FlyPast Magazine

22/04/2025

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18/04/2025

Read about the setting up the new Lufthansa https://www.key.aero/article/lufthansa-new-beginnings?utm_source=Facebook

As West Germany embarked on its post-war Wirtschaftswunder — its renowned economic miracle — a significant component of this success was going through an extended birth. But in setting up the new

18/04/2025

Think you have good knowledge of the Hawker Typhoon? Test your yourself with our quiz https://www.key.aero/article/test-your-knowledge-our-hawker-typhoon-quiz?utm_source=Facebook

Think you have good knowledge of the Hawker Typhoon? Test your yourself with our quiz.

18/04/2025

The de Havilland Comet 2’s first mission for the RAF was conducted firmly in the glare of global publicity: transporting a senior party to Moscow for a view of the Soviet Union’s latest air power capabilities https://www.key.aero/article/mission-moscow-rafs-comet-debut?utm_source=Facebook

The de Havilland Comet 2’s first mission for the RAF was conducted firmly in the glare of global publicity: transporting a senior party to Moscow for a view of the Soviet Union’s latest air power

17/04/2025

Looking for something to do this long weekend? If you fancy an aviation attraction check out this guide for some ideas https://www.key.aero/article/guide-some-best-museums-uk?utm_source=Facebook

Head around the country to discover the best Britain’s aviation museums have to offer

17/04/2025

Why did the Luftwaffe fail to change the course of the Eastern Front air war to its advantage as the end of World War Two neared? https://www.key.aero/article/luftwaffe-operations-eastern-front?utm_source=Facebook

Why did the Luftwaffe fail to change the course of the Eastern Front air war to its advantage as the end of World War Two neared?

15/04/2025

Chris Sloan tells the often-overlooked story of Concorde’s operation with Braniff https://www.key.aero/article/braniffs-concorde-endeavours?utm_source=Facebook

Despite Braniff International Airways’ promise that supersonic transport would “change everything you know about flying”, the reality was somewhat different. In the first of a two-part special, Chris

11/04/2025

Take the Deux-Ponts challenge and see what you can score in our quiz https://www.key.aero/article/test-your-knowledge-double-decker-breguet-deux-ponts-our-quiz?utm_source=Facebook

Take the Deux-Ponts challenge and see what you can score in our quiz

11/04/2025

The Yorkshire Air Museum’s Handley Page Victor K2 will be repainted in the coming months https://www.key.aero/article/yorkshire-air-museums-victor-change-scheme?utm_source=Facebook

The Yorkshire Air Museum’s Handley Page Victor K2 will be repainted in the coming months back into the scheme it wore during the Falklands War.

10/04/2025

A Eurofighter Typhoon F2 is now resident at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire https://www.key.aero/article/typhoon-goes-display-raf-halton?utm_source=Facebook

A Eurofighter Typhoon F2 is now resident at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire.

09/04/2025

Read a pilot's account of learning to fly the Javelin with 228 Operational Conversion Unit https://www.key.aero/article/learning-fly-javelin

It couldn’t be looped, it slowed down if you engaged reheat at altitude, it was left behind by advances in Soviet defences which rendered its performance inadequate — but the Gloster Javelin was far

04/04/2025

Test your knowledge of the Bearcat https://www.key.aero/article/grumman-f8f-bearcat-quiz

Test your knowledge of the Bearcat.

30/03/2025

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28/03/2025

Boeing B-47 Stratojet Quiz
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How much do you know about Strategic Air Command's mighty Boeing B-47 Stratojet?

27/03/2025

Blackbushe Viking Forging Ahead
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Work restoring the Vickers Viking at Blackbushe is progressing.

27/03/2025

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW!

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VICTORY IN THE AIR 80 YEARS ON
May 2025 issue on FlyPast looks back at one of the most significant events in European history – VE Day. While it did not mark the end of hostilities overall, that significant date, 80 years ago, will always be saluted on both air and ground, as will the sacrifice and hardships endured by so many. Our cover star is ‘Damn Yankee’, a Mustang warbird proudly flying today in ‘invasion stripes’.

UNSTOPPABLE MARAUDER
Following one Martin B-26 Marauder’s astonishing survival in war-torn skies, a project is afoot to restore this famous warrior, dubbed ‘Flak-Bait’

SUPERMARINE SWIFT
It may have been overlooked in comparison to the more successful Hawker Hunter, but how good was the Swift in reality?

ITALIAN SHOWDOWN
With the end of World War Two in sight, climactic air combats during the last days of the Italian campaign are described by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

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27/03/2025

B-26 ‘Flak Bait’ – History in Plain Sight
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Preserving Martin B-26 Marauder ‘Flak-Bait’, a World War Two legend.

25/03/2025

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Saab 340B at the Ilmatar Airplane Lodge in Jyväskylä, Finland.