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Online Catalogue > Magazines > Back Issues > FlyPast > 2009 > FlyPast December 2009

	Flypast - December 2009 News, pages Catalina for Qantas Hendon-bound Havoc Walrus on the Move 'Stuka' on show in New Zealand 'Vimy' retires Flying-Boat Centre opens News on other pages Early Phantom 'warbird' to fly Shuttleworth's new 'Air Boss' Sea Hawk flies again Features Home from Home A special 'homecoming' for Norwegian veterans was held at North Weald in September - Arthur Moreton and Ken Ellis help celebrate the historic event. Through the Curtain A trio of unarmed F-100 Super Sabres carried out clandestine flights behind the 'Iron Curtain' during the 'Cold War' - Doug Gordon tells all. 75 - but still a Young Man John Heard reports on how the Bücker Jungmann's 75th 'birthday' was commemorated at a special event in Switzerland. Bear-Faced Cheek! Warbird pilot Leah Hammond is using the family's World War Two aircraft to raise funds for charity, as Phil Whalley explains. Sea Hawk is back After a lengthy spell on the ground, the Royal Navy Historic Flight's magnificent Hawker Sea Hawk is back in the skies. Photography by Luigino Caliaro. New man at Old Warden Not many Boeing 767 pilots get to strap themselves into a 1912 Blackburn Monoplane at the weekend. Steve Beebee meets Trevor Roche, new chief pilot with the Shuttleworth Collection. Postcards from Goodwood Reggie C digs out his blazer and heads for the Goodwood Revival. What a Load of Scrap! An amazing photo from the Jeremy Collins Collection - perfect for a caption contest! Regulars What's new? Bumper section of great ideas for the festive season. From the Workshop Work to return a pre-production F-4 Phantom to the sky is progressing well in California. Damon J Duran looks at the state of play. Airshow We look at the final Old Warden and Duxford shows of the season, plus the best of the recent European action. FlyPost Readers' letters and comments. 'Ops' Board Where to go and what to see. Finals The mighty Vulcan in all its glory, from the camera of John M Dibbs. In Focus - War of the Roses Our special selection of the best of bomber writing looks at the most famous wartime Avro and Handley Page four-engined 'heavies' - the 'Lanc' and the Halifax. Old Fred Lancaster I DV372 Old Fred attacked Berlin 13 times, survived the war, and its nose section is now preserved in London. Alan F Crouchman describes its illustrious career. Much more than a 'tour' Pete West's artwork special looks at two very special Bomber Command veterans. It can't happen to us Halifax bomb aimer Tom Wingham remembers two very close calls during World War Two. A Pathfinder's War Flt Lt Ted Stocker writes of his perilous 'ops' with 35 Squadron. Sole Survivor Bill Norman looks at the loss of Halifax NP953 and reveals the background to a poignant memorial in Germany. Canadian Halifax legend Air Cdre Graham Pitchfork profiles the amazing career of Reg Lane, a Canadian Halifax pilot who became a key member of Bomber Command. Taking to the silk 'Lanc' rear gunner Len Manning's his third 'op' ended with a bale out over Europe - he recounts what happened and recalls his time on the run from the Germans. Outstanding gallantry A Lancaster crew's incredible bravery in bringing back their aircraft against all the odds is recounted by Graham Pitchfork. Staying with it... Bill Norman describes how a routine navigation exercise went tragically wrong for a 'Lanc' crew in early 1945. Visit the Flypast home page Price: £4.10

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