All, the latest issue is now being printed and should be posted next week.....
Main Features are:
SOVIET STEEL!- THE IL-2 SHTURMOVIKAlthough unsophisticated by Western standards, the Shturmovik would become one of the most respected and feared aircraft operating over the cauldron that was war on the Eastern Front. Produced in huge numbers , suffering enormous losses and causing mayhem amongst German ground forces, the IL-2 was, in Soviet eyes at least, the most decisive aircraft in the history of close air support warfare. This was perhaps reflected with the number of nicknames it attracted from friend, foe and the propaganda departments alike! To the aircrew it was ‘Ilyusha’, to the Russian ground forces –‘Hunchback,’ ‘Flying Tank’ or the ‘Flying Infantryman’, and (according to Soviet literature) to the German troops- ‘Der Schwarze Tod’ (the Black Death). To the Luftwaffe fighter pilots it was the ‘Eiserner Gustav’ (Iron Gustav) or the ‘Zementbomber’ (Cement bomber). In a major feature we take a look at the type’s history and follow it up with a detailed look at known surviving airframes, including of course the recently flown Flying Heritage aircraft, coverage of which includes some interesting rebuild photos backed up by stunning air to airs.
STAMPE COLLECTING DOWNUNDERSometimes referred to as the ‘Metric Moth’ the very desirable Stampe SV.4 series of biplane is presently increasing its foothold on the ‘downunder’ vintage aircraft scene at an impressive rate as southern enthusiasts embrace what truly is a seriously capable classic. We look at the background of this very international biplane with its Belgian, French, Russian, Algerian and English ancestry, and review its presence in today’s vintage aviation world.
WINJEEL 423Lyn and Di Forster have spent their lives around interesting aeroplanes. Of course everyone has a different idea as to what types of aircraft are the most interesting. For some it’s homebuilts. For others it’s vintage and classic types. For some it just has to be warbirds. Somehow the Forsters have managed to involve themselves in putting all of these categories into the sky, their recently completed Winjeel, surely the most thoroughly restored of its type, is testimony to their love of all things with wings! This article describes the journey back into the skies for ‘423.’
ME 209Our last Mystery Aeroplane was the Messerschmitt Me209. The 1930s saw huge advances in aircraft technology and this gave governments an avenue to exploit the work of their designers and engineers to impress on the world stage. One of the most prestigious and high profile avenues to do so was in the realm of speed records, and a see-saw battle developed between Supermarine-Macchi , Messerschmitt and Heinkel, although the latter was through co-incidence rather than by design, with both companies unaware of each others’ work to secure the coveted prize. The sole survivor of the Me 209V series features, as does an overview of how it and several other aircraft survived the destruction of the Berlin Air Museum, the post war scrappings and indifference.
AIRSHOWSHahnweide,Germany .
MAKS, Russia.
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