FlyPast June 2025

GET AIRBOURNE THIS SUMMER
Have you ever wanted to fly in a two-seat Spitfire, Mustang or other warbird? Our in-depth feature profiles some of the companies you can book once-in-a-lifetime flight experiences with. Our cover star is Supermarine Spitfire T.9 ML295 – now a two-seater. Check out our exclusive on this fine warbird that flew 67 sorties back in 1944

HECTOR’S WAR
The Hawker Hector biplane looked like an antique during World War Two, but Alex Crawford reminds us that some brave aviators did go to war in them

LUFTWAFFE IN ACTION
Chris Goss details the short but intense battle between one of Germany’s lesser known units and the RAF over the Atlantic

MiG vs HERC
A missile-bearing MiG-23 came within inches of downing a South African Hercules over Angola, as Lionel Reid’s dramatic account reveals

FOXBAT SPOTTED
When the Berlin Wall came down and the Cold War began to thaw, Bob Archer took full advantage of a chance to view some potent Russian metal

GLORY DAYS
As we approach the 75th anniversary of Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, FlyPast shares images from the flight deck