https://airscapemag.com/2026/03/28/merlin-mustang-i/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mustang-merlin-1a.jpgMustang Merlin 1ahttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/spitfire-ixs.jpgSpitfire IXsSpitfire IX's of No 241 Squadron, RAF, during a weather reconnaissance sortie over Italy, January 1944. These aircraft are MA425`RZ-R' and MH635`RZ-U'flown by F/O H Cogman and F/O J V Macdonald. (IWM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/merlin-factory.jpgMerlin FactoryA worker in a wartime factory adjusts the supercharger for a Merlin before it is installed. I think this is a two-stage unit but, either way, it gives a good idea of the scale of the intake and impeller unit. (IWM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/am203-mustang_in_high-speed_paint_finish.jpgAM203 Mustang_In_High-Speed_Paint_FinishThe second Mustang X, AM203, sporting a high speed paint finish - and camouflage lines that do little to hide the cavernous chin intake. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/al975-mustang-x.jpgAL975 Mustang XFirst to fly - Mustang AL975 with its new two-stage Merlin installed. The Merlin's updraft carburettor and supercharger cooling radiator demanded the addition of a large air intake under the nose. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/am203-mustang-x-in-flight.jpgAM203 Mustang X in flightAM203 in flight, where the combination of Merlin power and Mustang efficiency more than delivered on the best expectations. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/griffon-mustang_i_al960.jpgGriffon MustangAs a curious sidebar, Rolls-Royce also explored installing their mighty new Griffon engine into a Mustang in a mid-fuselage configuration, using the RAF's AL960 as the test-bed. Quite what that would have done to the aircraft's performance handling was never fully established... This is as far as they got. (worldwarphotos.info)2026-03-31T06:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2026/03/20/on-the-front-line/2026-03-23T21:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2020/01/15/the-story-of-ew999-part-2/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/map-yalta.jpgMap Yaltahttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/map-montreal.jpgMap Montrealhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/map-athens.jpgMap Athenshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hms-orion.jpgHMS OrionLeander Class cruiser HMS Orion - Churchill's bolt-hole in Valetta Harbour. (© IWM | A 18771)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yalta-three.jpgYalta ThreeChurchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta in February 1945.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sacred-cow.jpgSacred CowRoosevelt's 'The Sacred Cow', on the ground at Saky for the Yalta Conference. (USAF Photo | 151001-F-DW547-002)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/operation-varsity.jpgOperation VarsityPart of the armada of C-47 Dakotas taking part in Operation Varsity, the air assault across the Rhine, on March 24th, 1945. (© IWM | CL 2242)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cockpit-pilots-stn.jpgCockpit Pilots StnCommand pilot's station of a C-54. I *think* the large rosette before the throttles is the ADF display. (SDASM 00013347)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/churchills-skymaster-in-flight.jpgChurchills Skymaster in flightChurchill's C-54B Skymaster EW999 in flight - whereabouts unknown. (RAF Museum)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/churchill-rhine.jpgChurchill RhineWinston Churchill steps onto German soil, having crossed the Rhine with Gen. Montgomery during Operation Plunder. (© IWM | BU 2250)2026-03-11T08:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2026/01/10/cutaways-2/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/g-alda-southend.jpgG-ALDA SouthendG-ALDA photographed at Southend Airport in December 1964 – just days from the coup de grace. A couple of Vickers Vikings await the same fate. (Photo copyright Mike Cain)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/g-alda-biggen-hill-4-may-63.jpgG-ALDA Biggen Hill 4 May 63G-ALDA at Biggin Hill Air Fair in May 1963. Already the last Hermes flying, she spent the day providing short joy flights. (kenfielding | flickr.com CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/g-aldm-cutaway.jpgG-ALDM Cutawayhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/hermes-g-aldm-1000.jpgHermes G-ALDM 1000An alternative view inside the Hermes – this is G-ALDM 'Hero', illustrated by popular artist by Leslie Ashwell Wood. (flickr.com | ausdew)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/hermes-crop.jpgHermes crophttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dh106-comet-rocket.jpgDH106 Comet RocketDetail of the Comet prototype's peroxide-manganate RATO system.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/comet-firstclass.jpgComet FirstClassFrom our later, wiser perspective, this is an equally charming and chilling look at Comet's first class cabin.2026-02-28T07:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2026/02/28/screaming-jets/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cf-102-jetliner-show.jpgCF-102 Jetliner showThe Jetliner on the ground, being inspected by groups of service personnel – location not given. (Archives Canada 3545869)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/screaming-jets.jpgScreaming JetsScreaming Jets (1951) by the National Film Board, Canada. Read on for the video link...https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/victory-aircraft-lancaster.jpgVictory Aircraft LancasterThe last Malton-built Lancaster to be sent to Europe was FM207 (#3408) completed in July 1945 and flown to England on 22 August. It was later returned to Canada and eventually harvested for spare parts. (Archives Canada 3207414)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sir_roy_dobson_and_crawford_gordon_jr-1.jpgSir_Roy_Dobson_and_Crawford_Gordon_JrBig thinkers: Hawker Siddeley UK's Sir Roy Dobson (left) and Avro Canada's General Manager Crawford Gordon at the Malton, Ontario factory. (Archives Canada via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/janusz-zurakowski.jpgJanusz Zurakowski‘Żura’ Żurakowski (12 September 1914 – 9 February 2004) fighter pilot, RAF and Gloster Aircraft test pilot then Avro Canada Chief Test Pilot. He left aviation, pretty much in disgust, after the Arrow's cancellation.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/james-chamberlin.jpgJames ChamberlinCanadian engineer Jim Chamberlain (May 23, 1915 – March 8, 1981) who, after Avro Canada, was NASA's Head of Engineering for Mercury, Project Manager for Gemini and troubleshooter for Apollo. (NASA via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cf-105-arrow-prototype.jpgCF-105 Arrow prototypeThe all-white Arrow prototype RL101 breaks ground during 1958, as part of the test program. The dream would be destroyed by narrow-minded Government on 'Black Friday' 20 February 1959, putting almost 30,000 Canadians out of work at a stroke. (Archives Canada 3596417)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cf-102-jetliner-in-flight.jpgCF-102 Jetliner in flightThe jetliner prototype in flight, October 1950. Fittingly, the camera ship looks to be a locally built Lancaster. (Archives Canada 3584462)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cf-100-canuck-proto.jpgCF-100 Canuck ProtoThe CF-100 prototype, serial 18102 (msn 002) with its original nose lines (and flight test pitot) before being adapted to include a small radome for the APG-33 fire control radar. The prototypes actually flew with RR Avon engines, and not the brilliant Orenda that powered production aircraft.(James Craik Collection | AirHistory.net) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/avro-arrow-rollout.jpgAvro Arrow RolloutThe rollout of the might CF-105 Arrow at Malton (now Toronto Pearson, on 4 October 1957. Unfortunately, the landmark event was somewhat overshadowed (literally) by the launch of Sputnik on the same day. (Archives Canada 3596416)2026-03-01T21:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/09/13/1-finally-we-depart-for-kashima/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ohka-cutaway.jpgOhka CutawayUS Navy intelligence illustration of a Yokusuka MXY7 Type-22 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) rocket-propelled anti-ship aircraft. The Ohka would be carried into attacking range by a Type 1 'Betty' mother ship and dropped. The pilot would then ignite the rocket motor for his attack dive. The weapoen was nicknamed 'Baka' by the Allies - baka being Japanese for stupid.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/yokosuka-k5y-type-93.jpgYokosuka K5Y Type 93Yokusuka K5Y2 (seaplane variant) Type 93 trainer (Allied "Willow"). The K5Y was nicknamed aka-tombo (red dragonfly) by its pilots, for its high visibility orange paint. A K5Y is credited with the last successful kamikaze attack of the war, sinking the destroyer USS Callaghan on 28 July 1945. Post-war, they type was used by Indonesia in the fight against Dutch colonial rule. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/yahagi-december_1943.jpgYahagi-December_1943Masa'aki's dream: Japanese Agano class light cruiser Yahagi with her two Aichi E13A (Allied "Jake") seaplanes embarked, in December 1943. The three-seat 'Jake' was the standard recon seaplane of the IJN fleet, with over 1,400 built. Yahagi was sunk by US Navy torpedo bombers southeast of Kyushu on 7 April 1945, while accompanying the doomed battleship Yamato toward Okinawa. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/masaaki-saeki-at-go-no-ike-pscolour.jpgMasa’aki Saeki at Gō-no-Iké (PSColour)The author, Masa’aki Saeki, photographed at Gō-no-Iké while training as an Ohka 'special attack pilot'. I'm not normally a fan of colourisation, but I was gobsmacked by how this turned a grainy monochrome anybody into a living person. (via Nick Voge)2026-02-28T06:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/10/11/war-comes-to-chicago/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fly-in-july-03.jpgFly In July 03https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fly-in-july-02.jpgFly In July 02https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fly-in-july-01.jpgFly In July 01https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/factory-truss.jpgFactory TrussesConstruction workers raise the massive wooden trusses that spanned the factory. Note the workers standing below the flag for scale. (Douglas Airview, July 1936)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/flyinjulyfeature.jpgFlyInJulyFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fly-in-july-thermo.jpgFly In July Thermohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fly-in-july-master.jpgFly In July Masterhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fly-in-july-banner.jpgFly In July Bannerhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/douglas-chicago-line.jpgDouglas Chicago Line2026-02-28T06:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/12/03/trapping-the-dragon-lady/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/u2feature.jpgU2Feature2026-02-28T06:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2026/01/31/the-fighter-project/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lanchester.jpegLanchesterWhat you could reasonably term "an interesting cat" – Frederick William Lanchester, English polymath inventor (23 October 1868 – 8 March 1946).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lanchester-prandtl.jpgLanchester-PrandtlThe Lanchester-Prandtl lifting line theory calculates vortex interactions and circulation for a real-world wing - and theorises an ideal elliptical lift profile.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/m1cfeature.jpgM1CFeature2026-02-28T06:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/12/26/cutaways/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/mb220-gasgoigne.jpgmb220-GasgoigneWhile clearly in the same class as the Douglas DC-2/3 airliners this photo highlights the much squarer fuselage cross-section and wing planform.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/leo-h470.jpgLeO H470A pretty fine study of a LeO H.470 about to be lifted from the water. Note the glazing on the front of the main pylon – I'm not sure who had access to this area, but it must have been pretty amazing!https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/qantas-crop.jpgQANTAS Crophttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sikorsky-s-42-clipper.jpgSikorsky S-42 ClipperImperial Airway's nemesis and spur – the superb Sikorsky S.42 serving Pan American's every growing international network.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/s23-construction.jpgS23 construction'Canopus' under construction at Short Bros., Rochester, in July 1936. She was effectively the prototype and would conduct airworthiness trials and proving flights before entering revenue service. (via nfhwa.org)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/maia_and_mercury_august_1938_our_generation_1938.jpgShort-Mayo CompositeThe Short-Mayo composite in May 1938, with G-ADHK 'Maia' the carrier, and her "mini-me" G-ADHJ 'Mercury'. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dewoitine-d338-colour.jpgDewoitine D338 ColourA rare colour photo of Dewoitine D.338 F-LQBE, operating with Free French forces in North Africa, November 1942, giving a good idea of its size and that splendid Gallic nose. (SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/hp45-hengist-crop.jpgHP45 Hengist Crophttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/g-aaxe-hengist.jpgG-AAXE Hengist'Hengist' about to launch the England-Australia airmail service from Croydon, London, via Karachi, on 8 December 1934. (Note the crowd on the rooftop.) In truth, the Australia mail had already been sent on to Italy by train. (Peter de Jong Coll. via AirHistroy.net)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/liore-et-olivier-leo-h-246-takeoff.jpgLiore-et-Olivier-LeO-H-246-takeoff2026-02-28T06:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/06/03/flight-from-colditz/2025-08-08T22:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/07/13/13-a-once-in-a-lifetime-jump/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka_kadena.jpgOhka_KadenaThis Ohka at Kadena, Okinawa shows the single-minded simplicity of the weapon. The warhead was substituted with a massive steel weight in the training version. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-warhead.jpgOhka WarheadAnother view of the disassembled Ohka, showing the massive warhead that accounted for the bulk of the aircraft's long nose – and gross weight.(US Navy History & Heritage Command)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-nose-view.jpgOhka nose viewThe aerodynamically clean (aka 'slippery') lines of the K-1. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-left-side.jpgOhka Left SideA good indication of how a pilot fits inside a K-1 – as a US serviceman tries the cockpit of an Ohka captured on Okinawa, May 1945. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-inspection-okinawa-2.jpgOhka Inspection Okinawa-2No doubt feeling glad they were not in the navy, facing this kind of weapon, a group of US soldiers inspect a K-1 after the capture of Okinawa. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-controls.jpgOhka controlsA period photo showing the rudimentary pilot controls in a K-1. The training variant would have also had a flap lever on the right-hand cockpit wall – but not much more. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-clean.jpgOhka colorNose on view of a captured Ohka Model 11. (USN History & Heritage Command)2025-07-20T00:34:33+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/07/20/14-my-friends-depart-never-to-return/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-mk.11-okinawa.jpgOhka Mk.11 OkinawaModel 11 Ohka, captured on Okinawa in May 1945. (USN History & Heritage Command NH101690) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kamikaze.jpgKamikazeA Japanese suicide pilots falls from a sky thick with Allied anti-aircraft fire off Okinawa, May 1945. (US Naval History & Heritage Command S-100-H.002)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kamikaze-zero.jpgKamikaze ZeroA kamikaze Zero is brought down near USS Essex (CV9) during an attack off Okinawa in May 1945. (US National Archives 80-G-324120)2025-07-20T00:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/06/27/12-desperation-at-3000-metres/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mxy7_ohka-mk22.jpgMXY7_Ohka Mk22Not a trainer but the real deal - a Mk.22 Ohka with air-breathing rocket motor captured on Okinawa. Remember this is a near-5,000lb aircraft... Now note the vanishingly small wing.2025-07-13T00:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/06/01/11-lets-do-it/2025-06-27T23:25:31+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/05/16/10-hell-awaits-beneath-my-seat/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-panel.jpgOhka PanelOhka panel detail. I think the communication button and lamp is the one on the left. I'm not sure about the switch on the extreme right. It could be to fire the rocket, but would be redundant in a trainer. (Ty Greenlees | USAF Museum)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-1.jpgOhka 1A captured Mk.11 Ohka after the war. Notice the tight, tapering canopy and its position just after of the wing. Looking anywhere but up or straight ahead would have been impossible.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-cockpit.jpgYokosuka MXY7-K1 OhkaThe brutally simple cockpit and panel of the USAF Museum's K-1 Ohka. Left upper centre is the altimeter (in metres) with the airspeed to its right - I'm hoping this one is marked in kilometres per hour, not knots, as it goes up to 600! (Ty Greenlees | USAF Museum)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohka-11-drop-shot.jpgOhka 11 (Drop shot)Into the abyss... View of a K-1 Ohka from its mother ship. This K-1 has actually just been released, making the cockpit seem an even smaller target against the nothingness below.2025-06-01T00:41:04+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/05/03/9-my-k-1-awaits-me/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a6m5-52-attack-zeros.jpgA6M5 (52) attack ZerosBombed-up A6M5c Zeros warming up. These aircraft are actually at an airfield on Kyushu, southern Japan, before a Kamikaze mission against Allied warships off Okinawa in early 1945.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/type-1ohka_silhouette.pngType-1+Ohka_SilhouetteThis identification silhouette shows how neatly K-1 Ohka were attached to Mitsubishi G4M bombers for the flight to their release point. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/inubo-point.pngInubo PointOut of interest, here's the modern view of Inubō Point (Inubōsaki). Obviously it is a lot more urbanised now and the Toné River is more contained. Choshi Citi lies at the mouth of the river and Konoike was a little north of the port area at top centre. (Imagery © 2025 Airbus, CNES/Airbus, Landsat/Copernicus, Maxar Technologies. Map data © Google)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gun-camera-g4m-02.jpgGun camera G4M (02)A G4M Type 1 (Allied: 'Betty') bomber with an Ohka tucked up tightly against its belly. This image is actually from a US Navy plane's gun camera sequence (see Chapter 9). (US National Archives)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/151223-f-io108-001.jpg151223-F-IO108-001A beautiful image of a K-1 Ohka trainer showing the large flaps, wooden landing skid and faired-over rocket exhaust at the tail. (Ken LaRock | USAF Museum)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/722-betty-with-k1.jpg722 Betty with K1A 722nd Naval Air Group or Tornado Corps (Tatsumaki Butai) Type 1 bomber with a K-1 trainer, preparing for takeoff. The 722nd only formed in February 1945 and disbanded immediately after the war. 2025-06-01T00:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/04/19/8-one-man-can-kill-a-thousand/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/g4m-shootdown.jpgG4M ShootdownExactly as he feared... Undated US Navy gun camera footage of an Ohka-carrying Mitsubishi G4M as it is shot down by fighters. (US National Archives 80-G-185585)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/imperial-diet-building.jpgImperial Diet BuildingThe imposing Imperial ('National' post-war) Diet Building, Tokyo, from a 1940 postcard. Opened in 1936, the Diet remained the tallest building in Japan until 1968. (OldTokyo.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/attack-pilots.jpghttp://ww2db.com/Japanese Special Attack pilots posing in front of a Mitsubishi Ki-51 (Allied: 'Sonia') light bomber, 8 Nov 1944. From left: Tetsuya Ueno, Koshiro Hayashi, Naoki Okagami, Takao Oi and Toshio Yoshitake. (ww2dbase)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/attack-on-new-mexico.jpgAttack on New MexicoFierce anti-aircraft fire surrounds a kamikaze Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai (Violet Lightning. Allied: 'George II) as it attacks the USS New Mexico (BB-40) on May 12, 1945. This aircraft was blown of course by a 5" shell but a Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Gale. Allied: 'Frank') carried a 500 pound bomb into the ship. 54 US Sailors and Marines were killed in attack, and a further 119 wounded. (80-G-326638, NARA II, College Park, Md.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/nijubashi-postcard.jpgNijubashi PostcardPeriod postcard showing Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako above the Nijubashi (double bridge) at the imperial palace main gate. The 'double bridge' name doesn't actually refer to the two arches, but the fact that the original wooden bridge in this spot had to be built on top of a supporting bridge, because the palace moat was so deep. 2025-05-03T05:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/02/19/7-that-carrier-is-the-target/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/kyushu_q1w_tokai.jpgKyushu_Q1W_TokaiThe 'unusual' Kyushu Q1W Tokai ('Eastern Sea'. Allied: 'Lorna') anti-submarine patrol bomber and maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Any similarity to the Dornier Do-17 was purely mission-driven and not deliberate. 153 examples were built. (Wikipedia)2025-04-19T07:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2025/01/18/6-a-gathering-of-elite-combat-units/2025-02-19T05:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/12/14/5-training-like-crazy-to-die/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/a6m-captured.jpgA6M capturedMitsubishi A6M "Type 00" in flight. This is a captured example, hence the lack of usually-abundant unit markings.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ohka-aboard-lst512-uss-burnett-county.jpgOhka aboard LST512 USS Burnett CountyA model 11 rocket-powered 'Ohka' on display aboard the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) USS Burnett County immediately after the war (complete with enthusiastic soldier in the cockpit). With its tiny wing, you can imagine the glide and landing speed of this 2,140 kg (4,718 lb) missile!https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/yokosuka_mxy-7-k1_ohka_1945.jpgYokosuka_MXY-7-K1_Ohka_1945A forlorn-looking Yokosuka MXY-7 K-1 Ohka trainer, after the Japanese surrender. Note the landing skid and wire wingtip skids, both for landing, plus the wheeled dolly for ground handling. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/a6m3_model32-cowl-flaps.jpgA6M3_Model32-Cowl flapsA small-ish but interesting photo of rare A6M Type 32s, shown before flight and with their cowl flaps open. The Type 32 introduced a more powerful Sakai engine but, with reduced fuel load and wing span, sacrificed the more famous Type 22's turning ability and range. It was faster in a dive, however. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/aichi-d1a2.jpgAichi D1A2A complete Aichi D1A 'Type 96' navy dive bomber (Allied: 'Susie'). The 1934-vintage type was obsolete by 1942, wth D1A1s withdrawn from service and D1A2s (shown here) consigned to training roles. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/b-29s-314-bomb-wing.jpgB-29s 314 Bomb WingA formation of slender-winged B-29s of the 314th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy), part of the XXth Air Force and based at North Field, Guam. (worldwarphotos.info)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/b-29_9th_bg_55.jpgB-29_9th_BG_55B-29s of the USAAF 9th Bombardment Group.2025-01-18T10:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/11/17/4-like-a-fish-out-of-water/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/restored_zero.jpgRestored_ZeroA restored Zero flying over Nevada, USA in 2004. (Marc Grossman | Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/a6m2-n-seaplane.jpgA6M2-N SeaplaneA 'seaplane landplane' - the Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" reconnaissance fighter, which was essentially a Mitsubishi Zero on floats. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/type-95.jpgType 95Nakajima E8N Type 95 reconnaissance seaplane (Allied "Dave", British Nakajima KT95 Dave) was introduced in 1935 and also served dive bomber and artillery spotting roles during the Sino-Japanese War. The type was almost fully withdrawn from frontline roles by December 1941. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/slip-and-skid.jpgSlip and SkidHow USAAF pilots were taught about slip, skid and gunnery. From the Army's Fighter Pilot Gunnery manual, 1943.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/seaplane-turning.jpgSeaplane TurningFor those of us who don't have a seaplane rating, just some of the wind and centrifugal forces in play on the water. Figure 4-8 from the FAA Seaplane, Skiplane, and Float/Ski Equipped Helicopter Operations Handbook, 2004 (FAA-H--8083-23).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/seaplane-plough-turn.jpgSeaplane Plough TurnFor those of us without a seaplane rating: The sequence of control inputs required to make a turn from upwind to downwind in a floatplane. And this is just the tip of the iceberg! Figure 4-10 from the FAA Seaplane, Skiplane, and Float/Ski Equipped Helicopter Operations Handbook, 2004 (FAA-H-8083-23).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/a6m5-in-flight-1944.jpgA6M5 In flight 1944An A6M5 Type 00 'Zero' shows its clean and distinctive lines in 1944. With the design's light wing-loading, even the Nakajima A6M2-N floatplane variant could be a dangerous adversary.