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Volume 11
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Number 01 January - February 2004 [Issue 44] |
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It is a great privilege to be able to climb aboard an aircraft from a long bygone era, having read about them in history books all my life, and then start it up and fly away back in time. The Redfern Airco DH-2 is just such a time machine and I truly enjoy the experience of flying it. Stuart Tantrum |
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Number 02 March - April 2004 [Issue 45] |
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Avro Anson 1 VH-BAF had its last flight during the 1990s, but work is now underway that will ensure that the aircraft will again take to the air in the not too distant future. Bill Reid bought the aircraft in 2002 and had it dismantled and shipped from Melbourne to Nelson, N.Z. That was the easy part... |
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Number 03 May - June 2004 [Issue 46] |
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In 2003 the Champlin Fighter Collection was sold to the Museum of Flight, Seattle. One aircraft was not included however, this being the jewel of the collection, the sole surviving Focke Wulf Fw190D-13. This unique aircraft was turned over to Gosshawk for a detailed restoration that would see the aircraft returned as close as possible to how it looked when surrendered in May 1945. |
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Number 04 July - September 2004 [Issue 47] |
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In a series of spectacular recoveries in the 1980s, five time capsule Junkers 52 aircraft were raised from a Norwegian lake. Lost during a failed supply mission in the opening days of the invasion of Norway, they were forced to land... |
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Number 05 October - December 2004 [Issue 48] |
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In our continuing in depth look at Yakovlevs' piston engine designs, we concentrate on the new build Pratt & Whitney powered, Yak UPW. Based on a late war prototype which became the forerunner of the Yak 11 trainer, the aircraft has been redesigned and produced at a military aircraft factory in Romania. |
