Aeroplane Monthly

16/01/2025

A Hawk T1 has been installed as a ‘gate guard’ at RAF Leeming in Yorkshire: https://hubs.ly/Q032FdT60

Hawk T1 XX317 has been installed as a ‘gate guard’ at RAF Leeming in Yorkshire.

15/01/2025

Rumours that another airworthy North American P-51D Mustang was destined for the UK have been confirmed: https://hubs.ly/Q032DvpJ0

Rumours that another airworthy North American P-51D Mustang was destined for the UK were confirmed on November 20 when it was revealed that 44-12473/HO-W Moonbeam McSwine had been added to the UK

15/01/2025

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14/01/2025

Avro Shackleton WR963 heads to new home: https://hubs.ly/Q032rsJp0

All sections of Avro Shackleton WR963 are now on site at the aircraft’s new home, the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, outside York.

13/01/2025

How, exactly, did the Avro 698 — better-known as the Vulcan — break the mould so successfully?: https://hubs.ly/Q032g4ds0

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In conceiving a design for a new RAF ‘medium bomber’ as the 1940s drew to a close, Avro was pushing up against the limits of aviation technology. How, exactly, did its Avro 698 — better-known as the

11/01/2025

ICYMI: Of all the ways in which RAF aircraft claimed aerial victories during World War Two, the use of the long aerial mine was among the most unconventional. But its employment wasn’t without its dangers:

Of all the ways in which RAF aircraft claimed aerial victories during World War Two, the use of the long aerial mine was among the most unconventional. But its employment wasn’t without its dangers

11/01/2025

Take our DC-8 quiz and see what score you get: https://hubs.ly/Q0320sHs0

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Take our DC-8 quiz and see what score you get.

10/01/2025

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10/01/2025

How good is your knowledge of the SR-71 Blackbird?: https://hubs.ly/Q031RkTp0

How good is your knowledge of the SR-71 Blackbird?

09/01/2025

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AVRO’S FAMOUS HEAVIES
A special salute to the Lancaster, Lancastrian and Vulcan - three of the most famous aeroplanes from a great British manufacturer

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08/01/2025

Andrew Thomas and Peter Green recount the story of the Gladiator’s Luftwaffe service:

Andrew Thomas and Peter Green recount the story of the Gladiator’s Luftwaffe service

06/01/2025

Of all the ways in which RAF aircraft claimed aerial victories during World War Two, the use of the long aerial mine was among the most unconventional: https://hubs.ly/Q031h9Pd0

Of all the ways in which RAF aircraft claimed aerial victories during World War Two, the use of the long aerial mine was among the most unconventional. But its employment wasn’t without its dangers

04/01/2025

Chris Gilligan visits the Leonardo UK site in Yeovil where he speaks to Managing Director Adam Clarke about the exciting past and future of British built rotary-wing aircraft: https://hubs.ly/Q0313NnP0

Chris Gilligan visits the Leonardo UK site in Yeovil where he speaks to Managing Director Adam Clarke about the exciting past and future of British built rotary-wing aircraft

03/01/2025

Pete London explains the career of one aircraft that during the 1960s explored the principle of jet-flap technology: https://hubs.ly/Q0315f-S0

Pete London explains the career of one aircraft that during the 1960s explored the principle of jet-flap technology.

03/01/2025

Take our Hunter quiz and see what score you get: https://hubs.ly/Q030Z81K0

Take our Hunter quiz and see what score you get.

02/01/2025

Concorde Quiz - Is your knowledge of Concorde supersonic or subsonic?:

Is your knowledge of Concorde supersonic or subsonic?

01/01/2025

When the Air Ministry issued general operational requirement GOR339, little could it have predicted how notorious the eventual outcome would be: https://hubs.ly/Q030stmF0

When the Air Ministry issued general operational requirement GOR339, little could it have predicted how notorious the eventual outcome would be. Yet, even at this stage, what morphed into the TSR2

31/12/2024

What should have been a day of fun and excitement ended in disaster, as Bernie Runstedler explains: https://hubs.ly/Q02_ML650

What should have been a day of fun and excitement ended in disaster, as Bernie Runstedler explains