FlyPast December 2024

HAMPDEN HEROES
The December 2024 issue of FlyPast features one of the RAF’s forgotten heroes of World War Two as its cover star - the unmistakeable Handley Page Hampden. In our regular ‘Classics’ section we look back on the history of this charismatic craft and visit the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at RAF Museum Midlands where an extensive Hampden restoration is approaching a glorious conclusion.

DUXFORD CLASSIC
The legendary Cambridgeshire airfield has hosted another exemplary Battle of Britain Airshow

JET DISPLAY TEAMS
A nostalgic look back at the many jet display teams that delighted crowds in the 1960s

GLENN MILLER
What happened to famous American wartime band leader Glenn Miller? We seek to shed light on the music legend’s tragic disappearance

VIETNAM WAR
The USAF’s B-52 bombing campaign against North Vietnam in 1972 became a bitter battle of attrition, as Thomas McKelvey Cleaver explains

HAIL THE VICTOR
The fascinating restoration of a Handley Page Victor cockpit