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/a6m-zero-cockpit.jpgA6M Zero CockpitThe fairly conventional cockpit of an A6M Type 00 'Zero'. However, note the prominent gun but and cocking handle at top right, with its opposite just visible at top left.2024-12-14T23:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/10/28/3-our-coffins-were-painted-pink/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ohka-front-usaf.jpgYokosuka MXY7-K1Restored Yokosuka MXY7-K1 Ohka trainer at the the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. A total of 45 training K1 Ohka were built by Japan, along with a handful of two-seat K2 versions. (Ken LaRock | USAF Museum 050317-F-1234P-007)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/nasm-a19480180000_aer43.jpgNASM-A19480180000_AER43Cockpit of the Ohka Type 22 preserved by the Smithsonian Institution. This restoration has a cockpit that matches Saeki's description of a K1 trainer almost exactly, save for the fuel line of the Type 22's air-breathing rocket motor down the left-hand side. I(Eric Long, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | NASM-A19480180000_AER43)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ohka-trainers-iwm.jpgOhka Trainers IWMAlmost certainly at Konoike, a hangar filled with MXY7-K1 trainers being inspected by US personnel after the war. This image is unique in showing hoops on the wingtips, which seem very logical for a reusable trainer with a centreline skid. (IWM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ohka-usafm-1.jpgOhka USAFMRear view of the Ohka at the the USAF Museum on Dayton. (Ken LaRock | USAF Museum)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ohka-under-betty.jpgOhka under BettyA Mitsubishi Type 1 'Betty' of 721 Naval Air Group carrying an Ohka attack plane. Some descriptions of this photo state it is actually a plastic model, which certainly seems plausible. In either case, this Ohka would be a Type 11 with three solid fuel rockets and without the landing skid used for pilot drop training at Konoike.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ohka-trainer.jpgOhka TrainerGreat underside view of the Ohka trainer variant, showing the landing skid and flaps (but no sign of wingtip hoops). Photographed at the U.S. Navy Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., March 1972. (Lt.JG Thomas Pozarycki, USNR-R | USNH&HC NH-75680)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ohka-cockpit-usafm.jpgOhka Cockpit USAFMThe cockpit of the restored Ohka trainer at the USAF Museum. This appears to be missing the flap control handle on the right-hand side, but the rocket arming switch is on the far right of the panel with the flap indicator to its left. The rocket ignition switch and fuel indicator are on sub-panel on the left. (Ken LaRock | USAF Museum 151223-F-IO108-002)2024-12-12T10:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/09/27/2-another-guy-died/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/usn-task-force-58.jpgUSN Task Force 58"Swarming with big American ships!..." Just part of the US Navy's 'Big Blue Fleet' Task Force 58 – powerhouse of America's Pacific war.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/k-1-ohka-colour-05.jpgK-1 Ohka (Colour 05)The fearsome Yokosuka K-1 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) - essentially a 500-knot (926km/h) rocket-powered, human guided 2,600 lb (1,200kg) bomb. (USNH&HC 80-G-K-5887) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/zero-on-missouri.jpgZero on Missouri"Bomb-laden Zero fighters..." A kamikaze Mitsubishi Zero photographed in the moment before it slammed into the side of battleship USS Missouri. Thanks to Mighty Mo's hull armour, the attack caused little damage. (IWM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/yokosuka-p1y-ginga.jpgA19600340000_AER04Yokosuka P1Y Ginga (Milky Way) fast attack bomber (Allied "Frances") was designed to succeed the G4M "Betty" and match speed with Zero escorts. Night fighter versions were fitted with German-style Schräge Musik upward-oblique 20mm cannon but lacked the high altitude performance needed to combat American B-29s.(Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/kawanishi-e7k1-.jpgKawanishi E7K1Kawanishi E7K1 (Allied "Alf") Navy Type 94 reconnaissance seaplane, with the unreliable Hiro-91 W-12 engine. Hiro-powered Alfs were relegated to second-line duties such as training from the outbreak of war, replaced by the E7K2 with a more reliable and powerful Mitsubishi Zuisei 11 radial engine.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/amakusa-map.jpgAmakusa MapA contemporary map of Kyūshū, southern Japan, showing the location of Goryū Naval Seaplane Station on the Amakusa islands. Also marked is the location of the fighter airfield at Oita, referred to in Chapter 7. 2024-12-12T10:44:32+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/08/24/a-journey-shared/2024-09-14T02:57:51+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/03/15/beverley-shenstones-spitfire/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shenstone-3.jpgBeverley ShenstoneBeverley Shenstone at his home in England, in 1961. (Courtesy of the Shenstone Family, CC BY-SA 4.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shenstone-2-e1504995482340.jpgShenstone-LippischBeverley Shenstone deep in conversation with his friend and mentor Alexander Lippisch beside Lake Constance/Bodensee in about 1966. (Courtesy of the Shenstone Family, CC BY-SA 4.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-spar.jpgSpitfire SparA drawing of the Spitfire wing with the main spar highlighted. While logic might suggest placing it from wingtip to wingtip; guns, gear and genius moved it forward. (Crown copyright) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-ellipses.jpgSpitfire EllipsesThe same wing structure drawing with pure mathematical ellipses laid over it, to indicate how the planform was tailored. (Crown copyright | airscape)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/na-73x.jpgNA-73X Mustang PrototypeThe NA-73X Mustang prototype with its close-fitted belly scoop, October 1940. In February 1941, Shenstone solved airflow problems by recommending a 1.5 inch gap between the intake and fuselage.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shenstone-feature.jpgShenstone-Featurehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/supermarine-walrus.jpgAVIATION IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WARFor a love of flying boats...Supermarine Walrus, just one of the company's successful flying boats, coming aboard a RN carrier before the war. (© IWM RAE-O 656) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/supermarine-type-224-e1489547109129.jpgSupermarine Type 224Another good view of the Type 224, showing it's fairly conventional, if all metal, design plus thick wings and heavily trousered gear. (Shenstone photo. Alfred Price Collection via pprune.org)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/supermarine-type-224-profile.jpgSupermarine Type 224 ProfileThe Supermarine Type 224 with its slender fuselage but large, conventional flying surfaces. Evidence of Mitchell's skill, but not Shenstone's... (Johan Visschedijk Collection | kitchener.lord | flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)1https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-wing.jpgTHE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE INTERWAR PERIODThe compounding curves of the Spitfire wing start to show in this high view of a pre-war Mk.I. (© IWM HU 1665)2024-08-23T13:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/09/18/light-as-air/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/11-shuttle-test.jpgShuttle-Testhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/10-ames-tunnel.jpgAmes Tunnelhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9-b25-model.jpgB25-Modelhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/8-mustang-at-langley.jpgMustang-at-Langleyhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/7-langley-full-scale.jpgLangley-Full-Scalehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/6-bill-taub.jpgBIll TaubBill Taub having a blood test before he can photograph the Apollo 11 crew (Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin) in July 1969. (NASA 69-H-1112)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/5-taub-at-langley.jpgTaub-at-Langleyhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/4-low-speed-tunnel.jpgLow Speed Tunnelhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/3-16-ft-hs-tunnel.jpg16 Ft HS Tunnelhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2-slottedwall.jpgSlottedWallThe new slotted walls of the 16-foot Tunnel's test section allowed testing beyond Mach 1 and won the development team, led by Division Chief John Stack, the Collier Trophy in 1951. (NASA)2025-06-08T21:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/02/08/ual-811-the-untold-story/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-e003.jpgunited-811-e003Flight of a phoenix... Some of the engineers that repaired N4713U stand at the end of the KNHL runway, to watch "their" 747 return to the air, to San Francisco and to impeccably reliable service. (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-e002.jpgunited-811-e002This striking "after" photo shows the repaired Business Class area of N4713U, and how the cabin was left stripped bare for the ferry flight to San Francisco. (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-e001.jpgunited-811-e001August 1989. Impeccably repaired and temporarily repainted, N4713U stands ready to fly – on its 2400-mile ferry flight to SFO, to receive a full overhaul. (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-d003.jpgunited-811-d003The cabin crew from United 811 stand in front of their repaired jet, at the traditional blessing ceremony. They hold a "We love you Captain Cronin" sign – as well they might! (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-d002.jpgunited-811-d002Boeing engineers hang a new cargo door on the beautifully repaired forward fuselage. The replacement door and frame were actually 747-400 parts; that being the in-production model at the time. (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-d001.jpgunited-811-d001With four overhauled JT9Ds fitted but uncowled, and still without a tail, N4713U is framed by the scaffolding set up so Boeing engineers could rebuild the damaged fuselage. (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-c003.jpgunited-811-c003A great view along the top of the tail-less N4713U, sharing the ramp at Hickam AFB with a number of Air Force C-18/C-137s. At right, you can see some of the engineering team's rudimentary facilities. (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-b001.jpgunited-811-b001Immediately aft and outboard of the hull breach, the right wing landing lights and leading edge clearly show impact damage from the storm of debris. (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-a002.jpgunited-811-a002Looking aft across the damage to the main deck and fuselage, from the area of the right-side #1 door. You can see how substantial the torn fuselage frames were. (R.C. Butler)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/united-811-cap.jpgunited-811-capA PBS vidcap showing inspectors examining the damaged jet from a scissor lift - effectively the reverse view of Butler's interior shots below.2024-08-23T12:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/07/26/secrets-of-the-sea-mosquito/2024-08-23T12:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2024/08/18/out-of-the-blue/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/liggettfeature-1.jpgLiggettFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/relaunchfeature-1.jpgRelaunchFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/metal-parts-1.jpgMetal Partshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/unitedtitle.jpgUnitedTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/metal-parts.jpgMetal Partshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/487744-at-mp.jpg487744 at MP2024-08-23T08:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/03/24/bang/2023-09-11T08:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/01/04/decisions-decisions/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/roy-b-caviness.jpegroy b cavinessPilot of the original 'Contrary Mary' Lt.Col. Roy Blair Caviness, seen here in his P-47D 'Goona' with the 376th FS, 361st FG, March 1944. (IWM FRE_3330)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/p-47-goona.jpegp-47 goonaCaviness, as Commander of the 376th FS in March 1944, with the machine-gunning rabbit of 'Goona'. (Bottisham Airfield Museum BAM_0085 | IWM UPL 17946)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/goona-ii.jpeggoona iiLt.Col. Roy B Caviness, 14-victory ace and Commander of the 361st FG, with P-51D 44-14251 'Goona II' before they both transferred to the 78th FG as Group Commander and 'Contrary Mary' respectively. (IWM UPL 30972)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/contrary-mary-414251.jpegcontrary mary 414251A favourite with the British public even then... the original 'Contrary Mary' attracts her share of attention during a Duxford open day on August 1st, 1945. (IWM UPL 30971)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/contrary-mary-duxford.jpgcontrary mary duxfordJust one year later, the newly rebuilt 44-84847 in the 78th FG colours of Lt.Col. Roy Caviness' 'Contrary Mary', back at Duxford in July 2018.(Photo: Steve Lynes | flickr.com CC BY 2.0) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/miss-velma-3.jpegmiss velma 3A grainy profile of the third 'Miss Velma', P-51D-5-NA #44-13350, 'CY-A', which Birtciel flew for most of his second tour in 1945. (IWM UPL 22577)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sgt-j-t-grodoski.jpegsgt j t grodoskiSecond Tour Crew Chief, Sgt. John T Grodoski in the third 'Miss Velma', '44-13350 'CY-A'. (IWM UPL 24304)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ssgt-bernard-fow.jpegs/sgt bernard fowCaptain Birtciel's First Tour Crew Chief on P-38 and P-51, Staff Sergeant Bernard Fow. (IWM UPL 24288)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/miss-velma.jpgmiss velmaLooking somewhat battle-worn, 44-14561 'Miss Velma' with Capt Frank Emerson Birtciel at the controls. (IWM FRE_001444)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/miss-velma-p38.jpgmiss velma p38Mission markings on the nose of Frank Birtciel's original 'Miss Velma', P-38J #42-67872.2022-03-17T07:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2021/05/25/golden-days/2022-05-14T00:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2021/07/27/extra-manoeuvers/2021-08-04T12:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2021/07/01/pilot-no-1/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/hart-letterhead.jpgHart Letterheadhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wehartfeature.jpgWEHartFeature2024-08-02T12:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2021/06/09/home-for-a-hunter/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/tail-unit.jpgTail UnitThe Orion's had to be stored and prepared outside, until space became available inside. Fortunately, Adelaide doesn't see much rain over summer. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/engine-store.jpgEngine StoreDespite only receiving one wing initially, all four Allison engines and their four-bladed propellers were delivered and stored. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/41-nose-fitting.jpg41 Nose FittingSounds simple until you try it… The Orion’s nose cone being refitted. (Photo: Wayne Lee | SAAM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/35-wing-lift-5.jpg35 WIng Lift 5While not quite as taxing as the four-crane fuselage lift, taking the Orion’s wing off the truck still took some remarkable co-ordination between three cranes. (Photo: Mike Milln | SAAM) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/30-wing-arrival-2.jpg30 Wing Arrival 2The left-side wing of A9-756 arrives at the South Australian Aviation Museum and is trucked carefully into the storage yard. (Photo: Mike Milln | SAAM) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/22-setting-down-1.jpg22 Setting Down 1With the truck out of the way, temporary cradles are put in place to receive the fuselage. (Photo: Mike Milln | SAAM) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/15-backing-in-1.jpg15 Backing In 1A snug fit, even with such a large door – the Orion fuselage is backed carefully into the SAAM display hangar. (Photo: Wayne Lee | SAAM) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/14-fuse-turning.jpg14 Fuse TurningUsing every inch of available space. the truck driver prepares to back the Orion fuselage into the display hangar doors – just out of shot, to the right. (Photo: Mike Milln | SAAM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-orion-aboard-2.jpg13 Orion Aboard 2A good view of just how much the fuselage dominates the large truck, as both come through the gates. They were quite a sight coming down the highway! (Photo: Mike Milln | SAAM) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-wing-flatbed.jpg11 Wing FlatbedThe left wing is brought gingerly through the SAAM gates – in a tight squeeze for the large structure. (Photo: Mike Milln | SAAM)2021-06-09T11:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/10/29/heavenly-bodies-part-iii/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/03a-bor4-with-raaf.jpgBOR4 with RAAFWith the RAAF's attentive P-3C crew circling close overhead, a Russian crewman helps bring the BOR-4 aboard 'Yamal'. (Buran-Energia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/18-dream-chaser-launch.jpgDream Chaser LaunchA March 2016 rendering of the Dream Chaser cargo ship, inside its launch fairing on an Atlas V. Note the winglets folded in to the tail fin, and the external 'visible cargo' pod. (© 2016 Sierra Nevada Corporation)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/17-dream-chaser-captive-carry.jpgDream Chaser Captive CarryDream Chaser is hoisted aloft by a Columbia 234 UT helicopter for Captive Carry 1 at NASA Armstrong, back in August 2017. (NASA photo / Ken Ulbrich)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/16-dream-chaser-transonic-testing.jpgDream Chaser Transonic TestingTechnicians at NASA Langley prepare a model of Dream Chaser® with its Atlas V launch vehicle, ahead of wind tunnel tests to measure transonic buffeting and flight stability during launch. (NASA photo / Sean Smith) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15-hl-20-at-langley.jpgHL-20 at LangleyIn happier days... The HL-20 mock-up, complete with theatrical smoke, on the ramp in front of its hangar at NASA Langley. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/14-x-38-crv-v132.jpgX-38 CRV V132The second X-38, V-132, lands on Rogers Dry Lake beneath its parasail, after a 31-second flight from 31,500 feet in July 1999 – the fourth X-38 free-flight test and the second for Ship 2. (NASA photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/13-x-38-v-131-delivery.jpgX-38 V-131 DeliveryLook familiar...? With a clear lineage all the way back to at least X-24A, the first Scaled Composites X-38, serial V-131, is delivered to NASA Dryden in June 1997. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12-lockheed-martin-venturestar.jpgLockheed Martin VentureStarThe supremely bold vision of Lockheed-Martin's VentureStar, complete with Skunkworks logo on the tail fins. Seven hydrogen-burning XRS-2200 linear aerospike engines would have given it 3 million pounds of thrust for launch. (NASA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/11-x-33-test-model.jpgX-33 Test ModelContinuing the tradition of R Dale Reed's r/c models, a miniature mothership lifts an X-33 model into the air for a free-flight glide test in 1998. (NASA photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10-x-33-proposals.jpgX-33 ProposalsA rendering of the three X-33 SSTO proposals by (left to right) Rockwell, McDonnell-Douglas and Lockheed-Martin. The latter was selected on July 2nd, 1996. (NASA)2021-05-28T10:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2020/12/08/missing-man/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/yeagerfeature.jpgYeagerFeature2020-12-08T20:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2020/11/29/eagle-dove/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mariefeature-1.jpgMarieFeature2022-11-25T11:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/05/24/may-24th-every-day/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/05-engine-parts.jpg1903 Engine PartsSmall parts of Flyer motor. Taylor machined most from castings or solid steel. The gears were made specially by Garrison Machinery Works, a few blocks from the Wrights' shop. (wright-brothers.org)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/05-flyer-motor-b.jpgFlyer Motor installedTaylor's motor mounted on the restored 1903 Flyer (following its return from the UK in 1948), looking aft, from the front left. (LoC P&P pprs.00627)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/05-flyer-motor-a-e1495589176781.jpg1903 Flyer MotorA beautiful view of the motor Charlie Taylor made for the Wrights' 1903 Flyer. Working it out as they went, the three men got 150% of the power they wanted, for less weight, in just six weeks. (LoC P&P ppprs.00650)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/09-cal-rogers-2-e1495589343948.jpgCal RogersThe irrepressible Calbraith Rogers. With just 60 hours in his logbook, he spent 49 days adding another 82 hours across the USA. Four months later, he would be killed in a crash. (LoC P&P ggbain.09718)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/09-vin-fiz-flyer.jpgVin Fiz FlyerThe Wright EX (a customised Model B) 'Vin Fiz Flyer' starts off on its epic transcontinental flight, September 17th, 1911. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/09-cal-rogers-3.jpg09 Cal Rogers 3https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/07-huffman-launch.jpgHuffman LaunchWilbur Wright and Charles Taylor manage the Huffman Prairie catapult, as Orville begins the first 1905 flight of the Flyer III. (LoC P&P ppprs.00639 | wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/08a-wright-vertical-4-e1495589277904.jpgWright Vertical 4The left, magneto, side of a Wright 4-40 motor from 1911, looking from slightly behind – the pusher propeller bolts to the shaft in the flywheel. (LoC P&P pprs.00684)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/06-first-flight-e1495589237334.jpgFirst FlightThe Moment: With Charlie's motor clattering beside him, Orville lifts into the stiff, cold Atlantic wind on December 17th, 1903. (JT Daniels | LoC, P&P pprs.00626)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/08-charlie-and-wilbur.jpgCharlie and WIlburBetter days... Charlie (left) and Wilbur Wright attach a canoe to the Flyer as a safety measure, before making an over-water flight from Governor's Island, NYC, in 1909. (LoC P&P cph.3b25549)2020-08-16T22:22:55+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/09/05/wright-brothers/2024-09-18T03:17:36+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2020/01/05/the-story-of-ew999/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/churchills-c-54-cutaway.pngChurchills C-54 CutawayFlight cutaway showing internal arrangements of the Skymaster. Unfortunately the main spar area is missing. (Flight) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/churchill-copy.jpgChurchill's SkymasterWinston Churchill steps off EW999 at Gatow, Berlin, before the post-war Potsdam Conferece. (wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/skymaster-ew999-profile.pngSkymaster EW999 ProfileEW999 during one of its stops at RAF Lyneham airfield, outside London. The third porthole shows through to the open cargo doors, indicating the start of the Conference Room and the size of Churchill's stateroom aft. (© IWM ATP 13077C)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/rumbold-ad.jpgRumbold AdA January 1945 advertisement for Rumbold & Company. (Grace's Guides)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ft-stateroom.jpgEW999 StateroomThree views of The Owner's elegant, if compact, stateroom in the aft section of the C-54. The bulkheads and ceiling are all lined with pale tan leather. (Flight)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ft-interior.jpgEW999 InteriorEW999's interior as she was delivered to Armstrong-Whitworth for fitting out... A blank canvas, indeed! (Flight)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ft-galley.jpgRAF Skymaster GalleyThree views of the galley furnished by General Electric. The switch panel at top left is the call system from the various passenger compartments. (Flight)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ft-conference.jpgEW999 Conference RoomChurchill's flying conference room, complete with swivel chairs, wood panelling and leather-lined ceiling. (Flight)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ft-audio-checks.jpgEW999 FitoutTechnicians from Rumbold & Co. check the Skymaster's skin for sources of noise ingress. (Flight)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/c-54-silhouettes.jpgRAF SkymasterSkymaster recognition silhouettes, originally from RAF sources. (wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)2020-09-18T08:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2020/03/23/ohare-city/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kord-selection-4-cape-horn.jpgKORD Selection 4 (Cape Horn)KORD arrivals and departures, plus a timeless flurry of clouds and birds. © Cape Horn Illustrationhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ballparks-cape-horn.jpgBallparks (Cape Horn)'America's favorite pastime' illustrated. Phil has a complementary piece showing Ballparks of the South Side. © Cape Horn Illustrationhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chicago-lakefront-currents-west-cape-horn.jpgChicago Lakefront Currents West (Cape Horn)'Chicago Lakefront Currents West' is a fantastic interpretation of Chicago from above Lake Michigan. Phil also has a companion 'Chicago Lakefront Currents East', looking back the other way. © Cape Horn Illustration https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chicago-lakefront-currents-west-cape-horn-small.jpgChicago Lakefront Currents West (Cape Horn) SMALL'Chicago Lakefront Currents West' is a fantastic interpretation of Chicago from above Lake Michigan. Phil also has a companion 'Chicago Lakefront Currents East', looking back the other way. © Cape Horn Illustration https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/phil-thompson-vincent.jpgPhil Thompson & VIncentPhil Thompson and Vince, from the Cape Horn website. © Cape Horn Illustrationhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kord-complete-cape-horn.jpgKORD Complete (Cape Horn)Phil Thompson's charming, disarming take on O'Hare International Airport. © Cape Horn Illustrationhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/oharecityfeature.jpgOHareCityFeature2020-03-26T21:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2020/02/04/the-story-of-ew999-part-4/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kl977-as-91994.jpgKL977 as 91994KL977, now USN Bu.No 91994, in storage at Davis-Monthan in July 1970. (© Bob Garrard via flickr.com | Used with permission.) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kl977-as-n3054v.jpgKL977 as N3054VKL977, now N3054V, as seen in July 2019 at Palmer, Alaska. Erm, attention RAF Museum...? (© Stephen Powney via flickr.com | Used with permission) https://www.flickr.com/photos/qsyonroute/49230078892/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kl985-as-hk1860.jpgKL985 as HK1860The start of a sad end for KL985, as she heads into dereliction at Villavicencio, Colombia in November 1992. (© Peter Garwood via flickr.com | Used with permission)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/42-72680-6.jpg42-72680-6The wreckage of 42-72680 strewn across a mountainside on Santa Maria Island, the Azores.