FlyPast | March 2026
THE TIMELESS ICON
The words ‘iconic’ and ‘immortal’ are sometimes overused in aviation circles, but both most certainly apply to the cover star of the March 2026 edition of FlyPast. The Supermarine Spitfire, represented here by OFMC’s famous Mk.IX MH434, is surely the most famous fighter aircraft ever built. We devote a special section to the legend, reflecting on how R J Mitchell came to design it, looking at the Spitfire in some of its more unusual guises (floatplane?), and getting the latest on a Biggin Hill restoration
FLYING WITH B-25 ‘WILD CARGO’
Uwe Glaser recounts the extraordinary story behind Jerry Yagen’s North American B-25 Mitchell ‘Wild Cargo’ – including how it got its name!
FLYING COLOURS
Chris French and Phil Hadley pay tribute to inspirational aviation artist Michael Turner who sadly died recently
NIGHT INTRUDER
Gilles Collaveri and the French Aérocherche group investigate the disappearance of an RAF Boston during a nocturnal ‘op’ over France
HUNTING U-BOATS
The airborne searchlight enabled Vickers Wellington crews to seek and destroy enemy submarines, as Andrew Thomas explains
ARGOSY AT WAR
Argosy XP444 served during the Indonesian Confrontation, and for writer Tony Fairbairn the aircraft even had a family connection
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