Aeroplane Monthly - May 2018
NEWS AND COMMENT
FROM THE EDITOR
NEWS
• Devastators found in the deep
• Shuttleworth Spitfire flies again
• Mosquito mania in UK and NZ … and the month’s other top aircraft preservation news
HANGAR TALK
Steve Slater’s comment on the historic aircraft world
FLIGHT LINE
Reflections on aviation history with Denis J. Calvert
REGULARS
SKYWRITERS
Q&A
Your questions asked and answered
BRIEFING FILE
Looking under the skin of aviation technology and tactics — this month, how the Cierva Autogiro family worked so well
REVIEWS
The latest in aviation books
NEXT MONTH
NO 617 SQUADRON 75TH ANNIVERSARY
THE DAMS RAID
Different perspectives on Operation ‘Chastise’: the background, the pivotal role of Avro’s Roy Chadwick, and German plans to retaliate
WIZERNES RAIDS
617’s attacks on a V2 bunker in northern France
TANKEX TO SYDNEY
Another ‘first’ for 617 took place during its Vulcan years — a non-stop flight from England to Australia
CENTRESPREAD AND NO 617 SQUADRON TIMELINE
FEATURES
RAF IN RUSSIA
One of the newly formed RAF’s first operations after World War One saw it supporting anti-Bolshevik forces in Russia
ON THE BEECH
An adventure with a difference: around the world in a Beech 18 with a hot-air balloon
ST JOHN’S AIR FORCE
Humanitarian missions by the Savoia-Marchetti SM82s of the Order of St John
THE MEKONG MAULER
A superbly restored Cessna Bird Dog pays tribute to Vietnam forward air controllers — one in particular
AEROPLANE MEETS … RICK PEACOCK-EDWARDS
The president of the Historic Aircraft Association, a fighter pilot through and through
DATABASE: FAIRCHILD C-82
Simon Beck tells the chequered story of Fairchild’s Packet, an unsung airlift pioneer
AEROPLANE ARCHIVE: AUSTER G-AERO
The Aeroplane’s own aircraft and its historic carrier landings
VINTAGE AIRSHOWS
WIN!
A day with The Fighter Collection and Flying Legends 2018 tickets
FLYING LEGENDS
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Fighter Collection’s fantastic warbird show
SHUTTLEWORTH BEHIND THE SCENES
Organising Old Warden’s ever-improving displays
AIRSHOW CALENDAR 2018
Your full listing of events in the UK and overseas