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/not-kl982-as-vp-maa.jpgNot KL982 as VP-MAAMystery ship... C-54D-5-DC msn 10640 (#42-72535) is often mis-cast as ex-BuNo 91997. Despite a fascinating career, including less than six months as Malta Metropolitan's entire fleet, it was never KL982. (© Ken Fielding via flickr.com | Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kl983-as-fire118.jpgKL984 as Fire118Waig Aircraft's 'Fire Bomber #118', N96449 and ex KL984, seen at Tuscon, AZ, in October 1978. (© Kerry Tailor via flickr.com | Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kl980-as-91996.jpgKL980 as 91996Back in the UK... KL980, now USN Bu.No. 91996, at RNAS Yeolvilton in 1965. (© Steve Ryle)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lancastrian.jpgLancastrianAvro Type 691 Lancastrian, clearly showing its Lancaster bomber bloodline. This aircraft has been adapted as a testbed for the Rolls-Royce 'Nene' jet engine. (© IWM | ATP 14764D)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kl980-at-prestwick.jpgKL980 at PrestwickSkymaster KL980 (42-72532 and not 'KL990') of No.232 Squadron at RAF Prestwick, Scotland - a major staging port for transatlantic flights. How many other aircraft can you ID? (© IWM | CH 16461)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kl980-01.jpgKL980 01KL980 at Prestwick again. This angle really highlights the size and modernity of the DC-4/C-54 design. (© IWM | CH 16462)2022-02-24T18:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2020/02/16/early-days-at-ohare/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/orchardfeature.jpgOrchardFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/steel-saver-3.jpegSteel Saver 3https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/steel-saver-2.jpegSteel Saver 2https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/steel-saver-1.jpegSteel Saver 1https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/skymaster-tyres.jpegSkymaster Tyreshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ohare_from_iss_12-06-2019.jpgO'Hare_from_ISS_12-06-2019KORD seen from the International Space Station, June 2019. The original Douglas factory was under the upper left (northeast) section. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/steel-cover.jpegSteel CoverThe cover of Flying magazine, November 1943.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/douglas-chicago-interior-copy.jpgDouglas Chicago Interior copyFinal assembly at Orchard Place. Note the massive wooden trusses of the factory roof (and the people, for scale). 2020-03-23T10:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2020/01/25/the-story-of-ew999-part-3/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/map-moscow-2-1.jpgMap Moscow 2https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/map-moscow-1-1.jpgMap Moscow 1https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/c54s-at-potsdam.jpgC54s at PotsdamPart of the American fleet of C-54s at Gatow Airport for the Potsdam Conference. (ww2db.com) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/boneyard-c-54s.jpgBoneyard c-54sC-54s were being stored for scrapping after WW2 - at Walnut Ridge AK, in this case. They would be wanted again for the Berlin Airlift in 1948. (via lcarsmotorcycles.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/marshall-yenan.jpegMarshall Yen'anGeorge C Marshall and Mao Tse Tung at Yan'an, China in November 1946. Note Marshall's C-54 in the background - tail number 49049. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/marshall-in-china.jpgMarshall in ChinaPossibly a last glimpse of 43-17126, as George C Marshall is welcomed to China by Chiang Kai Shek, Shanghai, December 1945.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/trinity.jpgTrinityThe world's first atomic mushroom cloud - nine seconds into the Trinity test in New Mexico, July 16th, 1945.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/churchill-at-gatow-for-potsdam.jpgChurchill at Gatow for PotsdamWinston Churchill disembarks from EW999 at Gatow, Berlin, before the Potsdam Conference. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ew999-departure.jpgEW999 DepartureRAF airmen cheer as EW999 taxies out from Northolt - this time carrying Clement Attlee to Potsdam on July 28th, 1945. (© IWM 15771) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/c-54-overhead-1.jpgC-54 OverheadA distinctive outline... Obviously this is a USAAF C-54 (with take-off flaps deployed) not EW999 over Saky - but you get the idea. (SDASM 00013429)2020-03-23T10:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/11/30/future-flight/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/aerion-as2.jpgAerion AS2The latest iteration of the Aerion AS2 Mach 1.6 Supersonic Business Jet, or SBJ. Aerion is a proven stayer in this perilous category. (Aerion)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/alice-construction.jpegAlice ConstructionThe Eviation Alice prototype takes shape, ahead of the 2019 Paris Air Show. Sharp-eyed readers will note that future pilots will need to earn their tail-wheel ticket. (Eviation Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/nasa-neat.jpgNASA NEATThe NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) for developing and ground testing full sized hybrid airliner power. (NASA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/lilium-jet.jpgLilium JetThe distributed ducted fans of the Lilium 'Jet'. Already flight proven, these arrays tilt to provide angled thrust for ascent and descent. (Lilium)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/x-57.jpgX-57 MaxwellThe X-57 Maxwell concept, showing its distributed propulsion system, that can be progressively shut down in cruise mode to save battery power. (NASA Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/boom-overture.jpgBoom OvertureOwing much to its supersonic ancestor, the Boom Aerospace 'Overture' airliner is currently aiming to take off by 2027. (Boom Aerospace)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/x_57-cutaway.jpgX_57 CutawayThis cutaway of the X-57 shows just how much loadspace is given to batteries in current electric aircraft concepts. (NASA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mountain-flying.jpgMountain FlyingAdvanced pilot training... A Pilatus P6 Turbo Porter in the Baliem Valley of New Guinea. ( ♪ ~ | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/gimli-after.jpgGimli AfterWho's flying the plane? The famed Gimli Glider - Air Canada Flight 143 – which was saved by the stick and rudder skills of Captain Bob Pearson in July 1983. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/flight-crew.jpgCockpit viewWhat won't change in the 2020s is what matters most - piloting skills. (John Christian Fjellestad | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)2019-12-03T20:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/11/13/aviation-museum/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/14-caribou-nose.jpgCaribou NoseThe unmistakable front end of Caribou -225. The tail is just as distinctive! (aiscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/13-caribou.jpgCaribouA delight for modellers looking to study weathering, this is the port engine of DHC-4 Caribou A4-225. For over forty years, this 'Bou served in Vietnam, New Guinea and countless humanitarian missions. (aiscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/12-mirage.jpgMirageAlso under restoration is Mirage IIID A3-115, a trainer version of the much loved 'electric cake slice'. In service from 1973 until 1986, -115 was donated to the museum last year after some 17 years as gate guardian at RAAF Edinburgh. (aiscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/11-aero145-again.jpgAero145 againA slightly different view of the Aero 145 to show its unusual - but very efficient - profile. The power of two turbo-charged and fuel injected 140HP Walter Minor M322 engines gave sparkling performance. (aiscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/10-aero145.jpgAero145One of four current major restoration projects is this Aero 145, a 1947 Czech design built in 1961 and delivered (after assembly at Bankstown) in 1962. It was used for tuna spotting and lighthouse support until 1979. (aiscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/09-canberra-cockpit.jpgCanberra CockpitThe Vietnam-era cockpit of an ex-RAAF Canberra, painstakingly restored by SAAM volunteers. This is the view from the rudimentary entry hatch, on the lower right side of the nose. (airscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/08-canberra.jpgCanberraThe deadly efficient lines of the English Electric Canberra. Conceived as a replacement for the Mosquito, Canberras were a global success. Interesting side note: EE graduated into jet aircraft by building most of the production-run DH Vampires. (airscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/07-vampire-f111.jpgVampire F111The Vampire faces an ex-RAAF (A8-132) strike-recon F-111C. The Museum's Vampire dates from 1951, the F-111 first flew in 1968... 17 years and 1,000 knots between them! (airscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/06-vampire.jpgVampireSomewhat forgotten by historians, the DH100 Vampire was technically a World War 2 jet fighter, ordered into production in May 1944 (but with only a handful built by April 1945). It was briefly the fastest jet in the world and, in December 1945, the first jet to land on and launch off a carrier launch. (airscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/05-dakota.jpgDakotaAnother WW2 veteran, but only just, C-47B-35-DK Dakota A65-114 was delivered in June 1945. It brought PoWs back to Australia from Singapore, and later served in Korea.(airscapemag.com | CC BY-SA 3.0)2019-11-14T11:24:03+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/10/28/back-in-the-saddle/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/yppf-aerial.jpgYPPF AerialYPPF from above, looking east. The runways across the top are (running from right to left) 03R then 03L. 08L and 08R run up from lower right. The tower sits at the top corner of the apron. (Michael Coghlan | wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/reims_fa150l_aerobat.jpgReims_FA150L_AerobatAgain, I was too busy to be taking photos, but you get the idea... G-AZID is also a 1970 Rheims C150L Aerobat. (Alan D R Brown | wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/parafield-tower.jpgParafield TowerThe rather charming 1930s-era control tower at YPPF. The field first opened in 1929. (Phil Vabre | wikpedia GFDL 1.2)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/diamond-da-40-n597ra.jpgDiamond DA-40 N597RAAgain, I was too busy to be taking photos, but this isn't too far off the from the view of a DA-40 that we had. It wasn't *quite* this close! (Josh Beasley | wikimedia CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/c150-panel.jpgC150 PanelReally, Witchita? Although this is actually a C150M, the cockpit is just as cosy... The flap lever is behind the comms cord of the right-hand yoke - still within easy reach of the left-hand seat. (Spotting973 | Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/adelaide-airspace.pngAdelaide AirspaceAdelaide's airspace. YPPF is in the middle, nice and close to RAAF Edinburgh. The training area is (YM)D-220, with Class C airspace from 4500 ft. D-280 is an aerobatics box in the Class C air. (Map Data ©2019 SkyVector, ARINC, OpenStreetMap). https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pplreviewfeature.jpgPPLReviewFeature2019-10-28T21:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/09/23/airtime/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/stephen-newton.pngStephen NewtonELIXIRR CEO Stephen Newton and his Cirrus SR22T. ('Airtime' vidcap | © ELIXIRR Consulting Limited)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/vk-30.pngVK-30Alan and Dale Klapmeier's bold VK-30 kit aircraft - the first Cirrus product. ('Airtime' vidcap | © ELIXIRR Consulting Limited)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/vk-30-molding.pngVK-30 MoldingDale and Alan spreading resin on a VK-30 mold, in the basement of the barn at Baraboo around the mid-1980s. (WindRider26 | wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/vision-jets.pngVision JetsNot all the action is in the air – or in the past, Vision Jets take shape in the Cirrus factory at Duluth, WI. ('Airtime' vidcap | © ELIXIRR Consulting Limited)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/klapmeier_brothers.jpgKlapmeier_brothersDale (left) and Alan Klapmeier speaking to EAA members during Airventure 2008, Oshkosh, WI. (WindRider26 | wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/interview.pngInterviewGreat location for an interview... Klapmeier (left) and ELIXIRR CEO Stephen Newton (right) chatting on comms as they fly over Wisconsin. ('Airtime' vidcap | © ELIXIRR Consulting Limited)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dale-klapmeier.pngDale KlapmeierThe one and only Dale Klapmeier, general aviation entrepreneur, innovator, game changer... ('Airtime' vidcap | © ELIXIRR Consulting Limited)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/caps-test.jpgCAPS TestFor most people, this is what Cirrus is most famous for - the CAPS ballistic parachute. But it's a small part of a much bigger innovation story. (NASA Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/airtimefeature.jpgAirtimeFeature2019-10-27T21:11:35+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/09/05/hot-shots/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2013-winner.jpgSpitfire Fighter Aircraft 'Hot Starting' EnginesThis stunning photo of RAFMF Spitfire TE311 performing a hot start was 2013's competition winner.(© 2103 Crown copyright | SAC Graham Taylor)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/rafphotosfeature.jpgRAFPhotosFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/rafa-logo.pngRAFA Logohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/peoples-choice-9-now-you-have-my-attention.jpgPeoples Choice 9 Now You Have My Attentionhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/peoples-choice-8-goose.jpgPeoples Choice 8 Goosehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/peoples-choice-7-plugging-the-gap.jpgPeoples Choice 7 Plugging the Gaphttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/peoples-choice-6-stargazer.jpgPeoples Choice 6 Stargazerhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/peoples-choice-5-concorde.jpgPeoples Choice 5 Concordehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/peoples-choice-4-blue-wake.jpgPeoples Choice 4 - Blue Wakehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/peoples-choice-3-theres-no-place-like-home.jpgPeoples Choice 3 There's No PLace Like Home2019-09-05T21:51:55+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/08/09/unconventional-airacobra/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bell-p-39-airacobra-i-1.jpgbell-p-39-airacobra-iI’ve signed up to the AirModels Affiliate Program. So if you’re after a model, click the pic and they’ll take care of us both.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p-63s-for-russia.jpgP-63s for RussiaFighters for Russia. By 1944 the uSSR was hardly still a 'desperate cause', but the AIracobra was hardly the P-39 either. These are P-63 Kingcobras outside the Bell plant in NY. (via Paul Wieloszynski | Brain.Trust flickr.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/usaac-pursuits.jpgUSAAC PursuitsThe three 'trusted' US pursuits – P-39, P-38 and P-40. War in Europe quickly revealed their shortcomings. (IWM CC BY-NC 3.0 | FRE 10374)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xp-47a-wind-tunnel-model.jpgXP-47A Wind Tunnel ModelThe Republic XP-47A (this is a wind tunnel model) had more in common with the P-39 and P-40, until reports from Europe spurred Republic to a complete rethink and the more familiar P-47B ‘Thunderbolt’. (NASA | NACA 25005)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/raf-p400.jpgRAF P-400 'AH585'A nicely atypical view of AH585, showing it's purposeful and very aerodynamic lines. Given the apparent press coverage, I'd say AH601 and AH585 were the first 2 Airacobras delivered to the squadron. (via Paul Wieloszynski | Brain.Trust flickr.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/raf-p400-inspection.jpgRAF P-400 inspectionIn all likelihood a staged photo of groundcrew swarming over AH601, I guess after pushing it into position in the photo above. (via Paul Wieloszynski | Brain.Trust flickr.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/raf-p-400-airacobra.jpgRAF P-400 AiracobraBell Airacobra I of 601 Sqn, RAF, sometime in 1941. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/raf-airacobra-ah601.jpgRAF Airacobra AH601601 Sqn ground crew push AH601 over the grass. I'm not sure what's going on, or who's sitting on the nose, but the civilians at right are possibly press covering the new type's arrival. (via Paul Wieloszynski | Brain.Trust flickr.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p-400-skylark-xiii.jpgP-400 Skylark XIII EJ Gracie601 Commander, Sqn Ldr Edward John Gracie, steps out of his AH601 'Skylark XIII'. Gracie was a Battle of Britain ace, Malta veteran Mosquito intruder. He was shot down and killed near Hanover on the night of February 15th, 1944. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p-39_1.jpgP-39CP-39C-BE assigned to the 40th PS / 31st PG at Selfridge Field, MI. P-39s would be assigned to many US fighter squadrons before their overseas deployment. (USAAF)2019-08-11T22:03:38+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/08/01/concentrated-learning/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fuel-bowser.jpgFuel BowserIt's not just in the air... Aviation has plenty of opportunities for a loss of focus to get nasty.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/red-stripe.jpgRed Stripehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/climb-out.jpgClimb Outhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/surface-water.jpgSurface Water(Safety disclaimer: I didn't take this photo - not in the circuit and not while flying. My son took it from the back seat on a different flight.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/post-flight.jpgPost-Flighthttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/concentratedfeature.jpgConcentratedFeature2019-08-11T22:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/07/24/raising-the-colours/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/b24assemblyfeature.jpgB24AssemblyFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/spotted-cow.jpgSpotted Cowhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/spotted-cow-2.jpgSpotted Cow (2)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/spotted-ass-ape.jpgSpotted Ass Apehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/spotted-ass-ape-2.jpgSpotted Ass Ape (2)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/silver-streak.jpgSilver Streakhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pete-the-pom-inspector.jpgPete The Pom Inspectorhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pete-the-pom-inspector-2.jpgPete The Pom Inspector (2)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mystery-ship.jpgMystery Shiphttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/little-gramper.jpgLittle Gramper2021-12-01T17:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/18/the-aw52/2023-05-07T06:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/06/28/and-with-us-still/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3740.jpgB-17 Crash MemorialThe memorial plaque and information board. (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3726.jpgMad HatterRob "The Mad Hatter" and Missus. Rob is ex Royal Navy and simply heard of the event on the grapevine. Nevertheless, he felt he ought to pay his respects to the memory of 44-6133's crew. (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3682.jpgD-Day EnactorsMembers of DROP ZONE 1 D Day enactors. (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3625.jpgB-17 Crews RememberedThe memorial unveiled. Left to right, Mitch Peeke, Jeanne Cronis-Campbell, Noel Tognazzini. (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3620.jpgMedway Big BandMedway Big Band getting everyone "In The Mood"! (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3608.jpgMemorial to 44-6133Noel Tognazzini and Jeanne Cronis-Campbell unveil the memorial plaque. (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3605.jpgTaps / The Last PostThe leader of Medway Big Band blows "Taps". (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3599.jpgNo.213 ATC SquadronNo.213 (City of Rochester) Squadron, ATC form the Honour Guard. Noel and Jeanne are standing with the Vicar, right. (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3597.jpgAllhallows MemorialMitch gives his pre-unveiling speech. (Photo © Mylo Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3588.jpgWillys Jeep1943 vintage Willy's jeep "Queenie". (Photo © Mylo Peeke)2019-07-01T07:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/06/22/down-in-one-pieces/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/allamericanfeature.jpgAllAmericanFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/all-american-airborne-1.jpgAll American airborneFlying Flit Gun navigator Cliff Cutforth's immortal shot of All American with her tail almost sliced away. (National Museum of the Air Force, 050524-F-1234P-015)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/lettermaster.jpgNuessle LetterThe letter and photo All American navigator Lt. Harry Nuessle sent home to his wife. The text reads "Censor, Should there be some law, rule or regulation against sending the picture below to my wife, please seal the flap and return – it is an unduplicatable shot and one I should hate to lose. This image is all over the internet, but the original is in an album still kept by Harry's daughter Linda. Click to enlarge. (Nuessle Collection, via reddog1944.com) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-17-41-24406-starborad-side.jpgB-17 41-24406 Starborad Side(Above and Below) All American's damage from the starboard side, showing the deep slash through her tail fillet. (ww2db.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-17-41-24406-starboard-damage.jpgB-17 41-24406 Starboard DamageB-17 #41-24406 'All American'https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/all-american-tail-damage.jpgBoeing B-17FBent but not broken... Resting on the tailcone, what remained of All American's tail section after landing at Biskra. (National Museum of the Air Force, 060517-F-1234S-006)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/all-american-crewmen.jpgAll American crewmenUnfortunately I can't be positive, but I'd guess these are three of the All American's non-com crew, posing with the ship after their remarkable return to Biskra.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/all-american-bragg.jpgAll American BraggAll American back on the ground at Biskra, Algeria, on February 1st, 1943. I suspect (but can't be positive) that's pilot Ken Bragg Jr standing midships and Navigator Harry Neussle by the tail.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/all-american-b-17.jpgAll American B-17Again, likely but (not definitely) All American's Navigator Harry Neussle, posing by the tail of his B-17 - while incredulous groundcrew inspect the damage. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/414th_expeditionary_reconnaissance_squadron.png414th_Expeditionary_Reconnaissance_SquadronToday, the 414th is an expeditionary recon squadron operating MQ-1B Predator drones. But the All American name, patch and story lives on.2020-12-08T20:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/06/14/monumental-days/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/alcockbrown-clifden.jpgAlcock&Brown-ClifdenA hazy newspaper photo, from June 15th, 1919, shows soldiers guarding the crumpled wreck of Alcock & Brown's 'arrival' in Europe. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ww1-patrol.jpgWW1 PatrolThe Observer of an RFC Sopwith 1½ Strutter is handed extra Lewis Gun magazines as he and his pilot get ready for a patrol. France, 1917 (IWM Q 65429)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/taking-off.jpgVickers Vimy Taking OffAlcock and Brown taking off from St.Johns, Newfoundland, on the afternoon of June 14th, 1919. (Public.Resource.org | flickr.com CC By 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/monument.jpgMonumentThe substantial (at 12 feet in height) monument marking the site of Alcock & Brown’s ‘arrival’ some 500 metres away, in Derrygimlagh Bog, Co. Galway. (Smb1001 | wikipedia CC-BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/curtiss_nc-4.jpgCurtiss_NC-4Designed by flying boat maestro Glenn Curtiss, the ingeniously four-engined NC-4 photographed on its triumphant tour of the US East Coast, having been shipped home from Portsmouth, England, after the Atlantic flight. (US Navy | Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-24-liberators.jpgB-24 LiberatorsA trio of 458th Bomb Group Liberators, based out of Horsham St. Faith including the Group’s flight assembly ship B-24H-10-DT “Spotted Ape” (or “Spotted Ass Ape”, depending who was asking) #41-28697. (IWM FRE 6711)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/assembly.jpgAssemblyThe Vickers Vimy is assembled on Newfoundland, ready for Alcock and Brown’s attempt on the Atlantic. (John Halbrook | flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/alcock-and-brown.jpgAlcock and BrownSome time after their flight, Alcock (left) and Brown pose with the recovered and repaired Vickers Vimy. The aircraft is now displayed in the Science Museum, London. (Public.Resource.org | flickr.com CC By 2.0)2019-08-02T11:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/04/02/going-by-air-part-3/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-adelaide-airport.jpg03 Adelaide AirportAdelaide to Sydney, 90 years on. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-qantas-dh50-1.jpgQantas DH50The last QANTAS-built DH50J VH-ULG ‘Hippomenes’ at Longreach, Queensland in August 1929. J versions used a variety of radial engines, Qantas typically installing the Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar of around 350hp. (BAE Systems)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-anec-iii.jpgANEC IIIThe airlines powerful new planes were ANEC III monoplanes built by the Air Navigation and Engineering Company of Addlestone, Surrey. LASCO bought the entire production run of three and later re-engined them with the apparently ubiquitous Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar - as seen here. (National Library of Australia | 144673026)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-handley-page.pngHandley-PageHandley-Page's invention was controllable slotted slats on the leading edge. Invented concurrently by Gustav Lachmann in Germany, the two designers worked together on a demonstration aircraft which became the HP.20 shown here. (Flight magazine via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-route-map.jpgRoute MapAustralian Aerial Services revised their routes as planned from August 1925 - as this 1920 route map makes clear.