Highlights

After spending the past six decades in pieces, the National Air & Space Museum's unique Heinkel He 219 Uhu night fighter will soon be complete again, reports Richard MalloryAllnutt. Museum staff have now finished conservation work on the wings at the Paul E. Garber...

Supersonic starlet uring the years following World War Two, the United States Air Force (USAF) realised that they had a large fleet of aircraft, many of which were redundant. The emergence of gas-turbine technology made the piston engine obsolete and the application of the jet...

The Short Empire flying-boat captain's role had a nautical and imperial flavour that has long gone. The captain of an Imperial Airways (and the sister operators of the type, Qantas and Tasman Empire Airways Ltd) flying-boat had a level of autonomy unknown today - more...

After spending nine years displayed on a pole at the Armee de I'Air Base at Metz-Frescaty, in Lorraine, eastern France, North American F-100D Super Sabre 54-2131 was recently moved to the old French Air Force base at Toul-Rosieres, where it will be included in...

A story of survival Avro Lancaster X lthough more than 7,000 Avro Lancasters were built, just two remain airworthy today. European airshow audiences are very familiar with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF)-operated Lancaster B.l PA474, but this summer, a once in a...

Jim Tobul's Bamberg, South Carolina-based Vought F4U-4 Corsair, BuNo 97143 successfully flew again for the first time on August 7 following its nose-over accident in mid-May reports Richard Mallory Allnutt. Nicknamed 'Korean War Hero', the naval fighter overturned on landing at DeKalb- Peachtree airport...