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• D-Day lead ship C-47 traced
• Doolittle’s Lockheed Vega to fly
• Aeronca C3 airborne after 67 years
• TSR2 outside for Cosford show
• Middle Wallop museum expansion
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and the month’s other top aircraft
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August 2015
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‘RED 7’ IN BRITAIN
Bf 109G-4 crosses the Channel
BATA LOCKHEED 10
A beautiful Electra returns to Europe
B-29 ATOMIC BOMBERS
The final wartime blows against Japan
COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE
The future of the famous US warbird
organisation
TWIN PIONEER SALES TOURS
Hawking the ‘Twin Pin’ worldwide
ARADO Ar 196
One fascinating floatplane
GREAT WAR DISPLAY TEAM
Behind the scenes with the popular
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AEROPLANE
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From policeman to Shuttleworth pilot
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CLASSIC WINGS
Twenty-five years of Duxford
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This classic
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photographed
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comprises the
Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight’s
Hurricane LF363,
flown by Wg Cdr Justin Helliwell, in formation
with the specially-painted Typhoon from No 29(R)
Squadron at RAF Coningsby piloted by Flt Lt Ben
Westoby-Brooks. This pairing was arranged by the
BBMF as a 75th anniversary commemoration of
the Battle of Britain. The Typhoon is in the colours
of the Hurricane flown by Flt Lt James Nicolson of
No 249 Squadron, who was awarded the Victoria
Cross in 1940. The Hurricane wears the markings
of No 1 Squadron during the Battle of Britain,
representing the aircraft flown by Sgt Arthur
Clowes DFM, an ace with 10.5 confirmed kills.
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SKYWRITERS
HOOKS’ TOURS
More wonderful colour images
from Mike Hooks’ collection, this
month focusing on Frati designs
EVENTS
Event listings and previews, plus
reports from La Ferté Alais, Duxford
and Chino
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ime was when I, and many others,
looked forward to the Spring Bank
Holiday as the traditional date for the
Air Fete at RAF Mildenhall, that great
military aviation spectacular that, to my mind, has
never quite been surpassed. Well, Air Fete may be
long gone, but the air displays of 2015 provided
good reason to anticipate that weekend. At IWM
Duxford was staged an excellent VE Day Anniversary
Air Show; across the Channel, La Ferté Alais put
on one of the best recent editions of its Meeting
Aérien. We cover both this month. Between them,
the two events witnessed the public flying display
debuts of a Blenheim, Fury, Bristol F2B and Sopwith
1�½ Strutter — not bad going. At Old Warden that
Saturday evening, meanwhile, the DH88 Comet flew
with a BBMF Hurricane and Spitfire; the holiday
Monday’s biennial Dutch show at Oostwold was
a first-rate affair. Wherever one chose to go, there
were riches aplenty. Such is typical of the European
historic aircraft scene at present. Many projects have
happened to reach fruition around the same time,
but there is a definite vibrancy to be felt. In the UK,
any thoughts that it would be hard for 2015 to live
up to the buzz created last year by the two
Lancasters and the Comet’s return to flight have
been dispelled. As outlined elsewhere in these pages,
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Flying Legends has many a ‘first’ up its sleeve, and
we are now approaching the start of the year’s major
Battle of Britain 75th anniversary commemorations,
with some outstanding spectacles being planned.
Interest in historic aeroplanes shows no sign of
decreasing — far from it, as new opportunities
present themselves. The burgeoning industry around
warbird passenger flying is one such, and we are
witnessing a welcome resurgence in terms of First
World War aircraft, centenary events in mind. Even
on the modern military front, so often thought of
as being in decline, 2015 brings much of note. This
summer season promises much, and long may the
positive trend continue. It’s excellent news for all of
us with a passion for aviation in its many forms.
Talking of the Battle of Britain commemorations,
next month’s
Aeroplane
will be a special bumper issue
with the events of 1940 as a major theme. Why not
subscribe to guarantee your copy, and save money at
the same time? See pages 22-23 for details.
Finally, apologies that it was not possible to bring
you our regular ‘Q&A’ pages this month. Rest assured,
though, that the feature will return next time.
Ben Dunnell
From the
CONTRIBUTORS
THIS MONTH
Gordon
BRANDER
Stefan
SCHMOLL
‘ Tu r b o ’
TA R L I N G
Nigel
WA L P O L E
Gordon was trained on Chipmunks by
the RAF in a University Air Squadron
and was then selected for the BEA/
BOAC training scheme for graduates at
Oxford. He went on to fly professionally
for 32 years as a commercial pilot with
British Airways on the Hawker Siddeley
Trident, BAC One-Eleven, Boeing 757,
767 and 747-400, retiring with more
than 15,000 hours to his credit. He has
also flown many aerobatic and vintage
aircraft, and today leads the Great War
Display Team.
Born in 1970, Stefan Schmoll lives in the
western part of Germany — during the
1970s and ’80s, he was surrounded by
American and German fighter bases, so he
had to decide between loving or hating jet
noise, and came down firmly in favour. In
the late 1980s he made his first visit to
Duxford and Old Warden, and he has been
an historic aircraft enthusiast ever since. In
Germany, he is involved in several clubs like
Paderborn’s Quax-Flieger group. He started
writing for magazines in Germany, Great
Britain and New Zealand 10 years ago.
Flt Lt, later Capt, ‘Turbo’ Tarling had two
tours flying the CF-101 Voodoo — from
1962 to 1965 with 425 AW(F) ‘Alouette’
Squadron at Royal Canadian Air Force
Station Bagotville, Québec, and 1974 to
1977 with 416 AW(F) ‘Lynx’ Squadron at
Canadian Forces Base Chatham, New
Brunswick. He accumulated 1,189 hours
in the CF-101, 10,460 hours in jets, and
11,645 hours’ total time in 50 types of
aircraft and helicopters while in the
RCAF/Canadian Forces. He retired in
1982.
Nigel flew Hunter F4s and Swift FR5s in
Germany, before an exchange tour on
the RF-101. He then commanded a
Hunter OCU in the UK and a fighter-
reconnaissance squadron in Germany. As
a wing commander, he served with 16
Parachute Brigade and had a brief tour
on a maritime strike/attack Buccaneer
squadron, before commanding the
Jaguar strike/attack wing in Germany. He
left the RAF in 1988, and has since
published nine books and many articles
on the Cold War.
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