYPAST August 2018 WORLD WAR TWO 48 FLYPAST August 2018 WORLD WAR TWOWORLD WAR TWO EASTE ...

August 2018August 2018 FLYPAST 49FLYPAST 49 Meanwhile, another fighter pilot was lost when a Spitfire flown by Lt Isadore M Seel ...

WORLD WAR TWO EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 50 FLYPAST August 2018 WORLD WAR TWO 50 FLYPAST August 2018 WORLD WAR TWOWORLD WAR TWO EASTE ...

August 2018August 2018 FLYPAST 51FLYPAST 51 reinforcements continued to arrive until the last possible moment. Personnel of the ...

WORLD WAR TWO EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 52 FLYPAST August 2018 WORLD WAR TWO 52 FLYPAST August 2018 WORLD WAR TWOWORLD WAR TWO EASTE ...

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54 FLYPAST August 2018 FROM THE WORKSHOP ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING Hugh Trevor details the restoration of his Lightning F.2A co ...

August 2018 FLYPAST 55 Hugh Trevor details the restoration of his Lightning F.2A cockpit – from ballistics target to museum piec ...

56 FLYPAST August 2018 FROM THE WORKSHOP ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING 56 FLYPAST August 2018 “The fi rst job was to start cleaning ...

August 2018 FLYPAST 57 Missiles The Firestreak air-air missile pack beneath the cockpit was corroded and had been holed by a for ...

58 FLYPAST August 2018 FROM THE WORKSHOP ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING I decided to give the nose section a ‘split personality’ to ...

August 2018 FLYPAST 59 A satin finish was chosen to be more weatherproof than matt, and the roundel and nose bars were masked of ...

MH434 60 FLYPAST August 2018 THE PERFECT SPITFIRESPITFIRESPITFIRESPITFIRE I t was one of several on his list for the day, each n ...