FlyPast – August 2018

18 FLYPAST August 2018

NEWS THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE

Sud Aviation Vautour IIA ‘26’ has

been placed on display as a ‘gate

guardian’ at Ramat David Air Force

Base in Israel.

The jet, one of 31 received by the

Israeli Air Force between 1958 and

1972, was revealed to the public on

April 19 this year, ahead of the 70th

anniversary of the State of Israel’s

creation on May 14, 1948.

Meanwhile at the country’s Haifa Air

Force Base Collection, Lockheed C-130E

Hercules ‘316’ has been put on show

along with a pair of General Dynamics

F-16Cs, which have replaced two F-16As.

The latter are now on the other side

of the airfi eld, and not accessible to

visitors. The museum’s collection has

been reduced in recent years, with

several airframes scrapped. PHIL BOYDEN

French-built jet on

Israeli gate guard duty

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is set to refurbish Boeing B-47E

Stratojet 53-2280 at its Albuquerque, New Mexico, base. Under the supervision of Brig Gen

Jay Bledsoe, the work is likely to take several years and cost around $110,000 (£82,500).

The 1955-built aircraft is on permanent loan from Ohio’s National Museum of the USAF.

TONY SACKETOS

Extensive restoration awaits

New Mexico Stratojet

Sud Aviation Vautour IIA ‘26’ is on display at

Ramat David Air Force Base. BOTH PHIL BOYDEN

Lockheed C-130E Hercules ‘316’ at Israel’s

Haifa Air Force Base Collection.

WIN A LANCASTER FINE ART PRINT BY

MARK POSTLETHWAITE

To celebrate the fi rst instalment

of FlyPast’s new Story Behind the

Scene series in this issue, we’ve

joined forces with renowned

aviation artist Mark Postlethwaite

GAvA to offer one lucky reader the

chance of winning a print.

Entitled The Last Flight Of

Dark Victor, this 28 x 19in (71 x

49cm) print depicts 617 Squadron

Lancaster JB139/KC-V Dark Victor,

fl own by Flt Lt Don Cheney DFC,

being shot down over France in

August 1944. The original painting

was presented to the people of

Douarnenez in northwestern France,

who sheltered the young Canadian

pilot from the Germans.

This artwork

normally

costs

£50, but for the chance to

win a copy in our free prize

draw, simply visit http://www.fl ypast.com

and fi ll in the online competition

entry form.

Alternatively, send your name,

postal details and, if you have one,

e-mail address to: FlyPast August

Lancaster Print Competition, Key

Publishing, PO Box 100, Stamford,

Lincolnshire, PE9 1XQ, UK.

The winner will be drawn at random

on Friday August 31, 2018, and will

be notifi ed by post/e-mail by Friday

September 7, 2018.

For more about the inspiration

behind this dramatic image and

a vivid account by Don Cheney

himself, see our feature beginning

on page 120.

http://www.posart.com

No purchase necessary. There is no cash prize and the Editor’s decision is fi nal. Competition is not open to employees of Key Publishing, their family members or anyone else professionally connected to the company.

‘The Last Flight Of Dark Victor’ by Mark Postlethwaite GAvA.

COURTESY MARK POSTLETHWAITE