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-cootamundra-1.jpgCootamundra, NSWThis later (1950s) view of Cootamundra still shows the relevant features, with the racetrack at lower left and the railway to its right... Plus, of course, the endless plains beyond. (State Library of NSW | FL8814331)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-hendon-departure-e1553429911804.jpegHendon DepartureSopwith Wallaby G-AUDU ready to depart Hendon (Woodville) for the inaugural Adelaide to Sydney airmail in June 1924. Hendon was already being encroached on by suburban growth (sound familiar?) and would close in 1928. (State Library of S.A. | B2248)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-dh50-at-hay-nsw.jpgDH50 at Hay, NSWIntrepid air travellers pose with their aircraft at Hay, NSW, in the mid-1920s. This is undoubtedly an AAS DH.50, but it's impossible to tell which one. (HistoryInPhotos | flickr.com via Trove)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-goulburn.jpgGoulburnAn aerial view of Goulburn, NSW, during the 1920s. (National Library of Australia | 160559686)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-briggs-sydney.jpgBriggs SydneyCapt. Francis Briggs meeting a pair of notable (but unnamed ) Sydney-siders after his flight. (National Library of Australia | 163172834)2024-07-16T05:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/03/19/going-by-air-1/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-swan-reach.jpeg01 Swan ReachLocals crowd around another company DH-4, G-AUCM 'Scrub Bird', at Swan Reach in 1923. It was likely the first aircraft many had ever seen, and their enthusiasm is a joy to behold. Don't miss the little boy ducking under the wing... (State Library of SA | B-58404)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-swan-reach-view-e1553000531296.jpegSwan Reach ViewA view of Swan Reach, SA, situated on a loop of the River Murray. (State Library of SA | B57261) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-sir-alan-cobham-dh50-cabin.jpgSir-Alan-Cobham DH50 cabinCobham's passengers look out of their cabin window - showing exactly how compact the DH.50s accommodation really was. (Royal Scottish Geological Society Archives) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-sir-alan-cobham-dh-50.jpgSir Alan Cobham DH-50This photo of Sir Alan Cobham about to depart on his 1924-25 flight to India in a DH.50 gives a good view of the cabin and its closure. (Royal Scottish Geological Society Archives)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-mildura.jpgMildura, VICDeakin Ave, the main street of Mildura, in the 1920s. (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-king-william-street-e1553000050665.jpegKing William Street, AdelaideKing William Street, Adelaide, looking north, in 1925. (R.E. Collett (1887-1965) | State Library of South Australia B2755)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-gauej-wattle-bird.jpgG-AUEJ Wattle BirdOur writer's aircraft – De Havilland DH.50 G-AUEJ (later VH-UEJ), 'Wattle Bird'. Built by the airline's parent company Larkin Supply Co of Melbourne, it was later converted to a J model with a 450hp Bristol Jupiter radial engine and eventually destroyed by fire during a forced landing in 1932. (State Library of NSW | FL1049636)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-dh50-prototype.jpgDH.50 PrototypeThe prototype De Havilland DH50 G-EBFN ground running at Stag Lane. The cabin must have been a good deal warmer and noisier than our passenger lets on! (BAE Systems)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-air-map-loxton.jpgAir Map LoxtonA small section of the Adelaide - Cootamundra strip map (Air Route 9) that pilots used on the airmail service. It shows Loxton, on the River Murray. (© National Museum of Australia | CC BY-SA 4.0) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-aas-ticket.pngAAS TicketTickets were nothing more than a thin slip of paper with the date and route (Adelaide to Renmark, 17th March 1927 in this case) hand-written on the back. (South Australian Aviation Museum)2019-05-20T13:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/05/20/going-by-air-part-4/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lasco-aerial-1.jpgLasco AerialA nice, if undated view of the LASCO factory and 'Melbourne Airport' facilities, on Coode Island, Melbourne. (State Library of Victoria | 1652357)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/horace-brinsmead.jpgHorace BrinsmeadHorace Brinsmead, Australia's first Controller of Civil Aviation. A veteran of everything from the Battle of Lone Pine on Gallipoli, to the the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, he was not a man to be trifled with. (Airways Museum Collection)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sopwith-wallaby.jpgSopwith WallabyThe one-off Sopwith Wallaby, about to take off from Hounslow, England for Australia in late 1919. It would make it to Australia eventually, but not by air. (Flight magazine)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dolphin-cockpit.jpgSopwith Dolphin CockpitIn contrast to the RE8, the Sopwith Dolphin was a serious killing machine, with buried twin Vickers guns, Aldis sight and unobstructed upward view. (IWM Q 69634)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/re8.jpgRE8A nice in-flight view of the venerable RE8 observation (and sometimes night bomber) aircraft - a true stalwart of the RFC/RAF in WW1. (IWM Q12175)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lasco-lascoter.jpgLASCO LascoterThe LASCO Lascoter, re-engined with an Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar instead of its original Puma, taking joyrides in the early 1930s. The only one of its type, the Lascoter was the first Australian designed and built aeroplane to receive a Certificate of Airworthiness. (Museum Victoria | 766001)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lasco-1930.jpgLASCO 1930By May 1930, LASCO had grown to over 100 staff. The aircraft in this photo is the one-off 'Lasconder' VH-UMY powered by Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose engines. (Museums Victoria | 773094)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lasco-1928.jpgLASCO 1928The staff of Larkin Aircraft Supply Company Limited at Coode Island (now part of Port Melbourne) in 1928. 'Jimmy' Larkin is seated, third from right. G-EVBV, in the hangar, was one of two ex-RFC SE5a scouts brought to Australia that year to demonstrate skywriting. (Museums Victoria | 773084)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/swan-reach.jpegSwan ReachLASCO's De Havilland DH.4 G-AUCM 'Scrub Bird', at Swan Reach in (late) 1923. First registered in 1921, G-AUCM had been bought by Larkin from a private owner in 1922. (State Library of SA | B-58395)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/larkin.jpgHerbertLarkinHerbert 'Jimmy' Larkin (1894 – 1972) An extremely fresh-faced Larkin - presumably in his enlistment photo from 1914. 2019-05-21T22:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/03/24/going-by-air-part-2/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-yanco-e1553425428461.jpegYancoYanco was the start of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme, which turned the NSW Riverina from sheep runs into a national food bowl starting in 1908. (State Library of S.A. | PRG 280/1/10/308)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-murrumbidgee-flood.jpgMurrumbidgee FloodThe Murrumbidgee flood of 1925 was the worst in 34 years. One person drowned at Canberra and several towns were badly damaged. (National Library of Australia | 136970630)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-lasco-hangar-at-hay-in-1924.jpgLASCO Hangar at Hay, NSWThe AAS hangar at Hay, seen in 1924 with Bristol Tourer G-AUCA inside. Presumably the facilities were upgraded as Hay became the maintenance centre a year later. (CAHS 3662-311-625)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-hay-nsw.jpgHay, NSWThe Hotel Commercial in Hay, NSW, during the 1920s. More importantly, note the condition of the town's streets! (HistoryInPhotos | flickr.com via NLA Trove)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-g-auek.jpg02 G-AUEKSister to the 'Wattle Bird', this is Australian Aerial Services DH.50A "Bell Bird", G-AUEK. This aircraft was later converted to a J model with a 450hp Bristol Radial. (NSW Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |325045)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-g-auek-crashed.jpgG-AUEK CrashedG-AUEK again, in much sadder circumstances. There's no information on this accident, except that it is in the Horrie Miller Collection at the NLA. From that, I can only surmise the scene is near Broken Hill in 1928 or 1929. (National Library of Australia | 148261558)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-f-s-briggs.jpgF S Briggs(Then) Lt. Francis Stewart Briggs, RAF, at Hounslow, England, in 1919. Briggs' time as an AAS pilot was just a small part of a remarkable aviation career. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-dh50-speaking-tube.jpgDH50 Speaking TubeA priceless photo from West Australian Airways, showing a DH.50 pilot through through the communication tube from the cabin. (National Library of Australia | 149122648) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-cootamundra-life.jpgCootamundra LifeTo put the period in context, this is Ethel Ward and family, with their new 1923 Fiat – one of the first cars in Cootamundra. (State Library of NSW | FL1678637)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-bristol-tourer-g-auca-balranald-c1924-cahs-3662-313-625.jpgBristol Tourer at BalranaldAnother photo of G-AUCA, this time at Balranald some 74 miles west of Hay. The raw country is typical of far western NSW, even today. (CAHS 3662-313-625)2019-04-02T09:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/07/01/somme-101/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/00-be2c-over-somme.jpg00 Be2c over SommeA Royal Flying Corps BE2c flies past the mill at Franvillers and a troop of 'PBI' from the Royal Engineers, August 25th, 1916. (IWM Q 4154)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/13a-somme-1-july-1916.jpgSomme-1-July-1916https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/22a-thiepval.jpgThiepval Redoubts mapA map of German defences around Thiepval, July 1916. (WIkipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/18a-mametz.jpgAdvance on MametzThe advance on Mametz – the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (20th Brigade, British 7th Division) cros no man's land near Mametz on 1 July 1916. (WIkipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/aircraft-eindecker.jpgAircraft EindeckerA Scourge no more... Even in the skilled hands of aces like Immelmann, the dread Fokker Eindecker met its match in the new fighters of a rapidly expanding RFC. (IWM Q 66385)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/aircraft-be2c-profile.jpgAircraft BE2c ProfileOriginally built for reconnaissance and hardly looking like a war plane at all, the venerable, vulnerable B.E.2c (IWM Q 56847)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/aircraft-be2c-camera.jpgAircraft BE2c CameraAn RFC mechanic demonstrates the heavy, cumbersome C-type aerial reconnaissance camera as typically mounted on the B.E.2c. (IWM Q 33850)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/28-memorial.jpgPozieres MemorialAustralian soldiers attend the unveiling of a memorial to the 1st Australian Division at Pozieres, the Somme, on July 8th, 1917. (LoC P&P ggbain.25227)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/27-albatros-down.jpgAlbatros DownRFC air mechanics at Fienvillers dismantle an Albatros C.III brought down later in the Battle. (IWM 11884)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/24a-archie.jpgArchieThe turning tide... British gunners run to fire their 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun at German aircraft over Montauban, October 1916. (IWM Q 1416)2019-03-27T09:18:11+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/11/12/tell-the-sky-to-rejoice/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/walkaround.jpgWalkaroundApproaching the aircraft for the first time in a long time. I actually felt better at this point than I did driving down to the airfield! (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tiger.jpgTiger MothAdelaide Biplanes has a great fleet, including this DH-82a Tiger Moth. I'm sure Martyn Smith would rather take this old lady for a flight than an old fellow like me! (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sport-cub-aldinga.jpgSport-Cub-AldingaAs I walked in, I got my first view of the Sport Cub waiting for me. No pressure then... But check out the sensible YADG fences. (airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rusty-pilot-takeoff.jpgRusty-Pilot-TakeoffBack in the air, and it feels SO good. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/propeller-twirling.jpgPropeller-TwirlingPropeller twirling...With everything – including me – all set to go, go we did. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/post-flight.jpgPost-Flight21-8058 after I'd finished with it. And I'll be back soon! (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/post-flight-line.jpgPost-Flight-LineThe Sport Cub parked up on the grass after the flight. This really is how training fields should look. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/less-rusty-pilot.jpgLess-Rusty-PilotCheck one less rusty pilot! This is just my selfie face – I'm actually ecstatic, but no more attractive, on the inside! (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cockpit-panel.jpgCockpit-PanelThe Sport Cub's front panel, with everything you need for playing around on a summer breeze – plus a few nice-to-haves. Note the frame down-tubes above the switches. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/adelaide-biplanes.jpgAdelaide-BiplanesSo, this is my flying school now. Adelaide Biplanes at YADG. And I know you're jealous, but I'll be having too much fun to apologise! (airscape Photo)2019-03-19T13:17:38+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/02/28/out-and-back/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/yadg-aldinga-aircraft.jpgYADG Aldinga aircraftThe Sunday afternoon line-up at Adelaide Biplanes. How could you not want to go flying...? (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sportcub-spinner.jpgSportCub SpinnerFlying light... The business end of 8058, where all 100 ponies of the Continental O-200 live. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sportcub-8058.jpgSportCub 8058SportCub 8058. A very likeable aircraft, especially as I get to know it better – but definitely not one to get complacent around. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/runway-14-hills.jpgRunway 14 HillsLooking down RWY 14 at the ridge beyond. There's just room to fly a circuit before the hill, and when the wind comes over the top you can just imagine how it falls down onto the runway. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flight-plan.jpgFlight Plan...And some numbers to fly by. Eagle-eyed locals will note that I wrote the frequency for YADG down wrong. It wasn't actually a problem, but it does show why a second pair of eyes is essential. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flight-plan-vtc.jpgFlight Plan VTCPretty much the entire extent of our planning - a pencil line from Aldinga to Clayton. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flight-plan-claytons.jpgFlight Plan ClaytonsHere's the plan for getting home, without the surprise diversion off to the north and up past Milang. (airscape Photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fleurieu.jpgFleurieu BeachesOkay, I don't mean to brag - but this is where I get to fly now! South Australia's beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cross-country.jpgCross CountryLooking back (on a different day) over the area of my 'unplanning exercise'. If you try really hard, you can just make out Lake Alexandrina under the horizon on the right. (airscape Photo) 2019-03-19T13:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2019/02/22/still-with-us/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/burns-crew-e1550835002258.jpgThe Burns CrewThe full (10-man) 'Burns Crew' of Heavenly Body II. Only 9 of the men were aboard for their short, second raid of June 19th.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/525thbs-patch.png525thBS PatchUnit patch of the 525th Bombardment Squadron. (IWM FRE 005124)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/525thbs-casualty.jpg525thBS CasualtyThe grim reality... 525th staff trasnfer the body of Sgt. Noonan from his B-17 to an ambulance, after Noonan was killed by flak during a raid on Schweinfurt, February 24th, 1944. (IWM FRE 4752) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/525th-crew-feature.jpeg525th BS CrewsAircrew from the 525th Bomb Squadron get coffee and donuts from a Red Cross van at Kimbolton, March 2nd, 1944. (IWM UPL36931)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/525th-bs-in-flak.jpeg525th BS in flakWhere angels would fear to tread... Ships of the 525th Bomb Squadron (H) brave flak bursts on their way into a target. Date and location unknown. (IWM UPL 20136) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/525bs-379bg-b17g.jpg525BS 379BG B17GSister ship to Heavenly Body II and another Douglas Long Beach B-17G, this is the 525th's B-17G-30-DL #42-38111 at Kimbolton. (IWM FRE 6227)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/379thbg-patch.png379thBG Patch379th Bomb Group unit patch. The motto, 'Potestas Accuratioque' translates as 'power and precision'. (wikipedia)2019-06-03T06:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/12/26/nice-ideas/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AirNZ-ZK-OJO.jpgAirNZ ZK-OJOAir New Zealand A320-232 ZK-OJO, lining up for departure from Adelaide. OJO was delivered new (msn 2663) to Freedom Air in January 2006, then taken on by Air New Zealand from March 2008. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AirNZ-Livery.jpgAirNZ LiveryA better look at Air NewZealand's distinctive black and white livery, featuring a silver fern and the koru - a traditional emblem of voyaging Polynesian canoes. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Air-NZ-Christmas-02.jpgAir NZ Christmas 02https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Air-NZ-Christmas-01.jpgAir NZ Christmas 01https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Aerosearcher-P-51-e1545482050976.pngAerosearcher P-51Oh yes, and I'll be needing one of those please Santa... (aerosearcher.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/aerosearcher-02.jpgaerosearcher 02https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/aerosearcher-01.jpgaerosearcher 01https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AeroSearcherFeature.jpgAeroSearcherFeature2018-12-31T08:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/12/18/auld-lang-syne/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Somme-soldier.jpgSomme soldierA young soldier on a German gun captured at Flers-Courcelette, September 15th, 1916. (IWM Q 4368)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Troops-on-the-Somme.jpgTroops on the SommeBritish troops settle into the relative shelter of shell holes in September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. (IWM Q 4260)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/G-AHEM-Balmoral-II.jpgG-AHEM Balmoral IIBOAC L-049 Constellation G-AHEM (cn 1978), 'Balmoral II'. (San Diego Air & Space Museum #00068301)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/G-AHEL-Constellation.jpgG-AHEL ConstellationBOAC Constellation G-AHEL 'Bangor II' being refuelled at Gander, Newfoundland, sometime around 1950. (Photo courtesy of Town of Gander)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/December18Feature.jpgDecember18Feature2018-12-19T18:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/05/16/triple-tale/2021-03-03T21:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/03/02/constellation-crossing/2018-12-19T17:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/10/16/hard-landing/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rcscaleairplanes-post07.jpgRCScaleAirplanes Post07© 2015 RC Scale Airplanes. All rights reserved.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rcscaleairplanes-post06.jpgRCScaleAirplanes Post06© 2015 RC Scale Airplanes. 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All rights reserved.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hardlandingfeature.jpgHardLandingFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hardlandingfeature2.jpgHardLandingFeature22018-11-03T22:40:43+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/10/10/gone-awry/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ap-3c_orion.jpgAP-3C OrionBristling with antennae, blisters, and prop blade, a RAAF AP-3C Orion seen late in the P-3's 50-year enlistment. (Timothy | wikipedia CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/saam-orion.jpgSAAM OrionA privileged view inside the South Australian Aviation Museum's AP-3C Orion A09-756. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nimrod.jpgRAF NimrodAn RAF Nimrod makes a steep turn on arrival for RIAT 2006. Traces of the underlying Comet design remain. (Tim Felce/Airwolfhound | wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lockheed_l-188a_electra_american_airlines_jp6934492.jpgLockheed L-188A ElectraAn early Lockheed Electra L-188A – American's N6135A (cn 1126)at Phoenix Sky Harbour, AZ, in February 1961. (Jon Proctor | wikipedia GFDL)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dh-60-vh-uic.jpgDH-60 VH-UICIn deference to my friends at Qantas, this DH.60 was photographed outside the Qantas Training hangar at Archerfield, QLD in 1938. So the airline has trained pilots before. This aircraft (cn 849) had been imported into Australia in 1929 and was impressed into the RAAF as A17-115 in 1940. It was crashed and written off in service. (State Library of Queensland) 2023-09-02T09:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/09/08/private-war/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sobanskifeature1.jpgSobanskiFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lt-w-sobanski1.jpegLt W SobanskiLt. Winslow (b. Waclaw) M. Sobanski. (IWM UPL13927 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13928b1.jpg13928bWith the strain of combat starting to show (compare the fresh-faced Lieutenant at the start of the post), this portrait was captioned 'Major Winslow M. Sobanski'. The rank means it must date from the first week of June 1944 – making it one of the last (if not 'the' last) photos of Sobanski. (IWM UPL13591 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13934.jpgSobanski DecoratedSobanski receives an unspecified decoration from (then) Colonel Jesse Auton. Facing the camera at left is (then) Captain Duane Beeson, Commander of the 334th from 15 March to 5 April 1944. (IWM UPL13934 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13933.jpgSobanski & Crew ChiefA really delightful pair of images of Sobanski with his 336th FS crew chief, Sgt. Vincent Giovenco and their P-47D-1-RE #42-7924 'Mike III', from July 1943. (IWM UPL13933 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13932.jpgCrew Chief Giovenco"My crew-chief Sgt. Giovenco & me by my airplane VF-0 (Mike II). I am in my operational gear, as the picture was taken before a scoop (my 20th). May 1943 336 (F) Sqdn". The Thunderbolt is P-47C-2-RE #41-6183, coded VF-O and dubbed 'Mike II'. (IWM UPL13932 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13931c.jpgTakeoff 8April44Thunderbolts taxing for take off at Debden, quite probably for that same landmark mission of April 8th, 1943. (Photo Credit: Sobanski Collection, Cradle of Aviation Museum, NY | IWM UPL13931 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13931b.jpgGoodson 8April44Jim Goodson gives Sobanksi's camera a thumbs up as he gets ready to leave for the Group's first three-squadron P-47 sweep, on April 8th, 1943. (Photo Credit: Sobanski Collection, Cradle of Aviation Museum, NY | IWM UPL13931 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13931a.jpgMike IV Typhoon McGoonThe 'Typhoon McGoon' artwork that adorned the nose of 'Mike IV', likely the work of 334th crew chief Staff Sgt. Don Allen of Cleveland, OH. (Photo Credit: Sobanski Collection, Cradle of Aviation Museum, NY | IWM UPL13931 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13928a.jpgMike IV Cockpit'Mike' Sobanski in the cockpit of 'Mike IV', P-47D-10-RE #42-75120, coded QP-F, which dates the image to the winter of 43/44. (IWM UPL13928 | CC BY-NC 3.0)2020-07-08T13:07:00+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/11/03/pioneer-trail/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/twin-cylinder-herring-engine-1897.jpgTwin-cylinder Herring engine (1897)A twin-cylinder horizontally-opposed gasoline engine designed and built by Herring in 1897. (Meiller/Herring Collection via Dave Gierke Books)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/kill-devil-hills-1902.jpgKill Devil Hills 1902A remarkable image of (L to R) Octave Chanute, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright, Augustus Herring, George Spratt and Dan Tate together at Kill Devil Hills, N.C., during the Wrights' 1902 camp. (Revue generale des sciences pures et appliquees, vol. 14, Nov. 1903, pg. 1136 via Davie Gierke Books) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/kill-devil-flight.jpgKill Devil FlightIf the setting looks familiar – it should: Herring flies the Chanute and Lamson's triple-decker glider at Kill Devil Hills, N.C. during his 1902 visit. That's almost certainly the Wrights' assistant, Dan Tate, running the right wing. (Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University, via Dave Gierke Books)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/herring-burgess-1.jpgHerring-Burgess #1Photo of the Herring-Burgess #1 or 'Flying Fish', taken at Marblehead, Mass. in 1910. Note the stabilising 'jib sails' on top of the wings. (Marblehead Historical Commission via Dave Gierke Books)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/herring-lilienthal.jpgHerring LilienthalHerring's Lilienthal glider at Miller, Ind., in 1896. (1897 Aeronautical Annual via Dave Gierke Books)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/herring-landing-1898.jpgHerring Landing 1898Just frustratingly inconclusive as proof... Herring apparently landing his airplane with his feet, near St. Joseph's, Mich. on October 22nd, 1898. (Meiller/Herring Collection via Dave Gierke Books)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/herring-in-1924.jpgHerring in 1924Later in life, and locked in legal battles; Augustus Herring photographed in 1924. (Meiller/Herring Collection via Dave Gierke Books)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/herring-curtiss.jpgHerring CurtissGlenn Curtiss' 'June Bug' after winning the Scientific American Trophy and $25,000 for the first US flight over one kilometre, on July 4th, 1908. Herring leans on the wing behind AEA engineer 'Doug' McCurdy (in shirtsleeves) and Langley's engineer Charles Manley (in white hat). (LoC P&P cph.3a45230)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/herring-1898-aeroplane.jpgHerring 1898 aeroplaneAugustus Herring posing with his compressed air powered 1898 airplane. (Meiller/Herring Collection via Dave Gierke Books)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/herring-1896-2-surface.jpgHerring 1896 2-SurfaceHerring's 2-surface glider (a modification of his 3-surface glider)in flight at Chanute's Camp at Miller, Indiana, 1896. (1897 Western Society of Engineers via Dave Gierke Books)2018-11-06T07:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/10/22/vital-signs/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/threshold-fence.jpgThreshold-FenceTaking it easy about 100m from the runway threshold - with no fences to spoil the views. