Air Leasing’s Richard Grace describes the efforts to restore the ex-Connie Edwards Buchóns to airworthy condition, and offers his impressions of flying the notoriously idiosyncratic fighter. Read more
Looking back on the Aircraft Restoration Company’s NHS Spitfire summer, the latest chapter in the intertwined histories of Spitfire PR.XI PL983 and John Romain. Read more
For Mark Miller, flying the definitive example of the de Havilland DH83 Fox Moth recontextualised the pioneering exploits of an oft maligned type. Read more
Of all the Formula One-class air racers still flying in the UK, none quite boasts the legendary charisma of Cosmic Wind ‘Ballerina’. Read more
Guy Black sets his focus on Retrotec Ltd’s next project: the reversion of the Historic Aircraft Collection’s Morane-Saulnier MS.505 Criquet G-BPHZ to its authentic German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch specification. Read more
Ray and Mark Hanna established the Old Flying Machine Company at Duxford in the mid-1980s. We chart the organisation’s formative years and the part it played in shaping the present day vintage aircraft movement, with insight from Sarah Hanna. Read more
Steve Atkin charts the painstaking process of researching and repainting Anglia Aircraft Restorations’ TF-51D Mustang into the guise of ‘Contrary Mary’, a Duxford-based 78th Fighter Group aeroplane. Read more
John Romain has shared an affiliation with Spitfire PR.XI PL983 since childhood. We chart their decades-long association in this exclusive feature, entwining the personal story with the aeroplane’s fascinating Second World War and post-war racing history. Read more
The Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group has engaged the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) to provide engineering support and oversight for the restoration to flight of Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB RB396. We have the exclusive full story, and profile the journey so far. Read more
The remarkable full story of Steve Hinton, Jr’s world air speed record attempt in P-51 Mustang ‘Voodoo’. Follow the team through victories, defeats and psychological strains on their way to setting a new piston world air speed record in this unmissable account. Read more
Hawker Restorations Ltd outlines ambitious plans to convert Hurricane Mk.IIB BE505 ‘Pegs’ into a unique two-seat configuration. Read more
Mikael Carlson traces the story of his “home-built” Fokker D.VII, an authentic reproduction built to original specifications, and explores the flying characteristics that made it such a formidable First World War fighter. Read more
Noorduyn Aviation AT-16D Harvard Mk.IIb FE992 joins Classic Wings’ fleet of vintage aircraft at Duxford, marking the return of a well-known historic airframe. Read more
Set to culminate the recent flurry of Hawker Hurricanes taking to the air is Battle of Britain veteran Mk.I V7497, currently being restored by Hawker Restorations. Owner Peter Kirkpatrick has a grand vision for this Hurricane’s future. Read more
Visit the Finnish home of the sole surviving Gloster Gauntlet and meet the man striving to keep this unique aeroplane alive. Read more
Each year brings new points of interest, be they restoration projects reaching conclusion, air display debuts or new aircraft arriving from overseas. Looking ahead to the immediate future, there is a considerable concentration of such exciting prospects spanning the full spectrum of historic aviation. Read more
A chance encounter between the daughter of a third generation Royal Air Force pilot and the Production Manager of the world’s largest operator of 1914-1918 vintage aeroplanes sowed the seeds for the formation of the World War One Aviation Heritage Trust (WAHT). Chief Trustee Dick Forsythe discusses the WAHT’s ambitious plans to enrich the British… Read more
