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FIGHTING THE COLD WAR
A special 25-page section - air power in the tense years after World War Two

Friendly foe ʻwarbirdsʼ
Bomber line-up
Lightnings on the NATO front line
East German fighter force
Fighter artwork

ALL-OUT ATTACK
RAF Fighter Command on the offensive

APACHE'S NEW WARPAINT
Exclusive air-to-airs with a Mustang in its new colours

Vickers Wellington
Bomber Command legend

WIN AN ORIGINAL WELLINGTON PAINTING

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February 2012

Duxford’s Miss Pick Up
The story behind the Catalina’s new nose art revealed

FIRST WITH SPITFIRES
19 Squadron in profile

40 NOT OUT
Royal Navy Historic Flight in action for four decades

North American B-25 Mitchell
The middleweight that packed a heavy punch

THE HAWKER ‘HORRIBLE’
Audax action over India

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January 2012

Tribute to Bomber Command
• Lanc sortie to Cologne
• Stirling - fi rst of the heavies
• To war in a Whitley
• Inside an airworthy Lanc

TOP SECRET
EXCLUSIVE report from a very private Hurricane workshop

EYES TIGHTLY SHUT
The daring rescue of a pilot from a North Sea minefield

FOR VALOUR
The Victoria Cross of Flt Lt David Lord

COLD WAR WARRIOR
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk flies on

Bristol Fighter
The Great War's ultimate combat aircraft

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December 2011

DH Vampire
We profile the pioneering jet fighter’s career, from groundbreaking design to overseas service and life as a celebrated pilot maker.

MUSTANG TOP GUN
We look at the P-51D owned by Hollywood’s Tom Cruise

Pearl Harbor Remembered
Special features to mark the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack


SHTURMOVIK AIRBORNE
First air-to-airs with a World War Two legend

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November 2011

MESSERSCHMITT'S MOUNTAIN FLIGHT
We go air-to-air with ‘Me 262’ 'White 3' over Washington

Out of the shadows 'SECRET SPITFIRE' REVEALED

WIN
Corgi Lancaster, Spitfire and Bf 109 models up for grabs!

Biggin Hill’s newlyrestored time capsule is exclusively rolled out for FlyPast.

VIMY ADVENTURES
Epic fl ights in an open cockpit biplane bomber

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October 2011

Wings of the Eagle Luftwaffe Special
• Duxford's 109 fi lm stars
• ‘Iron Fist’ airfield commander
• Fjord’s Luftwaffe ‘ghost’
• Knocked-down Dorniers

CORKSCREW STARBOARD SKIPPER!
The tragic tale of a Halifax ‘spoofing’ sortie

SKYRAIDER WARHORSE
Restored Vietnam veteran

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September 2011

Avro Vulcan
From V-Bomber to warbird, we chart the history of the mighty delta

Spotlight Avro Vulcan
• Survivors
• Desert Livery
• V-Bombers compared
• Unleashing Armageddon
• Men Behind the Vulcan

OVER THE TRENCHES
On patrol with a RFC fi ghter pilot

FOR VALOUR
How Hugh Malcolm paid the ultimate price to earn his VC

LIGHTNINGS ON GUARD
Air defence at five minute's notice

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August 2011

Hurricane Masterclass
Exclusive report from the top Hurricane workshop PLUS Z5140 in profile

BACK ON THE PROWL
Tigercat reborn in California

GLORY DAYS
Royal Flying Corps over the trenches

Spotlight de Havilland Mosquito
The legendary 'Wooden Wonder' in detail - the aircraft that made Goring "green with envy"

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July 2011

SPITFIRE in the blue EXCLUSIVE
first air-to-airs with Hangar 11’s photo-recce beauty

BOSTONS OVER THE BISMARCK SEA
Australian bombers on the attack

‘BARNSTORMING’ WITH WARHAWKS BOSTONS
Close up and personal with a trio of Curtiss P-40s

DEFENDING THE NATION
Shackleton: keeping the Bears at bay

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June 2011

War in the East - 70th Anniversary Special Issue

Operation Barbarossa
Souvenir 32-Page Pull-Out
Marking the German Invasion of the USSR

Prelude to the Attack
'Red Star' Hurricanes
Combatants Compared

Heinkels in Action
Photos From The Front

Spotlight
Hawker Hunter
Sydney Camm's iconic jet fighter in detail
COLD WAR


To war in the 'Ruhr Express'
Combat in the famous Lanc

Vulcan on the Move
New Home for XH558

Buccaneer Swansong
Blackburn post-war

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