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitts-wirraway.jpgPitts-WirrawayA nice indication of the variety on show at Jamestown – Pitts and Wirraway. (airscape Photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitts-knife-edge.jpgPitts-Knife-EdgeChris Sperou, fresh from Aldinga the week before, in his Super Stinker. (airscape Photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/paul-bennet.jpgPaul-BennetAirshow maestro Paul Bennet begins the walk down from his Avenger after an awesome display of the huge warbird. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jamestown-road.jpgJamestown-RoadJamestown's picture-perfect day was 21º with light breezes and great viewing. Those parked aircraft, by the way, are on the far side of YJST's runway! (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jamestown-crowd.jpgJamestown-CrowdHave road, won't travel... A view of the 'general seating' area – Murchland Road, 5491, closed to traffic for the event. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/crowd-and-p40.jpgCrowd-and-P40Some of the heavy warbirds included P-40E VH-KTY, originally #41-25109, which flew for the appreciative crowd. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/country-airshow.jpgCountry-AirshowIt doesn't get much more easy-going than this! Jamestown's uniquely open approach to their spectacular air show. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/barossacopters.jpgBarossaCoptersBarossa Helicopters did a brisk business all day, taking people for a $40 flip over the town in the very best traditions of barnstorming. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/aldinga-sperou.jpgAldinga-SperouAs a glowering front closed in, the inimitable Chris Sperou took advantage of his unlimited aerobatics rating. In case this doesn't look low to you, it was taken with my iPhone – and no zoom! (airscape Photo)2018-10-25T17:11:44+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/09/25/if-you-build-it/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/flight-training1.jpgFlight TrainingProbably the one thing more expensive than paying to learn, is paying to teach. (Bob n Renee | flickr.com CC BY 2.0) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lhr-a380.jpgLHR A380(Mike McBey | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rfds.jpgRFDSLet's not forget that GA is more than training and private participation. It's vital services like medical flights to remote areas, and skillful pilots to fly them. (airscape Photo CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tailwheel.jpgTailwheelStill at YPJT (and still with Alec Wilson) - Classic Aircraft's YMF-5C Waco Super taxis past a Grob trainer belonging to the China Southern West Australian Flying College. (Alec Wilson | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/jandakot.jpgJandakotAb initio trainers and Piper Navajo VH-CYY on the tarmac at Jandakot (YPJT) airport. (Alec Wilson | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/qantas-jetsar-va.jpgQantas Jetsar VABig fish, but not in the global pond. The local airlines have to compete against overseas carriers with very deep pockets – and not just for passengers. (John | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tora-tora-tora.jpgTora Tora Tora(Ted | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rex-saab-340.jpgREX SAAB 340A lot of Australians depend on Regional EXpress to get places. A day in a car doesn't get you far in a country like ours. (airscape Photo CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lax-line-up.jpgLAX Line-upA line-up of competing Asia-Pacific carriers at the LAX international terminal. (Photo: Alan Wilson | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/microcub.jpgMicro Cub 63 First FlightDon't say I didn't warn you... This is no sign of a resurgent GA sector, it's the the MicroCub, a 60-percent-scale Super Cub, currently being used to test integration of UAVs into national airspace systems. (Lauren Hughes/NASA)2018-10-01T13:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/09/02/go-with-the-flow/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/don-blakeslee.jpgDon BlakesleeThe irascible, bellicose and brilliant Colonel Don Blakeslee, Commander of the 4th Fighter Group from January to September 1944. (© IWM FRE5321)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/f-16xl-and-f-16a.jpgF-16XL and F-16AA nice top-down comparison of the F-16XL and a standard F-16, taken during the UK's Farnborough Air Show, September 12th, 1982. (USAF DFSC8309387)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/naca-airfoils.jpgNACA AirfoilsA sample of the NACA airfoils that had been derived in the Variable Density Tunnel and published in August 1929. (NASA L-05334)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/f-16xl.jpgF-16XL Scamp Flow Visualization TestA model of the F-16XL undergoing basic flow visualization, as part of NASA's High Speed Research Program. The smoke flow has been illuminated by sheet laser lighting. (NASA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/b747-vortex.jpgModel in Vortex FacilityA B747 model being used to assess wake turbulence in the vortex facility at NASA Langley. (NASA)2018-09-04T05:38:13+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/08/24/significant-other/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/millerfeature.jpgMillerFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/miller-jessie-miller-lancaster.jpgMiller-Jessie-Miller-LancasterA charming photo fraught with undercurrents...Jessie Miller stands between her estranged husband Keith and her flying partner (all ambiguity intended! Capt. Bill Lancaster, after the pair reached Sydney from England in late March 1928. (National Library of Australia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lancaster-miller-red-rose-2.jpgLancaster-Miller-Red-Rose-2Clearly not just a 'passenger' as she was labelled by the newspapers, Jessie helps refuel the Red Rose at Toowoomba before she and Lancaster flew on to Brisbane. (Courtesy Howard Rub and the Darling Downs Aero Club) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lancaster-miller-red-rose-1.jpgLancaster-Miller-Red-Rose-1Jessie (in the front cockpit) and Bill Lancaster arrive at Toowoomba, QLD in the Red Rose on 26 March 1928. (Courtesy Howard Rub and the Darling Downs Aero Club)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jessie-miller-cover.jpgJessie-Miller-Coverhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jessie-miller-1929-ford-tour.jpgNational Air Tour, Mrs. [Jessie] Keith Miller, Australia. - October 5, 1929The consummate pilot, Jessie pictured with her Fleet biplane during the 1929 Ford Tour. (City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 18331)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jessie-miller-1929-cleveland.jpgJessie-Miller-1929-ClevelandJessie speaking to interviewers after winning her Cleveland National Air Races event in 1929. (Courtesy of Chrystopher Spicer)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jessie-miller-1928-over-nsw.jpgJessie-MIller-1928-Over-NSWAvro Avian III G-EBTU 'Red Rose' makes its way down the NSW coast toward Sydney and eventually Hobart, Tasmania, six months after leaving Croydon, England. (National Library of Australia)2019-10-04T08:31:06+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/08/12/star/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/weam-5-p-40-flying-tiger.jpgWEAM (5) P-40 Flying Tiger© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/weam-4-stearman-model-75.jpgWEAM (4) Stearman Model 75© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/weam-3-tbf-avenger-prop.jpgWEAM (3) TBF Avenger Prop© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/weam-2-tbf-avenger-wing-root.jpgWEAM (2) TBF Avenger Wing Root© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/weam-1-t-28-trojan-engine.jpgWEAM (1) T-28 Trojan Engine© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p-51d-7-wingtip.jpgP-51D (7) Wingtip© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p-51d-6-machine-gun-loading-plate.jpgP-51D (6) Machine Gun Loading Plate© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p-51d-5-fuel-cap.jpgP-51D (5) Fuel Cap© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p-51d-4-nose-art.jpgP-51D (4) Nose Art© Hannah Salzmanhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p-51d-3-exhaust.jpgP-51D (3) Exhaust© Hannah Salzman2018-08-14T05:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/08/06/four-turning/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/conniefeature2.jpgConnieFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/saam-hangar.jpgSAAM HangarThe restored Cessna"CC-1" replica of Clyde Cessna's "Silver Wing" in good company at the South Australian Aviation Museum this week. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/qantas-presents.jpgQantas PresentsQantas presents...VH-EAG. The brand new L1049C starring in a period advertising piece. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/night-constellation-zoom.jpgNight Constellation (Zoom)All lady; all class, all the way. And that's all there is to say. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/night-constellation-wide.jpgNight Constellation (Wide)Backstage, after the show. 'Southern Preservation' bedded down for the night, the evening after Warbirds Downunder 2011. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/header-shot.jpgHeader ShotTiger Moth, Ryan PT-22, Hudson, Stearman... It was a heck of a show! 'Connie' returns to Temora after her display for Warbirds Downunder 2011. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/constellation-vh-eam.jpgConstellation VH-EAMA nice colour shot of sister ship VH-EAM 'Southern Spray' (cn 4801, L-1049H-82-133) showing the livery. (Source unknown)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/connie-vh-eag.jpgConnie VH-EAGAnother view of (the current) CV-EAG 'Connie', making a topside pass at Temora. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/b7072-eac.jpgB707(2) EACAnother lovely view of a Qantas V-Jet, this time -EAC ('City of Sydney', c/n 19623-671) departing from Sydney in 1973. -EAC had also been a Qantas Super Constellation registration. (cliperarctic | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/b707-eag.jpgB707 VH-EAGThe second 'EAG', City of Hobart snapped at Rome Airport in 1972, showing the 'V-Jet' livery applied to the -338 fleet. (cliperarctic | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)2018-10-08T10:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/07/29/spitfire-restoration/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/weybridge-cemetery.jpgWeybridge CemeteryA map showing the location of Mutt Summers' grave - plot site #4359, Weybridge Cemetery, Brooklands Lane, Weybridge.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mutt-summers-memorial.jpgMutt Summers Memorial54 first flights, 366 types flown, 5600 hours logged... Summers' legacy should shine a little brighter than this. (Photo courtesy of Elmbridge Borough Council)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mutt-summers-gravestone.jpgMutt Summers GravestoneSuch a simple memorial for such an important aviator. On the Spitfire's legacy alone, the unfinished book theme seems especially fitting. (Photo courtesy of Elmbridge Borough Council)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mutt-summers-gravesite.jpgMutt Summers GravesitePlot #4359, Joseph 'Mutt' Summers, Weybridge Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Elmbridge Borough Council)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/k5054.jpgK5054Summers in the cockpit of K5054 – the first of 20,000 Spitfires – at Eastleigh Aerodrome, Southhampton, for the legendary fighter design's first flights in March 1936.2024-05-20T15:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/07/22/kent-gliding-club/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cirrus-on-base.jpgCirrus on baseAnother memorable shot of the T31 'Cirrus' in the circuit. Note how the sheep remain obediently off the movement areas...! (Photo © Kent Gliding Club)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/t21-cirrus.jpgT21 CirrusA Slingsby T31 high over theKent Gliding Club's airfield at Challock during the 1960s. The T31 was a later, tandem arranged sister to the T21. (Photo © Kent Gliding Club)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/t21-attached.jpgT21 AttachedThe Kent Gliding Club's Slingsby T.21 'Florence' has the winch launch cable attached. This two seat, open cockpit design dates from 1944 and is one of around 50 still flying worldwide. (© Mitch Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/t21-5-approach.jpgT21 5 ApproachT21 Florence coming in to land, a few minutes after being launched. (© Mitch Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/t21-4-release.jpgT21 4 ReleaseT21 Florence lets go of the winch cable. (© Mitch Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/t21-3-climbing.jpgT21 3 ClimbingHow the Winch Driver sees it! (© Mitch Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/t21-2-launch.jpgT21 2 LaunchT21 Florence is climbing hard into the sky on a winch launch. Stick hard back, 45 degree angle and 55 Knots! (© Mitch Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/t21-1-on-tow.jpgT21 1 On Tow"Take up slack!" T21 preparing to be winch launched.This T21, Florence, is owned by a syndicate of club members and operates as part of the Vintage Glider Club. (© Mitch Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kgc-tractor-then.jpgKGC Tractor (Then)Before my parents knew I could drive! Me in command of the Club's venerable Massey-Ferguson tractor, 'back in the day'. (© Mitch Peeke)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kgc-tractor-now.jpgKGC Tractor (Now)This is the very Tractor I learned to drive back in 1976. It is still in working order but is currently in the Hangar, sitting on axle stands, awaiting a Gearbox Bearing before being returned to regular service. It is a 1962 Massey-Ferguson ME 35, which makes it the same age as me! (© Mitch Peeke)2025-08-04T09:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/02/01/ernestkgann/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ua-dc3.jpgUnited Airlines DC-3The goal for Gann's class – a UAL DC-3. This example is NC16072, a DC-3A-197 built in 1938 (msn 1912) and destroyed by fire at Salt Lake City, UT, on January 12th, 1941. (Photo: Larry Westin's stinsonflyer.com. Data: airhistory.org.uk)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ernest-k-gann.jpgErnest K GannErnest K. Gann in his Captain's uniform - most likely that of the Matson Line shortly after WW2. Matson flew ex-USAAF C-54s, aircraft Gann was intimately familiar with. (Photo from University of Houston 'Engines of Our Ingenuity' site.) at http://www.uh.edu/engines/gannpictures.htmhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ganntitle.jpgGann Titlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gannquote.jpgErnest K Gann Quote2018-07-21T22:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/07/01/stacking-up/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/on-the-perch1.jpgOn The PerchOn The Perch... The TAVAS Fokker Dr.1 pounces on their equally beautiful Bristol F.2b replica during a brief flying window on the Friday before a surprisingly sunny GWFD 2018. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mvr-100.jpgMvR 100(© airscape Photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cams-rotary.jpgCAMS RotaryTony Wytenburg of Classic Aero Machining Service test-running a re-manufacture Gnome rotary engines at Omaka, NZ. (© CAMS)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july18feature.jpgJuly18Feature2018-07-02T22:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/05/08/home-stretch/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sun-n-fun-2012.jpgSun n Fun 2012Sun 'n' Fun 2012... Yep, I missed that one too.(Photo by Ken Mist | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/logo.jpgLogohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/in-the-hangar.jpgSafe in the hangarTucked up safe for the night, wherever you put down. The idea behind DailyHangar.com strikes me as so simple it's brilliant. (Courtesy of DailyHangar.com) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/euwema.jpgEuwemaDailyHangar co-founders John Euwema (right) and his father Mark on the right. Mark's wife is also in the business, working behind the scenes. (Courtesy of DailyHangar.com) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hangarfeature.jpgHangarFeature2018-05-09T07:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/03/04/mutt-sumers/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/summers-feature1.jpgsummers-featurehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/vickers-type-207.jpgVickers Type 207Fatally flawed, if not quite for Summers, the Vickers Type 207 naval torpedo bomber of 1933 – shortly before its in-flight break-up. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/valiant-prototype.jpgValiant PrototypeJust five years on from aircraft like the Avro Lincoln, 1951's prototype Vickers Valiant, WB210, the first of Britain's incredibly bold V-bombers. (SDASM #01 00089295)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire.jpgSpitfire supreme"...Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue..." A gorgeous portrait of Britain's favourite fighter and Mutt Summers' most important first flight. (Thanks to Meg Vaughan | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mutt-summers-1946.jpgMutt Summers 1946Mutt Summers in his office at Vickers in 1946. The model is of the new VC-1 Viking airliner. (Flight)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mutt-summers-2.jpgCapt. Mutt SummersCapt. Joseph "Mutt" Summers, CBE (1904 - 1954); first pilot of the Spitfire along with a record 53 other first-of-type aircraft. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/k5054-preflight.jpegK5054 PreflightK5054 sniffs the air... The undercarriage was fixed and without doors, and the plane wasn't painted, until after that first flight on March 5th, 1936.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/k5054-flight.jpgK5054 in flightK5054 in the air.. Summers only took the prototype on its first four flights, then handed testing over to Jeffrey Quill and George Pickering. (IWM HU 1659)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hawker_hawfinch.jpgHawker HawfinchBeginning a line that would lead to the Hurricane, the Hawker Hawfinch was the first Sydney Camm design to use metal tube-and-plate construction with fabric covering. Only one was built. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bristol_bulldog-1.jpgBristol BulldogWith 18" added to the fuselage to correct its spinning vices, the Bulldog went on to serve with the RAF, FInland (wearing swastikas!), Australia the US Navy, and others. (wikipedia)2020-11-19T11:52:11+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/04/30/lonely-from-the-off/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/in-the-mood.jpgIn The MoodThe In The Mood crew working on 'their' airplane, before handing it over to 'their pilot'. (IWM TR 1411 | CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ham-001.jpgHam 001Twelve years and two novels later, Roswell G Ham, Jr at 37, from the back cover of Fish Flying Through Air (Putnam Books, 1957)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/guns.jpgGunsArmorers of the 78th Fighter Group restore newly-cleaned machine guns to a P-47 Thunderbolt at Duxford, August 1943. (IWM FRE 261 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/crew-photo.jpgCrew PhotoIn a commendable exception, Associated Press published this photo as A FIGHTER ACE'S GROUND CREW, highlighting the role Corporal Jack Kazanjian, Private Albert Asplint, Staff-Sergeant Howard Buchner and Staff-Sergeant George Baltimore of the 56th Fighter Group played in making their pilot, Captain Gerald Johnson the 8th Air Force's second ace in P-47D-1-RE (HV-D, #42-7877) 'In The Mood'. (IWM FRE 9827 | CC BY-NC 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cover-001.jpgCover 001The cover of Fish Flying Through Air, Roswell G Ham, Jr's second novel (Putnam Books, 1957).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/armourer.jpgArmourerOne of the many – 4th FG Armourer Sgt. Leroy Nitschke with ammo belts for a P-47. (IWM FRE 045 | CC BY-NC 3.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hammfeature.jpgHammFeature2018-05-02T19:01:32+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/04/17/red-baron-centenary/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jasta-11-pilots1.jpgJasta 11 pilotsManfred von Richthofen with his Jasta 11 pilots in Spring 1917 – unknown, unknown, Kurt Wolff, Ernst Udet, Werner Voss, unknown, Friedrich Noltenius, Karl Emil Schafer, unknown, Karl Allmenroder. (IWM Q 111872)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jasta-11.jpgJasta 11One year to live... Manfred von Richthofen in the cockpit of his Albatros on April 23rd, 1917, with his Jasta 11 pilots – including brother Lothar in front seated, on the ground. (German Federal Archive 183-2004-0430-501 | CC BY-SA 3.0de)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/richthofen-returns.jpgRichthofen Returnshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/lothar-and-manfred.jpgLothar and ManfredThicker than water... Lothar (left) and Manfred von Richthofen, together in front of a Fokker Dr.1 Triplane. (IWM Q 63162)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/richthofen-recovers.jpgRichthofen recoversManfred von Richthofen seen with his father, Albrecht, while in hospital with his head wound. Despite his age, Albrecht von Richthofen served as a staff officer on the Western Front. (IWM Q 52783)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/richthofen-in-hospital.jpgRichthofen in hospitalJG 1 pilots visit a still-bandaged Manfred von Richthofen in hospital at Courtrai, following his wounding in action on July 6th, 1917. (IWM Q 52781)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mvr-and-moritz.jpgMvR and Moritzvon Richthofen frolics with his beloved Danish hound, Moritz; possibly Lothar's triplane behind. After Manfred pranked his fellow pilots while waiting for haze to clear on April 21st, they tied a chock to Moritz, who ran to his master for solace. (IWM Q 63137)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/final-photo.jpgFinal PhotoThe final photo ever taken of Manfred von Richthofen alive. (IWM Q 62987)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/fokker-dr-1-landing.jpgFokker Dr.1 Landing'Wop' May's view... Manfred von Richthofen's Dr.1 from the front. The Red Baron had this plane's 80HP Obereusel rotary motor replaced with the equivalent French LeRhône, which he felt was superior. (IWM Q 58029)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/funeral.jpgFuneralAirmen, soldiers and curious French locals attend the military funeral of Manfred von Richthofen, at Bertangles village cemetery, April 22nd, 1918. (IWM 10921)2020-05-18T13:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/04/10/oswald-watt/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/250-watt-gold-medal.jpgOswald Watt Gold MedalThe Oswald Watt Gold Medal awarded by the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia to recognise the most notable contribution to aviation by an Australian. (Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/241-watts-funeral.jpgOswald Watts FuneralA scene from Oswald Watt's funeral at St. Jude's Church in the Sydney suburb of Randwick, on 23 May 1921. (Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/211-oswald-watt-1919.jpgOswald Watt 1919Oswald Watt with officers and warrant officers on board the P&O ship Kaisar-i-Hind, during the voyage home to Australia. (Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/191-lieutenant-colonel-oswald-watt.jpgLieutenant Colonel Oswald WattLieutenant-Colonel Oswald Watt, commanding No.1 Australian Training Wing, 1918. (Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/185-no-2-squadron-afc.jpgNo.2 Squadron AFCFollowing the battle of Cambrai, Major Watt stands among the surviving pilots of his squadron at Baizieux, 7 December 1917. (Australian War Memorial E01434. Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/150-no-1-squadron-afc.jpgNo 1 Squadron AFCNo.1 Squadron AFC, about June 1916 – Major Foster Rutledge, squadron commander, and Captain Oswald Watt, 'B Flight' commander. (Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/142-the-kangaroo.jpgMF11b The KangarooOn the ground at Toul, France, 17 March 1916, in front of Watt's MF.11bis which he named 'The Kangaroo' and decorated accordingly; Watt un the centre. (Bibliothèque Documentation Internationale Contemporaine, University of Paris, Nanterre. Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/113-new-bleriot.jpgWatt's New Bleriot XIOswald Watt with his newly purchased Bleriot XI in front of his hangar at Heliopolis, Egypt. (Australian War Memorial C02799. Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/084-watt-driving-certificate.jpgWatt Driving CertificateDriving certificate issued to Oswald Watt by the Royal Automobile Club in June 1911, showing his address as 53 Berkeley Square, London. (Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/054-sir-frederick-darley.jpgSir Frederick DarleySir Frederick Darley, lieutenant-governor of New South Wales, watches the arrival of new Governor-General Lord Hopetoun in Farm Cove, Sydney, from the front gate of Government House, 15 December 1900. He is flanked by his aides-de-camp, son Captain Harry Darley (left) and Captain Oswald Watt (right). (State Library of NSW a2879020a. Courtesy of Chris Clark, Combat Over The Trenches, via Pen & Sword)2018-04-10T23:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/03/15/fifa-world-cup-trophy-tour/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fifafeature.jpgFIFAFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fifa-world-cup-trophy-tour-17.jpgFIFA World Cup Trophy Tour (17)Disembarked... The World Cup Trophy during the official Tour reception hosted by Fireblade Aviation and Coca-Cola. (Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fifa-world-cup-trophy-tour-1.jpgFIFA World Cup Trophy Tour (1)A touchdown in soccer! B737-33A QC, G-POWC, arrives in Johannesburg, S.A. with the FIFA World Cup on board. (Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4-fifa-world-cup-trophy-tour-16.jpgFIFA World Cup Trophy Tour (16)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4-fifa-world-cup-trophy-tour-14.jpgFIFA World Cup Trophy Tour (14)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4-fifa-world-cup-trophy-tour-12.jpgFIFA World Cup Trophy Tour (12)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4-fifa-world-cup-trophy-tour-11.jpgFIFA World Cup Trophy Tour (11)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-thokozile.jpg3 Thokozile XasaSA Sports Minister Thokozile Xasahttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-fif-world-cup-tour-crew.jpgFIFA World Cup Trophy Tour CrewFlight deck crew of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour jethttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-danny-jordaan.jpgSAFA Danny JordaanSAFA President Danny Jordaan2018-03-16T15:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/03/11/ftt-skynotes/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot2.jpegScreen Shot(© Courtesy of Flight Training Technologies)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/06-resources.png06 ResourcesSkynotes' online Resources give students and instructors quick access to a wide range of regulatory, advisory and learning information – on the ground or in the air. The online library includes FAA Handbooks, FARs, ACs and learning resources. Schools and students can even add their own resources, from aircraft checklists to Ops Manuals and school/instructor documents. (© Flight Training Technologies LLC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/05-cfi-records.png05 CFI RecordsAlong with its FAA Endorsements record, the Skynotes ‘CFI Records’ screen makes it easy for Instructors to comply with FAR 61.189, which mandates keeping a 3-year record of all endorsements they sign for knowledge and practical tests. (© Flight Training Technologies LLC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/04-endorsements.png04 EndorsementsThe FAA Endorsements screen lets CFIs keep track of each students’ endorsements, with a simple record-keeping system and handy reminders for recurring endorsements that are about to expire or need renewal. Click for a full-screen view. (© Flight Training Technologies LLC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/03-far-reqs.png03 FAR ReqsMeeting FAR Part 61 is made easy with convenient access to a full list of the relevant requirements for the PPL ASEL course, click-to-read details for each requirement, and an online record of their completion. (© Flight Training Technologies LLC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/02-tasks.png02 TasksA Tasks window provides a quick snapshot of each student’s progress, with a statistical overview of individual syllabus tasks and cumulative stages, and whether progress has been graded satisfactory, unsatisfactory or incomplete. It’s also perfect when a new or senior instructor needs to review a student’s training. (© Flight Training Technologies LLC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/01-lessons.png01 LessonsThe Skynotes Lessons View allows instructors to create, schedule and plan lessons for their students, then provide evaluation and feedback afterwards. Students can check on and prepare for their lessons, and keep track of their flying and classroom time in their digital logbook. © Flight Training Technologies LLC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/site-banner.jpgSite Bannerhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/skynotes-logo.pngSkynotes logohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ftt-logo.pngFTT logo2018-03-13T09:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/04/06/aad2016-part2/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aerorescue_vh-ppg_dornier-328-110.jpgAeroRescue_vh-ppg_dornier-328-110VH-PPG, AeroRescue’s Dornier 328 (msn 3053) from Australia, shows off its elegant lines. Originally designed as a turboprop commuter airliner, the Do.328 was also offered in a pure jet configuration. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/usaf_amc_37995_boeing_kc-135_stratotanker.jpgusaf_amc_37985_boeing_kc-135_stratotankerBased at historic Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, KC-135R of the 507th Air Refuelling Wing, 465th Air Refuelling Squadron, USAF. (©Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/usaf_amc_37995_boeing_kc-135_stratotanker_in-flight.jpgusaf_amc_37985_boeing_kc-135_stratotanker_in-flightProving that 50 isn’t too old for a Boeing jet, KC-135R #63-7985 roars past with its refuelling boom extended. ©Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/usaf_88-2101_hc130n-hercules.jpegusaf_88-2101_hc130n-herculesThe USAF’s combat search and rescue specialist, HC-130N (#88—2101), makes a fast pass in front of the threatening skies. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/usaaf_drone.jpgusaaf_droneWhere’s the pilot? (Anywhere you like.) A USAF MQ-9 Reaper sits (autonomously) in the static display area. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/safat03.jpgsafat03Made in Sudan, the all metal SAFAT03 – a very handy trainer, glider tug and light utility two-seater. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/saaf_museum_zu-imp_aermacchi-mb-326m_impala.jpgsaaf_museum_zu-imp_aermacchi-mb-326m_impalaZU-IMP, the SAAF Museum’s Aermacchi MB-326M Impala trainer. A total of 252 Italian and locally-built Impalas served with the SAAF from 1966 to 2005 for training, ground attack and the Silver Falcons. (© Niel Swart) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/saaf_16_squadron_denel_rooivalk_cn681.jpgsaaf_16_squadron_denel_rooivalk_cn681A Denel Rooivalk attack helicopter (cn 681) of SAAF 16 Squadron fires off flares. Based on the Aerospatiale Puma and heading into a major upgrade program, the Rooivalk (Red Falcon) is an ongoing South African success. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/saaf_2_squadron_saab_gripen_d_cn17.jpgsaaf_2_squadron_saab_gripen_d_cn17Looking as sleek as a crossbow bolt, SAAB JAS 39 Gripen D #17, serving with 2 Squadron SAAF, tears along the AAD2016 crowd line. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/saaf_2_squadron_saab_gripen_d_cn06.jpgsaaf_2_squadron_saab_gripen_d_cn06The hot end of a 2 Squadron Gripen – in this case cn #06, one of the SAAF’s nine two-seat variants that complement the 17 single-seat strike fighters. (© Niel Swart)2018-03-05T03:20:49+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/10/18/aad20161/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/zlin-z-50.jpgzlin-z-50One of the all-time great aerobatic steeds – Lycoming AEIO-540 powered Zlin Z-50LS, ZS-WSZ, goes vertical for the AAD2016 show crowd. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/usaf-c17a.jpgusaf-c17aA lovely portrait of USAF Globemaster III, #00-0177, as it departs AFB Waterkloof the day after AAD2016, to resume global duties with the 105th Airlift Wing. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saaf-saab-gripens.jpgsaaf-saab-gripensA pair of 2 Squadron SAAB JAS39 Gripens, aircraft #17 and #24 are readied for their display as heavy dust rolls over AFB Waterkloof during AAD2016. The SAAF has operated 26 one and two-seat Gripens since April 2008. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saaf-rooivalk.jpgsaaf-rooivalkTwo of 16 Squadron SAAF’s locally developed Denel Rooivalk Mk.1 attack helicopters – # 676 wearing U.N. whites and #681 in standard SAAF camouflage. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saaf-piaggio-p166.jpgsaaf-piaggio-p166The unusual Piaggio P166S Albatross twin pusher utility aircraft, operated by 27 Squadron SAAF on maritime patrol duties from 1969 to October 1990. This survivor, aircraft 881, is now flown by the SAAF Museum. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saaf-hawk-mk-120.jpgsaaf-hawk-mk-120Flying the flag… SAAF Hawk Mk 120, serial 272, shows of its national colours. The SAAF flies 24 Hawks – all but two having built by local defence giant Denel at its Johannesburg Airport facility. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saaf-gripen-topside.jpgsaaf-gripen-topsideThe mighty SAAB Gripen (“Griffon”) delta-canard multi-role fighter of 2 Squadron SAAF. First flown in 1988, the Gripen was designed for the front-line of the Cold War, with high manoeuvrability plus improvised runway and Mach 2.0 capabilities. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saaf-gripen-flares.jpgsaaf-gripen-flaresA crazed trail of flares follows SAAB Gripen serial #17, of 2 Squadron SAAF, as it displays it’s performance to the air show crowds at AAD2016. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saaf-a109-luh.jpgsaaf-a109-luhAgusta-Westland (now Leonardo-Finmeccanica) A109 LUH – the ‘Light Utility Helicopter’ development of the A109E – #4004 (c/n 13654) has served with the SAAF since 2003. (© Niel Swart)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saa-dc-4-skymaster.jpgsaa-dc-4-skymasterDouglas Skymaster ZS-BMH “Lebombo” makes a topside pass – giving us a great study in vintage props, and highlighting SAA’s gorgeous period livery. (© Niel Swart)2018-03-05T03:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/09/06/under-african-skies/2018-03-05T03:16:44+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/02/07/albert-kahn-collection/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1930-paris-new-yorkb.jpgFrance, Le Bourget, Le "?" gardé par la police(Stéphane Passet | Albert Kahn Collection A 64 877)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1930-paris-new-yorka.jpgFrance, Le Bourget, La foule au devant des aviateursThe trans-Atlantic Bregutt Br.19 'Super Bidon' of Costes and Bellonte, on its return to Paris in 1930. See the article below. (Stéphane Passet | Albert Kahn Collection A 64 876)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1923-orly-destroyed.jpgOrly (Destroyed)(US National Archive via fold3.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1923-orly-d.jpgFrance, Orly, L'Aéro-Gare vue d'une extremité du terrain(Frédéric Gadmer | Albert Kahn Collection A 38 906 S)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1923-orly-c.jpgFrance, Orly, Autre Aspect de l'Aéro-Gare(Frédéric Gadmer | Albert Kahn Collection A 38 909 S)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1923-orly-b.jpgFrance, Orly, Aéro-Gare - Aspect d'un des Bâtiments(Frédéric Gadmer | Albert Kahn Collection A 38 921)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1923-orly-a.jpgFrance, Orly, Aéro-Gare - autre aspect(Frédéric Gadmer | Albert Kahn Collection A 38 916 S)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1919-salonc.jpgFrance, Paris, Grand Palais, Exposition de l'Aviation(Georges Chevalier | Albert Kahn Collection A 19 721 S)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1919-salonb.jpgFrance, Paris, Grand Palais, Exposition de l'Aviation(Georges Chevalier | Albert Kahn Collection A 19 719 S)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1919-salona.jpgFrance, Paris, Grand Palais, Exposition de l'Aviation(Georges Chevalier | Albert Kahn Collection A 19 717 S)2018-02-11T09:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2018/01/29/firing-up/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/08-qantas-737.jpg08 Qantas 737Showing all the signs of everyday operation, the belly of a Qantas B737-800 on very short final into YPAD, snapped from my favourite planespotting perch. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/07-harvards.jpg07 HarvardsThe ubiquitous (more than 17,000 built counting NA-16s) T-6 Texan/SNJ/Harvard – in this case with the Southern Knights display team. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/06-canberra.jpg06 CanberraAnother genius early jet from Great Britain, the English Electric (and thence Martin B-57) Canberra, first flown in 1949. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/05-hornet.jpg05 Hornet'Frontline' from a different time – RAAF F/A-18B serial A21-109, on strength since September 1987. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/04-meteor.jpg04 MeteorThe hugely successful Gloster Meteor, Britain's frontline jet fighter of WW2 and many years after. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/03-spitfire.jpg03 SpitfireWaiting for show time, the Temora Aviation Museum Spitfire Mk.VIII in late 2011. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/02-debonair.jpg02 Debonair1962 Beech Debonair VH-–RVC, specifically Beechcraft type 35-B33, cn CD-558. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/01-contrail.jpg01 ContrailCold and calm... the central NSW sky at about 0530 on a spring morning. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/newyearfeature.jpgNewYearFeature2018-01-30T02:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/12/08/spread-your-wings/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/virgin-a3301.jpgVirgin-A330The cockpit of this A330 is far from the only aviation job in this photo. There is the dispatcher, cabin crew, and an army of ground staff - any of whom could be practicing pilots. (© airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/spread-your-wings.jpgSpread-your-wingsWherever you hope to end up, starting is the most important part. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cherokee-panel.jpgCherokee-PanelPA28 Piper Cherokee cockpit. (Clint Budd | flickr.com CC BY 2.0) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flightschoolfeature2.jpgFlightSchoolFeature2Photo by Michael Zimmer | flickr.com CC BY 2.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flightschoolfeature1.jpgFlightSchoolFeature1Photo by Clint Budd | flickr.com CC BY 2.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-school.jpgFlying SchoolHangar door at Lilydale Airport, Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia. (Michael Zimmer | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/go-fly.jpgGo FlyPhoto by Jonathan Oakley | flickr.com CC BY 2.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/weather-chart.jpgWeather-ChartExpect Meteorology, Navigation, Aerodynamics, Flight Planning, Performance and Loading, Human Factors, Air Law... all on top of how to fly the thing. (Australian Bureau of Meteorology)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/carrier-vidcap.jpegCarrier VidcapCarrier crews video, review and rate every carrier landing - because even they never stop learning. (USN)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/instructor.jpgInstructorThe physical proximity is just one reason to like your flight instructor... (Lars Plougmann | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0) 2024-10-05T10:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/11/21/southern-cross-airways/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/c87-liberator-express.jpgC87 Liberator ExpressBy mid-1942, Pacific air transport was being taken over by fast, long-legged Liberators – LB-30s, B-24As and C-87s. Liberator Express Liberator Express in cargo and passenger configurations. (LoC P&P fsa.8e02684)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/b-17-trio.jpgBoeing B-17ENot quite the trio in our story, but you get the idea... Boeing B-17Es (S/N 41-2512, 41-2511 and 41-2509) over water. Obviously such a close formation would be impractical during 8 to 12 hour legs. (USAF photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rnzaf-hudson-on-patrol.jpgRNZAF Hudson on patrolRNZAF Hudson IIa NZ2066 'UH-F'. Based on the Lockheed 14, Hudsons served with several Allied air forces as a fast patrol bomber. This aircraft disappeared on a flight from Fiji back to NZ in August 1944. (Jenny Scott | flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/palmyra-2.jpgPalmyra 2...and in 1943. The main runway, which Tinker's B-17s took off towards, had only been completed 5 days earlier, on New years Day 1942. (US National Archives)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/palmyra-1.jpgPalmyra 1A completely undeveloped Palmyra Atoll in 1941... (US National Archives)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pacific-map.jpgPacific MapThe Pacific theatre with the Ferry Route superimposed in blue. Japan would soon take Guadalcanal and most of New Guinea in the south, and the western Aleutians in the north. (USAF | airscape)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p38-at-garbutt.jpegP38 at GarbuttA P-38 Lightning at Garbutt Field, Townsville in July 1942, with ground crew sheltering from the fierce 'dry season' sun of Australia's tropical north. Three small Japanese air raids struck Townsville in the last week of this month. (State Library of Queensland 171030)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p-40s-at-milne-bay.jpgP-40s at Milne BayHolding the line... At the other end of the ferry route, RAAF P-40s stand along the jungle strip at Milne Bay, New Guinea, in October 1942. (AWM 026657)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kenneth-hobson.jpgGEN KENNETH B HOBSONGeneral Kenneth Burton Hobson (1908 – 1979) in 1966, a year before his retirement from the USAF. (USAF Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/garbutt-field-e1507700193463.jpgGarbutt FieldBuilt to the standard USAAF pattern, Garbutt Field near Townsville, in northern Queensland, Australia. The field was developed throughout the war – this view is from July 1943 – and wouldn't have been even this complete in January 1942. (Australian War Memorial NEA0739)2017-11-23T00:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/11/13/yeaahh/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/06-f-35b-lightning-ii.jpgF-35B-Lightning-IIVertical integration – an F-35B Lightning II of VMFA-211 shows its STOL capabilities for the Yuma crowd. (USMV photo by Sgt. Travis Gershaneck)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05-patriots.jpgPatriots Jet TeamSix Aero L-39 Albatros of the Patriots Jet Team seen during their twilight display for the 2017 Yuma Airshow. (USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Cachola) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/04-l39-albatros.jpgL-39 AlbatrosPatriots Jet Team L-39 Albatros, over the 2017 Yuma Airshow. (USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Cachola)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/03-f5-tigers.jpgF5 Tigershttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/01-wingwalking.jpgWIngWalkingGreg (flying) and Ashley (holding on) Shelton perform their Super Stearman wing walking display at the 2017 Yuma Airshow. (USMC photo by Sgt. Summer Romero) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mcas-yuma-2017.jpg2017 Yuma AirshowYeaah!! A huge Wall Of Fire (courtesy of the Commemorative Air Force Tora Bomb Squad) erupts as the Patriots Jet Team burst over the 2017 Yuma Airshow, MCAS Yuma, AZ, on March 18th, 2017. (USMC photo | Lance Cpl. George Melendez) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/yeahfeature.jpgYeahFeature2017-11-14T21:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/11/06/first-strike/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1914-martin-tt.jpg1914 Martin TTGlenn Martin (centre) with his crew and a US Army officer, demonstrating the new Martin Model TT trainer in 1914.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sms-ostfriesland.jpgOstfriesland Bombing July 21, 1921A large bomb, dropped by a Martin NBS-1 explodes just off the bow of the burnt and battered ex-SMS Ostfriesland, during the US Army-Navy bombing demonstrations, July 1921. (US Air Force)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/martin-sonora.jpgMartin SonoraLabelled as a photo of the 'Sonora', the lack of a second seat and the abundance of powerlines below makes me suspect this may just be a Martin Type 1.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/martin-pusher-with-newspapers-e1507711903258.jpgMartin Pusher with NewspapersGlenn L. Martin in 1912, with a stack of newspapers on the wing. He delivered the papers 24 miles from Fresno to Madera to raise funds for his company. The motor would be a Curtiss O Series V-8. (LoC P&P 91721673)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/martin-early-pusher.jpgMartin early pusherGlenn Martin in one of his earliest pusher biplanes made from (that's right), bamboo, with the wings covered in doped silk. (SDASM 04-02386) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/glenn-martin-hydroplane.jpgGlenn Martin HydroplaneGlenn Martin in his 1911 (?) hydroplane at Newport Bay, Los Angeles. He would take a similar plane to the 1911 International Air Show in Chicago, and crashed one during the 1913 Great Lakes Reliability Cruise. (SDASM AL17_Warren Eaton Photo_000487| https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/glenn-martin-at-chacago-1911.jpgGlenn Martin at Chacago 1911Glenn Martin (standing at the tail, wearing a cap) preparing a floatplane during the 1911 International Air Show at Chicago, IL. (LoC P&P 91721684)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/glenn-l-martin-mary-pickford.jpgGlenn L Martin Mary PickfordGlenn Martin (as the aviator) and Mary Pickford in a scene from 'Girl Of Yesterday', Paramount Pictures, 1915. Martin earned $700 a day for himself and plane. (LoC P&P 91721799)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ex-uss_alabama.jpgEx-USS_AlabamaEight years on... A Martin NBS-1 drops its white phosphorus bomb on the ex-USS Alabama during Army-Navy bombing trials, September 1921. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/martinfeature.jpg_MartinFeature2018-03-29T02:29:37+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/10/22/heavenly-bodies-part-ii/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/14-gherman-titov.jpgGherman-TitovA Soviet Space Agency publicity picture of Gherman Titov, from his days as a cosmonaut in the mid-1960s.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15-raaf-p-3w-orion.jpgRAAF P-3W OrionP-3W Orion aircraft A9-664 (cn 5793) of No 11 Sqn RAAF, seen in July 1990. Originally a USN P-3C (BuNo 162664) this aircraft joined the RAAF on 30 Apr 1986 – too late for BOR-4 adventures. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/14-buran-shuttle.jpgBuran ShuttleThe first full-sized Buran test article, and the only to actually fly (twice, under remote control), displayed on its An-225 Mriya carrier at the 1988 Paris Air Show. (Ralf Manteufel | airliners.net/wikipedia GFDL 1.2)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/13-bor-4s.jpgBOR-4SThe first, sub-orbital BOR-4S (#401), now on display at the Russian Flight Test Museum at Zhukovsky.(wikipedia | Jno~commonswiki CC BY 2.5)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12-bor-2.jpgBOR-2BOR-2, seen at Zhukovsky in 2005 (jno~commonswiki | wikipedia CC-BY 2.5)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/11-mig-105-today.jpgMiG-105 TodayThe mothballed MiG-105 today – stored/displayed at the Monino Central Air Force Museum near Moscow, the MiG-105 'Spiral' spaceplane prototype. (Bernhard Gröhl CC BY 2.5)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10-spiral-spaceplane.jpgSpiral SpaceplaneA model of the Spiral '50/50' launch platform, showing the hypersonic vehicle with the MiG-105 (look for the '50' marking) perched pig-a-back with its auxillary thruster.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/09-mig-105.jpgMIg-105The MiG-105 'Spiral' prototype during an engines run at the Zhukovsky Flight Test Centre. (Buran-Energiya) http://www.buran.ru/htm/molniya3.htmhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/08-nixon-shuttle-announcement.jpgNixon Shuttle Announcement'I have decided today that the United States should proceed at once with ...an entirely new type of space transportation system...' President Nixon officially announces the Shuttle program with NASA Administrator Dr. James C Fletcher, in January 1972. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/07-x-24b-landing.jpgX-24B LandingPinpoint landings – the result of improved L/D and controllability – were the key to the X-24B's success. This is likely Bill Dana landing the last mission in September 1975. (NASA photo)2017-10-29T06:07:41+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/10/14/heavenly-bodies-part-i/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20-hl-10-control-surfaces.jpg20 HL-10 Control SurfacesThe complex control surfaces of the Northrop HL-10 included split trailing edge surfaces plus synchronous/asynchronous flaps for attitude and roll control. The 'inverted airfoil' body shape is quite evident from this angle too. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21-hl-10-pilots.jpg21 HL-10 PilotsIn a moment of horseplay, Dana (left) and Manke pretend to drag Hoag off the HL-10, with Gentry helping from the cockpit. Nice profile of the ship too... (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22-hl-10-aloft.jpg22 HL-10 aloftBill Dana takes the HL-10 to Mach 1.594 (1,693 kph) and 19,687 m (64,590 ft) during flight #29 on November 17th, 1969. All the heavy lifting bodies used the same XLR-11 rocket engines that had powered the X-1 in 1947. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/23-lifting-bodies.jpg23 Lifting BodiesThe first generation of NASA heavy lifting bodies – an evolution in understanding, performance and control. Northrop Grumman's M2-F3 is in the centre and HL-10 on the right, with the Martin X-24A (see Part 2 of this story) on the left. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/19-m2-f3-launch.jpg19 M2-F3 launchhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/18-m2-f3-rear-view.jpgM2-F3 rear viewRedesigned and rebuilt from the M2-F2, the M2-F3 shows its third tail fin – added to improve stability. Note, too, the four rocket nozzles and the two longer nozzles for 'instant L/D' rockets which flattened the glide just before landing. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/m2-f2-landing.jpgM2-F2 landingThe M2-F2 on short finals, with a NASA F-104N flying chase. I believe this is M2-F2 flight #14 on November 21st, 1966, with Jerry Gentry as pilot. