FlyPast October 2024

FLYING SALUTE
In the October 2024 issue, Richard Paver presents brand new air-to-air images of Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVI TE184 and recalls the exploits of the wartime pilots it salutes. This evocative warbird is based at Biggin Hill and has recently emerged in new livery. Over the years it has paid tribute to several pilots, and continues to fly as a living memorial to brave airmen from a past generation

HAWKER SIDDELEY TRIDENT
The triumphs and tragedies of Britain’s distinctive tri-jet airliner are described by Stephen Skinner

DOODLEBUG KILLER
In the campaign against Germany’s deadly V-1 flying bomb, one Hawker Tempest pilot stood out. Andrew Thomas explains

CATALINA FLIGHT
Jeff Boyling and crew took Duxford-based Catalina ‘Miss Pick Up’ on a pilgrimage to honour Coastal Command VC winners

NORTHROP BLACK WIDOW
A museum in Pennsylvania is on the cusp of returning an example of the fearsome Northrop P-61 night-fighter to the air

SALUTING BOXTED
Ken Ellis looks back at the history of Boxted airfield. The former USAAF base is a shrine to Martin’s B-26 Marauder