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72 Museums - Doncaster
Tony Dixon visits the South Yorkshire
Air Museum, a longstanding attraction
that celebrates more than 100 years of
aeronautical history.78 FlyPost
Readers’ letters.80 Glory Days – Heathrow
A portfolio of previously unseen early
1960s views of classic airliners at
London Heathrow airport.98 Finals
Australian Mustangs.News
- Repaint for Russian bomber
- Defiant finished at Cosford
- New Dutch museum to open
- Fokker Triplane’s debut flight
- Shuttleworth Spitfire latest
- D-Day Dakota extravaganza
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54 Mid-air crisis
Pilot Roy Gamblin explains how he
survived a major mechanical failure
while flying a Folland Gnat trainer.60 In Pro le
Andy Hay artwork of a Gloster
Meteor that ended its days as a
target for ground fire.62 Maltese war diary
Anthony Rogers recounts 185
Squadron’s wartime exploits
defending Malta.68 First ‘kill’
How a Bristol Blenheim opened 23
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Your must-have, 32-page guide to the UK’s
aviation museums, featuring the latest
information and exhibit listings.A special series of features describing the struggle for
air superiority during the Vietnam War
20 Operation Linebacker
Warren E Thompson details the intensive USAF bombing campaigns of late
1972 against North Vietnam.
26 Killer of giants
North Vietnamese jet pilots developed tactics to engage American aircraft,
with the ultimate aim of bringing down B-52 bombers. Roger Boniface
describes the action.
34 Nocturnal Hercules
Bill Cahill talks to an AC-130E Spectre airman about the gunship’s unique
contribution to the war.