FlyPast Magazine

15/03/2025

More than 50 years after it first flew, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II remains the US Air Force’s primary close air support aircraft. Read about the programme that gave rise to the ‘Warthog’: https://hubs.ly/Q03bWqxt0

More than 50 years after it first flew, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II remains the US Air Force’s primary close air support aircraft, despite repeated attempts to retire it. David Willis

15/03/2025

Often considered the crown jewel of the Brooklands Museum, British Aerospace Corporation Concorde G -BBDG was the subject of a recent nightshoot. Jamie Ewan was there: https://hubs.ly/Q03bKkSp0

Often considered the crown jewel of the Brooklands Museum, British Aerospace Corporation Concorde G -BBDG was the subject of a recent nightshoot. Jamie Ewan was there

14/03/2025

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) released a statement this morning announcing that its Merlin engine fighters have been cleared to return to flight for this year’s display season: https://hubs.ly/Q03bWgvt0

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) released a statement this morning (March 14, 2025) announcing that its Merlin engine fighters have been cleared to return to flight for this year’s display

14/03/2025

Test your knowledge of the F-101 Voodoo with our quiz: https://hubs.ly/Q03bGG8-0

Test your knowledge of the F-101 Voodoo with our quiz.

13/03/2025

Jared Isaacman, an American entrepreneur, astronaut and pilot, has announced that his Panavia Tornado F2 will be restored to fly in “historic Battle of Britain colours”: https://hubs.ly/Q03bw74c0

Jared Isaacman, an American entrepreneur, astronaut and pilot, has announced that his Panavia Tornado F2 will be restored to fly in “historic Battle of Britain colours”.

12/03/2025

Major changes are underway this year within IWM Duxford’s vast AirSpace hangar: https://hubs.ly/Q03bwj1h0

Major changes are underway this year within IWM Duxford’s vast AirSpace hangar, home to such exhibits as Concorde 101 G-AXDN and Avro Vulcan B.2 XJ824.

11/03/2025

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was one of the classic aircraft of World War Two. Malcolm V Lowe tells the story of this famous four-engined heavy bomber and its many versions and operations: https://hubs.ly/Q03bgLR_0

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was one of the classic aircraft of World War Two. Malcolm V Lowe tells the story of this famous four-engined heavy bomber and its many versions and operations

10/03/2025

WIN! A Lancaster Bomber Command Experience worth £495!

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07/03/2025

How good a score do you think you can get out of our ten quiz questions on the Lysander?: https://hubs.ly/Q039S-Ss0

How good a score do you think you can get out of our ten quiz questions on the Lysander?

06/03/2025

Alan F Crouchman reveals an epic story of survival as he dives into the history of the machine ironically nicknamed 'Flak-Bait' that beat everything thrown at it: https://hubs.ly/Q039G-QB0

Alan F Crouchman reveals an epic story of survival as he dives into the history of the machine ironically nicknamed 'Flak-Bait' that beat everything thrown at it

06/03/2025

Preparations are under way to move the last airworthy Martin JRM Mars flying boat to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona: https://hubs.ly/Q039GW2T0

Preparations are under way to move the last airworthy Martin JRM Mars flying boat to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona.

06/03/2025

For more than half a century, a former United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star has called a castle in Albania home – but how did it get there? FlyPast’s Jamie Ewan shares its tale…: https://hubs.ly/Q039qHtt0

For more than half a century, a former United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star has called a castle in Albania home – but how did it get there? FlyPast’s Jamie Ewan shares its tale…

05/03/2025

Canadair Sabre 6 F-AYSB is set to make a number of airshow appearances in the UK this year: https://hubs.ly/Q039r_Pb0

Canadair Sabre 6 F-AYSB is set to make a number of airshow appearances in the UK this year

05/03/2025

In the closing days of the war in Europe, RAF and USAAF heavy bombers dropped emergency food rations to starving Dutch civilians. Tom Allett examines Operations Manna and Chowhound: https://hubs.ly/Q039nGkB0

In the closing days of the war in Europe, RAF and USAAF heavy bombers dropped emergency food rations to starving Dutch civilians. Tom Allett examines Operations Manna and Chowhound

04/03/2025

Tennessee airmen Neal Melton and John Shoffner have a lot in common, not least the fact that they both own and fly a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt: https://hubs.ly/Q039dyMy0

Tennessee airmen Neal Melton and John Shoffner have a lot in common, not least the fact that they both own and fly a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, as Uwe Glaser explains

03/03/2025

Chris Gilligan speaks to Bell Geospace to find out how they are employing a modern take on a true aviation classic to ‘see’ beneath the surface of the Earth in the UK: https://hubs.ly/Q038-KKw0

Chris Gilligan speaks to Bell Geospace to find out how they are employing a modern take on a true aviation classic to ‘see’ beneath the surface of the Earth in the UK

03/03/2025

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has flown a Lockheed C-130H(NZ) Hercules to a museum after the fleet was recently retired: https://hubs.ly/Q038-4CH0

The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) 40 Squadron flew Lockheed C-130H(NZ) Hercules NZ7001 to the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Wigram, outside Christchurch, on February 19, 2025.

01/03/2025

Attacking the Bismarck, setting a world air speed record in a new jet — the highs in Mike Lithgow’s flying career are, rightly, the stuff of legend: https://hubs.ly/Q038znkQ0

Attacking the Bismarck, setting a world air speed record in a new jet — the highs in Mike Lithgow’s flying career are, rightly, the stuff of legend.