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/17-m2-f2-accident-e1507773541639.jpgM2-F2 accidentThe wreckage of the M2-F2 lies inverted on Rogers Dry Lake, following Bruce Peterson's spectacular landing accident during flight #16, May 10th, 1967. (NASA photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15-m2-f2-launch-e1507773590798.jpgM2-F2 launchThe Air Force B-52 mothership '003' lifts off with the Milt Thompson and the M2-F2. The lifting body program used the same mothership and release system as the concurrent X-15 program. (NASA photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/16-bruce-peterson.jpgBruce PetersonNASA test pilot Bruce Peterson poses in front of the M2-F2. (NASA photo)2017-10-22T09:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/10/10/gee-whiz/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-14.jpgFlying-Cadet-14https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-13.jpgFlying-Cadet-13https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-12.jpgFlying-Cadet-12https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-11.jpgFlying-Cadet-11https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-10.jpgFlying-Cadet-10https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-09.jpgFlying-Cadet-09https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-08.jpgFlying-Cadet-08https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-07.jpgFlying-Cadet-07https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-06.jpgFlying-Cadet-06https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flying-cadet-05.jpgFlying-Cadet-052018-03-18T22:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/10/02/on-aviations-frontier/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/map-wau-bulolo.jpgMap Wau-BuloloThe terrain around Wau (marked) and the Bulolo River, in New Guinea. Just the coastal mountains rise well past 8,500 feet (2700 m) and are cloaked in thick, hot, disease-ridden jungle. (Map data © 2017 Google) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/guinea-junkers-w34.jpgGuinea-Junkers-W34Guinea Airways Junkers G.34d (cn 2610), possibly at Salamaua, during the 1930s.This versatile floatplane, VH-UNM, was taken over by the RAAF in 1942 as A44-3 and used by the RAAF Survey Flight, before heading south to Australia and ending up at RAAF Base Rathmines on Lake Macquarie, NSW. (State Library of Victoria) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dh60-at-lae.jpgDH60-at-LaeA pair of New Guinean men on Pratt's DH-60 Moth G-AUHJ, seen in the somewhat makeshift hangar at Lae aerodrome. The company's big DH.4 registered (but never marked) G-AUCM can just be seen in the background. (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dh-60.jpgDH.60Charlie Pratt's DH.60 G-AUHJ at John Wren aerodrome, above the Watut River, New Guinea. Quite how the wood and linen Moth, designed for the English recreational market, survived in New Guinea's tropical hell, is a miracle - but it did! Surprisingly, many New Guinea village airstrips still look as rough as this one did. (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dh-60-and-4-at-lae.jpgDH-60-and-4-at-LaeA nice shot of the Bulolo Goldfields Aeroplane Service's hangar at Lae, with Pratt's DH-60 being refuelled. The strange green prop blades are actually canvas covers. Unless I'm mistaken the Airco DH-4 behind is G-AUCM, formerly RAF 2691, which was sold into Australian civilian hands in 1921, joined the Larkin fleet in 1922 as 'Scrub Bird' (when it was apparently flown by Ray Parer), and was finally sold to Parer's Bulolo airline in 1927. (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cp-and-his-dh60.jpgCP-and-his-DH60Charlie Pratt (second from left) and his DH.60 at Watut, New Guinea. The aircraft behind is, I believe DH.4 G-AUCM, which was bought by Ray Parer in 1927 and eventually withdrawn from use at Lae in 1930. (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/charles-daniel-pratt.jpgCharles-Daniel-PrattCharles Daniel Pratt. Born in New Zealand in 1892, Pratt fought at Gallipoli in 1915 before serving with the RAF in the Middle East. After the war, he wound up in Victoria, Australia, with four War Disposals aircraft, where he went barnstorming before establishing a flying school at Geelong. He flew in New Guinea from 1927 to 1929 and spent a lot of the 1930s travelling. During World War 2 he was deemed to old to serve and joined A.N.A. instead, flying as a commercial pilot until his retirement in 1947. (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bristol-tourer.jpgBristol-TourerParer's Bristol Tourer G-AUEB (cn 4965) in the rudimentary hangar at (I think) Lae. This aircraft started life as an F2b (RAF H1248) before being delivered to Australia with a 340HP HIspano-Suiza engine. There it was bought by Horrie Miller, who soon sold it to QANTAS where it was converted to Bristol Tourer configuration in 1924. It then went to the Larkin company before being sold to Parer in late 1927 and shipped to Port Moresby, where Charlie Pratt oversaw its reassembly then flew it across to Lae. The long-suffering warbird was written off after a crash at Wau on April 17th, 1928. (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/goldfeature.jpgGoldFeature2018-07-11T22:17:00+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/09/15/somme-snapshot/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/halberstadt-dii.jpgHalberstadt DIIThe sprightly Halberstadt D.II – powered by a 120HP 6-cylinder Mercedes, it was the mainstay German fighter in mid-1916, until replaced by the Albatros. (SDASM 01_00080824)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/strutter-cockpit.jpgStrutter CockpitA fascinating view into the front cockpit of a 1½ Strutter. The large silver wheel on the starboard side is for the variable incidence tailplane, while the big black-rimmed wheel (port side) controls an air brake. Sophisticated stuff! (Courtesy of kingstonaviation.org)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sopwith-1-12-strutter-prototype.jpgSopwith 1-1:2 Strutter PrototypeAn unidentified Strutter but, with it's early 'buff' colour and lack of guns, this may be the prototype, passed on to the Admiralty, at Eastchurch in late March 1916. (IWM Q 68151)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/70-squadron-rfc.jpg70 Squadron RFCKing Nikola (Nicholas) I Petrovic of Montenegro watching a flight at the 9th Wing RFC HQ at Fienvillers. Behind the party is a Sopwith 1½ Strutter biplane of No. 70 Squadron. (IWM Q11877)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/70-sqn-strutter-a1924.jpg70 Sqn Strutter A1924Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1924 at Farnborough in October 1916, before its delivery to No.70 Sqn in France. This aircraft was built for the RNAS as 9745, but diverted to the RFC to meet their needs over the Somme. (wikipedia) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/70-sqn-strutter-a377.jpg70 Sqn Strutter A377Sopwith 1½ Strutter A377, of No. 70 Sqn. This aircraft was wrecked during a practice flight on September 3rd, 1916, when the engine fell off. (IWM Q 66948)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/70-sqn-rfc-b-flight.jpg70 Sqn RFC B FlightJust in time for the Somme battles, B flight of 70 Squadron parade for inspection by the King at Farnborough, before flying to France on June 29th, 1916. (Courtesy of kingstonaviation.org) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/70-sqn-rfc-a-flight-sopwith-strutters.jpg70 Sqn RFC A FLight Sopwith StruttersA Flight of 70 Squadron RFC line up their Sopwith 1½ Strutters at Farnborough before flying to St Omer, 20 miles south-east of Calais, on May 24th, 1916. (Courtesy of kingstonaviation.org)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cockpits-usas-strutter.jpgCockpits USAAS StrutterActually a US Army Air Service Strutter in January 1919, this photo shows the arrangement of the observer's and pilot's cockpits. (IWM Q 72611)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/front-line.jpgFront LineThe Front: British trenches (foreground) confront German positions defending Thiepval, in this photo dated 19 September 1916 (IWM Q 65834)2017-09-19T05:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/09/13/cutting-through/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cdifeature.jpg_CDIFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo.pnglogohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cdi_092413_073.jpgCutting Dynamics Inc(Photo courtesy of CDI)2017-09-14T04:52:03+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/09/08/99-ways-to-die/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/vickers-vernon-wreckage.jpgVickers Vernon WreckageTITLE IMAGE: The wreckage of Vickers Vernon J7143, which crashed into a hangar at RAF Hinaidi, Iraq on 26 July 1926, following engine failure. The accident, on what should have been an innocuous mail delivery to Kirkuk, killed 13-victory Sopwith Camel ace Flt. Lt. RCB Brading DFC, MiD plus five others on board and a mechanic in the hangar. (Courtesy of Norman Franks, Fallen Eagles, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/vickers-vernon.jpgVickers VernonThe bulbous Vickers Vernon transport, used for the first ever strategic airlift of troops – to relieve Kirkuk, Iraq in 1923! Having survived in the RFC since 1915, Flt. Lt. RCL Holme MC, MiD died in Vernon J6865 in October 1922 when he took off with the control locks in place. (Courtesy of Norman Franks, Fallen Eagles, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mignet-flying-flea.jpgMignet Flying FleaThe fatally flawed Mignet HM14 'Flying Flea' kit-built, which killed Squadron Leader CR Davidson MC, MiD – veteran of Loos and the Middle East – in 1936. (Courtesy of Norman Franks, Fallen Eagles, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fallen-eagles-cover.jpgFallen Eagles coverhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fallen-eagles-back-cover.jpgFALLEN EAGLES jckt.inddhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fairey-long-range-monoplane-e1504834968713.jpgFairey Long Range MonoplaneJ9479, one of only two Fairey Long Range Monoplanes. This aircraft crashed in Tunis in 1929, killing both its pilots, but the sister ship (K1991) set a non-stop 5,410 distance record in 1933, (Courtesy of Norman Franks, Fallen Eagles, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/capt-st-edwards.jpgCapt. ST EdwardsCanadian Captain ST Edwards DSC & Bar, who scored 16 aerial victories with the RNAS before serving as an instructor at No.2 FTS, Marske – only to die from injuries when he crashed a Sopwith Pup the day after peace was declared. (Courtesy of Norman Franks, Fallen Eagles, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/capt-ce-howell.jpgCapt. CE HowellAdelaide's Capt. 'Spike' Howell DSO, MC, DFC & MiD(2) who served as a sniper at Gallipoli before claiming 19 victories with the RFC - but drowned within shouting distance of Corfu while attempting a 1919 flight to Australia. (Courtesy of Norman Franks, Fallen Eagles, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/arthur-brown-and-john-alcock.jpgArthur Brown and John AlcockArthur Brown and John Alcock, first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic in June 1919. Alcock, a pilot since before WW1, died flying from London to Paris six months later. (Courtesy of Norman Franks, Fallen Eagles, via Pen & Sword)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/alcock_s-sopwith-triplane.jpgAlcock_s Sopwith TriplaneCapt. John Alcock's rather 'personalised' RNAS Sopwith Triplane, N5431. Note the Lewis gun he added to supplement the Tripehound's standard Vickers. (Courtesy of Norman Franks, Fallen Eagles, via Pen & Sword)2017-09-10T07:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/08/29/true-story/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostfeature2.jpgLostFeature2https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostfeature.jpgLostFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/final-lancaster-photo.jpgBill Lancaster in the Southern Cross MinorPerhaps the last-ever photo of Bill Lancaster, looking fatigued in the cockpit of Southern Cross Minor for his fatal London-Cape Town record attempt. (thelostaviator.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-lost-aviator.jpgthe-lost-aviatorhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lancaster-love-triangle-1932.jpgLancaster Love TriangleA piece of 1932 sensationalism that says it all - the love triangle that saw Lancaster on trial for Hayden Clarke's murder. (thelostaviator.com) 2017-08-29T22:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/08/14/breaking-news/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mcculloch-j2.jpgMcCulloch J2A nice study of another McCulloch J-2. The diminutive gyro would have set Homer Lane back about $15,000. (NASA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jerry-foster-kool-tv-e1502742593313.jpgJerry-Foster-KOOL-TVhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/kool-gyro-vidcap.jpegKOOL-Gyro-VidcapA vidcap of KOOL's original McCullough Gyrocopter – Foster's 'Pollywog' – flying over Phoenix. (Courtesy Barry Neumeister | Epic Magazine)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/kool-arizona-state.jpgKOOL-Arizona-Statehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jerry-foster.jpgJerry-Fosterhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jerry-foster-in-dc3.jpgJerry-Foster-in-DC3https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jerry-foster-and-hughes.jpgJerry-Foster-and-Hugheshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jerry-foster-and-daughter.jpgJerry-Foster-and-daughterThe loves of his life... Jerry Foster, one of his two daughters, and 'his' helicopter. (Courtesy Jerry Foster | Epic Magazine)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/epic.jpgEpic-What-Goes-Uphttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cimbing-into-chopper.jpgCimbing-Into-Chopper2017-08-21T22:08:17+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/07/27/qra-encounters/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ed-typhoon-sihouette-cut.jpgTyphoon Silhouette CutIn sun, snow and whatever else the English weather can throw at them... No.29 Sqn. Typhoons are prepared for a sortie at RAF Coningsby. (© Crown Copyright 2013)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/qra-feature.jpgQRA-Featurehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ed-typhoons-2005.jpgRAF-Typhoon-2005RAF Typhoons stand on the apron at Coningsby. (© Crown Copyright 2005)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ed-typhoon-sihouette.jpgRAF Typhoon in silhouetteIn sun, snow and whatever else the English weather can throw at them... No.29 Sqn. Typhoons are prepared for a sortie at RAF Coningsby. (© Crown Copyright 2013)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ed-typhoon-cockpit.jpgRAF Typhoon coclpitInside the cockpit of the RAF's frontline multi-role fighter and QRA stalwart, the Eurofighter Typhoon. (© Crown Copyright 2011)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ed-2014-june-15-il-20-coot.jpg2014 June 15 Il-20 Coot.jpgA typical visitor – the Ilyushin Il-20 (NATO Codename 'Coot') which, packed with sophisticated electronics and an array of antennae, has been used to monitor NATO's Baltic radar (BALTOPS). Based on the Il-18 airliner, the Il-20 also does duty as an aerial command post. (MoD | Crown Copyright 2014)2017-07-30T06:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/07/08/ee-lightning-ride/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightnng-badger-qra.jpgLightnng-Badger-QRAA pair of 74 Squadron Lightning F Mk.6s escort a Soviet Myasishchev M-4 'Bison' out of Britain's air defence zone. (IWM HU 106431)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/29-sqadron-insignia.png29-Sqadron-InsigniaNo.29 Squadron's insignia. The 'XXX' is almost as old as the squadron itself, and is believed to represent the brewer's mark for 'extra strong'. (Emt147 | wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-f3-29sqn1.jpgLightning-F3-29SqnThe only (decent) shot of No.29 Sqn Lightning F.3s I could get my hands on – at RAF Wattisham in 1972. 'XP694' served with the RAF from July 1964 to April 1988. (RuthAS | wikipedia CC BY 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/raf-akrotiri-qra.jpgRAF-Akrotiri-QRATwo F Mk.3 Lightnings of 56 Squadron RAF stand QRA watch with pilots in the cockpit, while at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus in 1967. (IWM RAF-T 7467)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/night-lightning.jpgNight-LightningAwesome night shot of a Lightning F Mk.3 armed with Firestreaks for a sortie out of RAF Wattisham in 1965. (IWM RAF-T 5800)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-t-mk5.jpgLightning-T-Mk5https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-pair.jpgLightning-PairA pair of Lightning F Mk.3s of No.74 'Tiger Squadron' over St.Andrews, Scotland in 1964. The same Mark as those in Betley's articles, these very aircraft may well have been passed on to No. 29 Sqn by 1970. (IWM RAF-T 4800)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-f6-bank.jpgLightning-F6-Bank'XR768', an F Mk.6 wearing the distinctive tiger stripes of 74 Squadron, banks hard over Fife in Scotland. Note the tip of the starboard over-wing shock body / fuel tank. (IWM RAF-T 6976)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-f3-29sqn-e1498015323456.jpgLightning-F3-29SqnThe only (decent) shot of No.29 Sqn Lightning F.3s I could get my hands on – at RAF Wattisham in 1972. 'XP694' served with the RAF from July 1964 to April 1988. (RuthAS | wikipedia CC BY 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-f2-xn787.jpgLightning-F2-XN787A fine study of a No. 19 Sqn Lightning F Mk.2 in 1965. Note the rounded tail fin (squared off from the F2A and low profile belly tank. XN787 aircraft would be scrapped in 1987. (IWM RAF-T 5845)2018-04-09T12:31:01+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/06/23/e-e-lightning/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-f-mk3-1965.jpgLightning-F3-1965A timeless shot of a Lightning pilot boarding his F Mk.3 (XP741) at RAF Wattisham in 1965. (IWM RAF-T 5759)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-cockpit.jpgLightning-CockpitA closer look at the office of an 11 Squadron Lightning F Mk.6. Note how well the refuelling probe is positioned – convenient really. (IWM TR 38447)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-climb.jpgLightning-climbLightning climb... 'XN787', an F Mk.2 climbs away from the East Yorkshire countryside in 1965. (IWM RAF-T 5847)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-3-akrotiri.jpgLightning-F3-Akrotiri.jpgA technician prepares a de Havilland Firestreak AAM for a 56 Sqn Lightning F. Mk.3 at Akrotiri, while fitters care for the aircraft. (Crown Copyright 1967)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-refuel.jpgLightning RefuelAn essential and oft-practised skill... a 74 Squadron Lightning F Mk.6 refuels from a Handley-Page Victor K1 tanker. (IWM RAF-T 6977)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/29-squadron-badge.jpg29-Squadron-BadgeThe official Squadron Badge of No.29 – "Energetic and keen". Formed in 1915, the squadron is still active and is currently the Operational Conversion Unit for RAF Eurofighter Typhoons. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-ad-feature.jpg_Lightning-Ad-Featurehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-06.jpgLightning-ad-06https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-07.jpgLightning-ad-07https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lightning-01.jpgLightning-ad-012018-05-19T04:28:57+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/06/19/cessna-lesson/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/walter-beech.jpgWalter BeechAirplane salesman Walter Herschel Beech with (I think) a later Laird Swallow. The design seems to have gone through a number of nose/cowling upgrades after Laird left Wichita. (SDASM BIOB00145)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cessna-dc6.jpgCessna DC6The plane that should have made Cessna... the DC6, certified on Black Tuesday, October 29th, 1929. (SDASM | Mort Brown Collection)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cessna-cr-3.jpgCessna CR-3Looking fast, even on the ground, the unbeaten Cessna CR-3 racer combined clean, simple lines with retractable main gear – although that gear would be its undoing. (SDASM 00063036)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cessna-c-34.jpgCessna C-34Showing extremely clean, classic Cessna lines, a 1937 Cessna C-34 Airmaster, photographed at Blackpool Airport, UK in 1950. (RuthAS | wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cessna-comet.jpgCessna CometClyde Cessna and 'The Comet', the two-seater he built for his new flying school in 1917, around the trusted 60HP Anzani. (SDASM 00063034)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cessna-aw.jpgCessna AWA nice view of a Cessna AW in flight, giving a good idea of the aircraft's general layout and familiar Cessna hallmarks. (SDASM NI-159)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cessna-a-framed.jpgCessna A FramedA revealing look at an uncovered Cessna A, showing the conventional welded steel fuselage and wooden wing structure. Different models (AA, AC, AF, AS and AW) corresponded to different engine installations. (SDASM 00062939)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/silver-wings.jpegSilver WingsClyde Cessna flying his 'Silver Wings' around 1912. This was a Bleriot XI-derived 'Silver Queen' built by Queen Aeroplane Company of NY, and repeatedly repaired and modified by Cessna. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/roland-garros.jpgRoland GarrosA postcard celebrating Roland Garros, shortly after he became the first aviator to cross the Mediterranean. After touring the US, he achieved further renown as a WW1 fighter pilot. (SDASM 10_0017049)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/oc-to-wichita.jpgOC to WichitaA 1927 airways map of Clyde Cessna's 'neighbourhood'. The family farm at Rago, KS would be just off the left-hand edge, west of Wichita, and his School of Hard Knocks on the Great Salt Plains Lake, north of Jet, OK, is north by west of Enid as shown.2017-11-02T20:47:14+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/06/11/movement-area/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/viewing-platform.jpgYMML Viewing platformYMML's viewing platform in 1985. Remember when these were a standard airport feature? Let's hope they make a come-back! (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/taxiways.jpgMelbourne Airport TaxiwaysDomestic jets move toward the 27 threshold. Virgin Australia, Tiger Airways, QANTAS and (at right) Jetstar represent four of the five domestic airlines serving YMML. Regional Express is the fifth.(© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/runways-16.jpgYMML Runways 16Looking south (by west) along RWY16, YMML across the 09/27 intersection. The new 09/27 runway will be built across at the southern end of 16. (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rolling.jpgRolling235,000 movements a year... Another jet begins its take-off roll at YMML. (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/overview-2005.jpgYMML Overview 2005A similar view from 2005 highlights the growth of air travel (and car ownership!) since the airport was first conceived. (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/overview-1970.jpgOverview 1970The basic footprint of Melbourne's new 'jet port' in 1970, shortly before opening. Note the remnants of a country road running through the lower centre. (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/overview-01.jpgYMML Overview 1970 (1)A view across the new Melbourne Airport, from roughly above the runway intersection looking southeast, just before it was opened in 1970. (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/international-tails.jpgInternational TailsAir New Zealand, Emirates, China Eastern, Vietnam Airlines... a sampling of how air travel connects Melbourne's residents with the world. (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/international-gates.jpgYMML International GatesA mix of heavies at Melbourne's International gates including one of China Southern's A330-243s, B-6059 (cn 664) at lower left. (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/general-view-e1497162301314.jpgYMML General ViewThe long view across YMML, looking north. (© Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd)2017-06-13T08:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/06/03/boeings-big-moment/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/xb-151.jpgXB-15https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/y1b-17s-over-new-york.jpgY1B-17s over New YorkThe earlier, un-turbocharged, Y1B-17s were re-designated B-17 and served with East Coast squadrons into the early war years. Here, they overfly NYC in 1939. (Paul Fedelchak Collection | SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/y1b-17a-mt-ranier-2.jpgY1B-17A Mt Ranier (2)The Y1B-17A flies past Mt Ranier during the February 28th, 1938 photo sortie. (Paul Fedelchak Collection| SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/y1b-17a-mt-ranier-1.jpgY1B-17A Mt Ranier (1)The Y1B-17A during a separate photo sortie, on February 28th, 1938. (Paul Fedelchak Collection| SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/xb-15-with-p-26.jpgXB-15 with P-26Another fascinating formation – the giant XB-15 with Boeing's 1930s mainstay, the diminutive P-26 'Peashooter'. With its 149 ft (45.4m) wingspan, the XB-15 made even the B-17 (103ft/31.4m) look kinda small. (Paul Fedelchak Collection | SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p-26as-20th-pursuit.jpgP-26As 20th PursuitP-26As of the 20th Pursuit Group, photographed on May 13th, 1938. The handy P-26 had a 28 ft (8.5m) wingspan and sported a single 600HP (450kW) R-1340 radial engine. (Paul Fedelchak Collection | SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/douglas-b-18-e1495168722563.jpgDouglas B-18The aircraft the Army chose instead... a line-up of Douglas B-18 Bolos on September 14th, 1938. Most B-18s were destroyed on their Hawaiian and Philippine bases in the first few days of the Pacific War. (Paul Fedelchak Collection | SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/boeing-y1b-17-mt-ranier-28feb38-6-e1495169650640.jpgBoeing Y1B-17 Mt Ranier 28Feb38 (6)Yet to become a 1940s icon, the gleaming and very 1930s-looking Y1B-17A on another shoot near Mount Ranier, WA, dated February 28th, 1938. (Paul Fedelchak Collection | SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/boeing-y1b-17-mt-ranier-28feb38-5.jpgBoeing Y1B-17 Mt Ranier 28Feb38 (5)A beautiful view of 37-269 passing Mt Ranier, WA. (Paul Fedelchak Collection | SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/b-nx18601-near-seattle-2.jpgB NX18601 near Seattle (2)A closer view of NX18601. The aircraft would be upgraded to 314A specification with larger engines and extra fuel capacity, and enter service as NC18601 'Honolulu Clipper'. (Paul Fedelchak Collection | SDASM) 2020-06-02T10:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/05/29/50000-ftmin/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/f-16-vertical.jpgF-16-Vertical(USAF Photo 100215-F-5964B-465 by Staff Sgt. Jacob N Bailey)2017-05-29T23:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/02/23/bird-on-a-wire/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bord-on-a-wire.jpgGoshawk TrapUSN Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kristopher Wilsonhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/goshawk-cutdown.jpgGoshawk Cuthttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/beauty-20150223.jpgBeauty Shot2017-05-29T05:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/05/19/ww1-warbirds/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/se5a-lewis-gun.jpgSE5a Lewis gunA view of the top gun mount on a S.E.5a, showing the Lewis machine-gun on a Foster sliding rail mount. The aircraft also had a fuselage mounted