The Aviation Historian Magazine Issue 15 Vorige editie

Why did the late Captain Eric “Winkle” Brown, one of Britain’s all-time greatest test pilots, face having to become an American citizen in order to fly one particular aeroplane? Find the answer in our new issue, TAH15. Find out too why a cadre of RAF Gloster Javelins was on readiness to scramble in Zambia in 1965; why 1920s-vintage Junkers K 43 floatplanes were still in active service in Finland as late as 1949; how Fairey Fireflies acquired sharkmouth paint schemes in Netherlands New Guinea; and how in 1955 the Israeli Air Force used Piper Super Cubs to exfiltrate a special-forces team from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. And if all that is not enough to sate your curiosity, learn how air-to-air refuelling made the first non-stop Atlantic crossing by jet fighters possible; how an obscure airline, the first American International Airways, kept one step ahead of the authorities during its short existence in 1958–60; and what happened when a Scottish racing driver tried to establish an Australia—UK speed record in an all-red P-51 Mustang. And finally, have you ever heard of the Ambrosini S.7 and Supersette, or the Scott-Furlong Predator? All these stories, and many more, are illustrated with high-quality archive photographs and bespoke artwork.