synchronized Vickers machine-gun. (Courtesy of Andy Thomas)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/se5a-cockpit.jpgSE5a cockpitThe cockpit of a S.E.5a, the type used by 85 Squadron during 1918. (Courtesy of Andy Thomas)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mick-mannock.jpgMick MannockFulford’s handwritten note on this picture clearly explains who features in it. Another caption he had added to the page also states that Mannock had ‘one eye quite sightless’ and that the ‘small “dug-out” is for dogs and Rosie’s goat’. (Mark Hillier)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/jm-grider.jpgJM GriderA portrait of Lieutenant John McGavock Grider. The image was probably taken in April or May 1918. (Courtesy, The Springs Close Family Archives, Fort Mill, SC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/elliott-white-springs.jpgElliott White SpringsElliott White Springs photographed in front of an upended Sopwith Camel of the US 148th Aero Squadron at Remaisnil Aerodrome, France, on 16 September 1918. During a combat with a number of Fokkers, Springs’ Camel, that seen here, lost its left wheel. Spings attempted to make a landing on the aerodrome, at which point the undercarriage leg dug in, tipping the aircraft on to its nose. Springs recalls that ‘the funny thing was there was a movie man on the 'drome to take some pictures and he had his camera all set and had taken a movie of the whole thing’. At the time of the crash, Springs was serving with the 148th, having been posted out from 85 Squadron. (Courtesy, The Springs Close Family Archives, Fort Mill, SC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/billy-bishop.jpgBilly BishopA portrait of Major W.A. ‘Billy’ Bishop V.C., D.S.O. & Bar, M.C, D.F.C. (Courtesy of Andy Thomas)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/07-85-sqn-officers.jpg85 Sqn. officersAnother image of officers from 85 Squadron. Left to right can be seen Fulford, MacDonald, Inglis and Bishop. Fulford noted beneath the image that ‘Bishop objects to the photographer’. (Mark Hillier)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/06-c-flight.jpgC flightMen of ‘C’ Flight, 85 Squadron, pictured in front of a dispersal hut at St. Omer. In the front row, left to right, are: Horn, Thomson, Callahan, Grider. The pair in the back row are McGregor (on the left) and Springs. The dog beside MacGrider is Horn’s Alsatian, Lobo. (Courtesy, The Springs Close Family Archives, Fort Mill, SC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/05-85-squadron.jpg85 SquadronPersonnel of 85 Squadron at St. Omer aerodrome, France, on 21 June 1918. From left to right, they are: Cushing, Dymond, Daniel, Canning, McGregor, Callahan, Springs, Horn, Randall, Baker, Cunningham-Reid, Longton, Rosie, Carruthers, Dixon, Brown, Brewster, unidentified, Abbott, and Inglis. (Courtesy, The Springs Close Family Archives, Fort Mill, SC)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04-crashed-fe2b.jpgCrashed FE2bA photograph of a crashed Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b taken in 1917, almost certainly whilst Lieutenant Fulford was at Hounslow. (Mark Hillier)2019-07-20T02:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/05/10/boeing-clipper/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04b-clipper-leaving.jpg04b Clipper LeavingAnother view of 'California Clipper' departing the Treasure Island seaplane base. (Photo supplied by Mark H Goodrich)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/yankee-clipper.jpgYankee ClipperPassengers disembark NC18605 (c/n 1992), 'Yankee Clipper', time and place unknown. This aircraft carried FDR to the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 – the first flight for a US President. (Arkansas Aviation Historical Society/SDASM 54640547)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pan-am-314-clipper.jpgPan Am 314 ClipperNC18602 'California Clipper' (c/n 1989), climbs over Pan American's Treasure Island seaplane base. Pan Am's last serving Boeing 314, the aircraft had accumulated over a million air miles when retired in 1946. (Todd Lappin | flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0) Page https://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/2510889942/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/califclipper.jpgCalifClipperCalifornia Clipper NC18602 showing its orange visibility stripe. After war service as #48224 the aircraft was returned to the civil register, sold to New World Airways, and broken up in 1950. (SDASM 01-00090338)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bermudaskyqueen.jpgBermudaSkyQueenOctober 14, 1947. The Bermuda Sky Queen down on the Atlantic, 780 miles east of Gander, seen from her rescue ship USCGC Bibb. (USCG Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/10b-flying-tiger-c46.jpg10b Flying Tiger C46A Flying Tiger Line C-46 Commando. Founded in 1945, Flying Tiger was the first scheduled cargo carrier in the US, and survived until 1988 when it merged with FedEx. (Photo supplied by Mark H Goodrich)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/10a-cessna-at-17-bobcat.jpg10a Cessna AT-17 BobcatThe 3,500lb Cessna Bobcat – either AT-17 or UC-78 in USAAF service. Imagine if your next twin was a 30,000lb C-46! (Photo supplied by Mark H Goodrich)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/09-flying-tiger-dc4.jpg09 Flying Tiger DC4A Flying Tiger Line DC-4 and, behind it, a B-17 – representative of the air war that literally paved the way for more efficient land planes to replace flying boats. (Photo supplied by Mark H Goodrich)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/08-pby-aleutians.jpg08 PBY AleutiansThe venerable Consolidated PBY 'Catalina'. With enormous range/loiter time, it was a stalwart of the Atlantic and Pacific wars. This shot is from the Aleutians, in January 1943. (Photo supplied by Mark H Goodrich)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/07-314-boarding-pax.jpg07 314 Boarding PaxPassengers board an unidentified Pan American Clipper for a luxurious, if long, trans-oceanic flight. (Photo supplied by Mark H Goodrich)2024-04-15T12:07:41+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/05/14/air-mail-maps/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/air-mail-oakland1.jpgAir Mail OaklandDurant Field, on August 9th, 1920. L to R: John L. Davie (Mayor of Oakland), Eddie Rickenbacker, John M. Larsen, Bert Acosta, J. J. Rosborough (Postmaster). (Oakland Public Library) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/air-mail-depart1.jpgAir Mail DepartGeneral Superintendent of the Airmail Service, L.B. Lent, helps load one of three JL-6 aircraft on July 29, 1920 at New York, before its pathfinding mail flight to San Francisco. (Smithsonian Inst., A.2009-26)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/route-beacon.jpgRoute BeaconThe remains of Air Mail Beacon 37A, on a bluff above St. George, Utah. THE concrete arrow (pointing to the next beacon, about 10 miles on) would also support a light tower and generator shed. (Dppowell | wikpiedia CC BY-SA 4.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-st-louis-chicago.jpgMap St Louis ChicagoLindbergh's training ground – the mail route between St.Louis, MO and a rather diminutive (to modern eyes, anyway) Chicago, IL.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-sfo-to-la.jpgMap SFO to LAFor my West Coast friends, Route 40 from San Francisco to a much-changed Los Angeles. (Click for the 5,000px, 3.1 MB enlargement.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-sand-night.jpgMap SanD Night...and by night – including, for the truly lost, the rest of SoCal as far as Los Angeles with a white box around the limits of the day flying chart. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-sand-day.jpgMap SanD DayRoute No.32 (Phoenix to San Diego), showing the Yuma to San Diego section by day...https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-lv-to-slc.jpgMap LV to SLCFlights east from Los Angeles passed via Las Vegas, NV and Milford, UT before joining the transcontinental route at Salt Lake City, UT. Here the track picks its way through the mountains out of Vegas, with the St.George beacon (above) at far right. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-key.jpgAir Map KeyThe standard Map Key (this one from Map No.35, Reno, NV to San Francisco, CA).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-dallas-ft-worth.jpgMap Dallas Ft.WorthSomewhat changed... Dallas and Fort Worth in 1928, from the map for Route 26, Dallas and Ft. Worth to San Antonio.2017-04-28T23:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/04/16/italian-f104s/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lockheed-aeritalia-f-104s.jpglockheed-aeritalia-f-104sItalian F-104S MM6771 (cn783-1071) of 5 Stromo, at RIAT 2000, Cottesmore, UK. (Mike Freer | touchdown-aviation.com | via wikipedia) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/italian-f104s-starfighters.jpgitalian-f104s-starfightersThree Italian F-104S Starfighters, stooging along high over their native countryside. (SDASM #00045358)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/italian-f104-two-seat.jpgitalian-f104-two-seatClose-up of an AMI two-seat F-104S-ASA/M – a modified and refurbished TF-104G, and one of the last Starfighters in Italian service. (SDASM #00045359) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f104s-gate-guardian.jpgf104s-gate-guardianNow an honoured gate guardian at Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD), in north-eastern Italy, 5-35 adopts her natural position. (Luigi Chiesa | wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ami-f104s-starfighters.jpgami-f104s-starfightersA trio of F104S jets break away from the camera ship. (SDASM #00045360)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f104-feature1.jpgf104-feature2017-04-20T01:08:42+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/03/26/mallochs-spitfire/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mallochs-spitfire.jpgMallochs-Spitfirehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/21-spitfire-air-e1490563524356.jpgSpitfire airA rare shot of the port side of the Spitfire, taken from the Bell 205, September 1980. (© Phil Scott/Nick Meikle | Malloch's Spitfire)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20-jack-malloch.jpgJack Malloch chatsJack Malloch takes time to chat with onlookers during his pre-flight. (© John Reid-Rowland | Malloch's Spitfire)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/15-spitfire-profile.jpgSpitfire 22 profileShortly before the high speed taxi. An exceptional photograph which shows the Spitfire at its best – a perfect outline on the horizon set against a crisp morning sky. John ‘Jack’ McVicar Malloch in the early 1960s. (© The Herald/Paddy Gray | Malloch’s Spitfire)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/14-spitfire-farewell.jpgSpitfire farewellOne of the last photographs taken of Jack Malloch in PK350. The crash occurred ten minutes later. (© Bill Sykes | Malloch’s Spitfire)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/13-spitfire-crew.jpgSpitfire crewSome of the Affretair engineers who rebuilt PK350. Behind the starboard wing from left: unk., unk., Mike Hill, unk., Dave Murtag, John Dodds. Back row in front of wing from left: unk., Carlos de Silva, Ben Darck, Scott Parkins, Morgan Maitland-Smith, Carlos Martins, Dave Wood, Andy Wood and Mick Kemsley (holding the propeller). Front row from left: Pete Massimiani, unk., Bob Dodds, Jimmy Gibson and Dave Hann. (© By kind permission of David Dodds | Malloch’s Spitfire)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/12-spitfire-restoration-e1490563600653.jpgSpitfire restorationJack Malloch shows great interest just prior to a ground run. Bob Dodds is in the cockpit. (© Chris Faber | Malloch’s Spitfire)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/11-spitfire-examined.jpgSpitfire examinedPK350/SR64 being examined by 6 Sqn crew. From left: Flight Lieutenants Rob McGregor, Steve Caldwell, Roger Watt and Pete Simmonds; WO1 Spike Owens and Dave Thorne. (© RhAF Photographic Section, Thornhill/Jeff Hagemann | Malloch’s Spitfire)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/10-spitfire-flypast.jpgSpitfire flypastFlypast along runway 06 at Salisbury International Airport on 3 May 1980. Jack Malloch returning from a local flight and flypast over the home of a young Paul Maher in the suburbs of Salisbury. (© Rich Sandercock | Malloch’s Spitfire)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/09-spitfire-start-up.jpgSpitfire start-upPK350, now numbered SR64, with its red spinner, starting up at New Sarum. (© SRAF/Bill Sykes | Malloch’s Spitfire)2021-09-14T04:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/03/18/spitfires-1/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-waiting.jpgspitfire-waitingThe open cockpit of Spitfire Mk.VIII MV239. This was the very last HF VIII delivered to Australia, and now flies for Temora Aviation Museum in the South West Pacific 'Grey Nurse' colours of WingCdr. RH (Bobby) Gibbes, 80 Wing, RAAF. (airscape photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xix.jpgspitfire-xixThe Mk.XIV-based Spitfire PR.XIX – here, PM628 of 541 Sqdn RAF. This elegant aircraft was lost on a meteorological flight on March 4th, 1954. The pilot, F/Lt. Thomas Victor Heyes stayed with the plane to steer it away from a village and school, which it missed by 50 yards. (SDASM #01-00092486)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xi.jpgspitfire-xiBased on the hugely successful Mk.IX fighter, the reconnaissance Mk.XI wore dark blue paint and low visibility markings – except during the D-Day period! (SDASM 15-002639)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-viii.jpgspitfire-viiiOn the prowl... Spitfire LF Mk.VIIIs of the RAAF, on patrol – identified are A58-315 (JG377); and A58-395 (JF934). (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-viii-landing.jpgspitfire-viii-landingReady to belie its reputation for being 'delicate', a RAAF Spitfire Mk.VIII approaches a rough new strip on Balakpapan, in 1944. (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-vii-dayton.jpgspitfire-vii-daytonSupermarine Spitfire HF VII, # EN-474 – with extended wingtips. This Spitfire arrived at Wright Field, Ohio, in August 1944 for assessment and testing, and was signed out in November 1944. The aircraft is now in the Smithsonian's NASM collection. (NASA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-vb.jpgspitfire-vbRAF BBMF''s Spitfire Mk.Vb AB910 painted in the colours of Jan Zumbach, 303rd (Polish) Squadron, to commemorate the almost 20,000 Poles who flew in exile against Nazism. (Ian Forshaw | Crown copyright 2010)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-v-lf-vbt.jpgspitfire-v-lf-vbtThree Spitfire LF Mk.Vb Trop over North Africa. The lead aircraft IR-G is piloted by Wing Commander Ian Richard "Widge" Gleed, 244 Wing. He was shot down and killed in the Cap Bon area of Tunisia on April 16th, 1943. (LoC P&P fsa.8e00953)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-mk-is.jpgspitfire-Mk-IsNo.65 Squadron RAF, based at Hornchurch, show off their new Spitfire Mk.Is in 1939. FZ-L, K9906, was one of their first. Relegated to training duties in 1940, it was written off after an engine failure in October that year. (SDASM #01-88563) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-mk-i-k9795.jpgspitfire-mk-i-k9795Just the 9th Spitfire Mk.Ia built, K9795 shows off its soon-to-be famous wing shape, as well as the early two-bladed wooden propeller. (SDASM #01-00088450)2017-10-25T14:47:15+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/03/22/spitfires-2/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xii-parked.jpgspitfire-xii-parked'EB-B' again, this time on the ground at Friston, with a slipper tank between its undercarriage to give extra 'legs' for the thirsty Griffon. (©IWM CH 12726A)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-22-flight.jpgspitfire-22-flightSpitfire Mk.22 prototype PK312. The Mk.22 was essentially a low-back Mk.21, which was itself developed from the Mk.XIV through various improvements and a more powerful Griffon 61. (© IWM HU 1682)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xvi1.jpgspitfire-xviBroad-nosed, but without the distinctive bulges over the cams of a Griffon, this is the later Spitfire Mk XVI (TD248, 'CR-S') powered by a Packard-built Merlin 266. (martin_vmorris | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-v-at-sea.jpgspitfire-v-at-seaNot positively, but likely Mk.VB BL676, the very first Spitfire to land on a carrier when she alighted aboard HMS Illustrious in the River Clyde on January 10th, 1942. (SDASM #15-002637)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xix1.jpgspitfire-xixThis Spitfire PR.XIX shows the distinctive nose profile of Griffon-powered Spitfires. The Griffon had a lower thrust line than the Merlin and was installed 2º nose down, giving smoother upper and lower curves, but requiring those distinctive bulges over the rockers. (© IWM ATP 12823C)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xiv-nose.jpgspitfire-xiv-noseSpitfire F Mark XIVE, RB151, of No.610 Squadron RAF shows off the five-bladed, broad-chord Rotol propeller needed to harness the power of its Griffon engine. (© IWM ATP 12462B)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xiis.jpgspitfire-xiisTwo pilots of 41 Squadron RAF exercising the 1,735HP Griffon engines of their Spitfire F Mk.12s. Defined as a low level interceptor, the XII still hit its top speed of 390mph at a respectable 18,000 feet. (© IWM CH 12757)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xii.jpgspitfire-xiiThe very first Griffon Spitfire, DP845. Originally built as a Mk.III it was modified for the Griffon as the only Mk.IV, briefly re-designated a Mk.XX, then improved to become the prototype Mk.XII – the first Griffon 'Spit' to enter production and service. (IWM HU 2198)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xii-banked.jpgspitfire-xii-bankedShowing the clipped wings of a low-level fighter, Spitfire Mk.XII 'EB-B' of 41 Squadron RAF performs for the camera in April 1944. (©IWM CH 12752)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spitfire-xi-pass.jpgspitfire-xi-passRare Spitfire PR XI, the fastest (and sweetest - see text) of the Merlin Spitfires. This is PL965, now resident at North Weald with Hangar 11. (airwolfhound | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)2017-03-24T01:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/03/10/ray-hanna/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ray_hanna_in_mh434.jpgRay_Hanna_in_MH434Raynham George 'Ray' Hanna AFC (1928 – 2005) in the cockpit of MH434, Biggin Hill, 2004. (Paul Drabot CC BY-SA 2.5 | via wikipedia)2017-03-14T23:06:23+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/11/10/b24liberator-2/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/uss-porpoise-july-1944.jpguss-porpoise-july-1944USS Porpoise stands off Philadelphia PA, after an overhaul in July 1944. By this time, the 9 year old sub was working as a training vessel, based at new London, CT. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/uss-porpoise-1942.jpguss-porpoise-1942October 13th, 1942. USS Porpoise (SS-172) stands off the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Francisco Bay, following a major refit at the end of her 3rd War Patrol (April 26th to June 17th). https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/uss-porpoise-1935.jpguss-porpoise-1935USS Porpoise during her commissioning at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, CT, in August 1935. She would join the US Pacific Fleet at San Diego the following year. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/b24-wreck.jpgb24-wreckThe distinctly cruciform shape of ...something, and a guide to its position in the mouth of Yoi's lagoon. Exact co-ordinates are 00°03′52.1″S 129°38′19″E (Earthstar Geographics SIO © 2016 Microsoft Corporation © 2016 DigitalGlobe © 2016 GeoEye)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/batchelor.jpgbatchelorA view of the air strip at Batchelor, Northern Territory. Cut out of the bush, the strip and its tent city were about 50 miles SSE of Darwin. (AWM 0237356)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pulau-ju-map.jpgpulau-ju-mapPulau 'Ju', Pulau Gebe and (unnamed) Pulau Uta farthest north. Co-ordinates for Ju are 0°2'24.3"S 129°37'02.6"E. (Map data © 2016 Google)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pulau-yoi-sat.jpgpulau-yoi-satPulau Yoi – bean shaped with a large lagoon. It's not hard to imagine Mueller's approach from the northeast, tear-drop turn, and landing along the longest axis, due west. (Google Maps. Map data © 2016 Imagery © 2016, DigitalGlobe, Landsat.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/raaf-report-1947.jpgraaf-report-1947RAAF Flt. Lt. Belcher's report into 'Aircraft On Joe Is.', June 28th, 1947. (Australian National Archives, Canberra, via Bob Livingstone)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/halmahera-sea-map.jpghalmahera-sea-mapThe beauty of Fletcher and Mueller's plan is clearly shown by this map of the Halmahera Sea. Although deep in Japanese territory, their target island, roughly in the centre, is literally miles from everywhere. (Bing Map: © 2010 NAVTEQ © 2016 Microsoft Corporation)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/b24-map-2.jpgb24-map-2Solved! A reasonably accurate map of Old Bag of Bolts' last flight, and her final destination. (Main map: WIkipedia. Topo map data © 2016 Google)2025-03-16T11:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/02/27/nose-art-by-manolo-chretien/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/manolo-chretien-e1487806889730.jpgmanolo-chretienManolo Chrétien at work – surrounded by at least a Gloster Meteor and a Lockheed Constellation. (Photo: Stéphane Guilbaud)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/j-l-chretien.jpgj-l-chretienThe highly accomplished Jean-Loupe Chrétien, Manolo Chrétien's inspirational father. (NASA Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chretien-tucson-smile.jpgchretien-tucson-smile'Tuscon Smile' – the face-to-face photo that inspired Chrétien's Nosa Art series. (Manolo Chrétien)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chretien-swiss-star.jpgchretien-swiss-starStill showing the scars from a hailstorm, former USAAF C-69 42-94549 and TWA L-049 Constellation 'Star of Switzerland' N90831, ,cn 1970, now preserved at Pima Air & Space Museum. (Manolo Chrétien)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chretien-starlifter.jpgchretien-starlifterLockheed C-141B Starlifter 67-0013, formerly of the 305th and 514th Air Mobility WIngs, USAAF, and now preserved at Pima Air & Space Museum. (Manolo Chrétien)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chretien-rafale.jpgchretien-rafaleAll graceful curves and sharp attitude, a Dassault Rafale ('burst of fire'). First flown in 1986 but not introduced until 2001, the Rafale remains a potent multi-role fighter. (Manolo Chrétien)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chretien-learjet.jpgchretien-learjetWith anti-ice tear ducts and puppy-ear jets, the PIma A&S Museum's Learjet 23 N88B (msn 23-015) belies its speedy pedigree. (Manolo Chrétien)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chretien-hercules.jpgchretien-herculesLockheed C-130A Hercules S/N 57-0457, 118th TAW, in Tucson at the Pima Air Museum. (Manolo Chrétien)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chretien-concorde.jpgchretien-concordeChretien's most memorable nose – the Gannet-inspired beak and Mach 2 curves of BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde. (Manolo Chrétien)2017-03-01T21:51:10+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2017/02/22/luftwaffe-fighter-force/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/me-262.jpgMesserschmitt Me 262The future – not just of the Luftwaffe fighter force, but of all air combat: The revolutionary Messerschmitt Me.262 jet interceptor. (USAAF Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hhitschhold.jpgHubertus HitschholdWartime propaganda picture of Hubertus Hitschhold, later General der Schlachtfleiger. A noted Stuka pilot, his score included no fewer than three Royal Navy destroyers! (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/heinrich-bar-e1487746473349.jpgHeinrich Bar240-victory ace Heinrich Bär inspecting his 184th victim, Douglas-built B-17F 'Miss Ouachita' (42-3040) of the 91st BG, 323 BS, on February 22nd, 1944. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-666-6875-05 / Rothkopf / CC-BY-SA 3.0, via wikipedia) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/he-162-volksjager-e1487736461867.jpghe-162-volksjagerBad reaction? The He.162 Volksjäjer (people's fighter) was considered, by Galland, to be a waste of resources and a diversion from the need to supply Me.262s and keep the German fighter force viable.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/galland.jpgAdolf GallandEver the fighter pilot, (then Oberstleutnant) 'Dolfo' Galland (hands raised), talks with Werner Molders and Theo Osterkamp (to his left, respectively) at the latter's birthday in April 1941. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B12018 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fw-190d-9-e1487736483495.jpgfw-190d-9A FW.190-D9 is run up for a test flight. This version started to re-equip FW 190A units in October 1944. While intended mainly to engage escort fighters at altitude, many were committed to the 'Operation Bodenplatte' ground attacks of January 1st, 1945. (US National Archives RG 18)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fw-190-head-on-e1487746653376.jpgfw-190-head-onThe business end of a FW 190... This is what the crew of a US bomber would have seen at the closest point of a head-on attack, before the fighter rolled away (and down) to avoid collision. (US National Archives RG 18)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/focke-wulf_ta_152_h_15247074656.jpgfocke-wulf_ta_152_h_15247074656Future force... The advanced, Tank Ta.152 high-altitude interceptor, introduced in very limited numbers from January 1945. (SDASM #38235560 via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cover-luftwaffe-fighter-force.jpgLuftwaffe-fighter-forceEssential reference... Luftwaffe leaders tell how the Nazi Air Force organised, operated and, ultimately, failed.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bf110-zerstorer-e1487736542439.jpgbf110-zerstorerA wartime propaganda picture of a Bf 110B. Goering saw the twin engine Zerstörer force as an elite group, committed solely to offensive combat – unlike the Bf 109s. (US National Archives RG 242)2017-02-23T20:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/05/23/united-flight-811/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/air-dabia-at-pbg-2.jpgAir Dabia at PBG 2The old jumbo at Plattsburgh – with No.4 engine removed. By this time the maintenance company had pulled out of the airport, and #19875 was well and truly abandoned. (© Brian Hill | airliners.net)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/air-dabia-at-pbg-1.jpgAir Dabia at PBG 1C5-FBS in her latter days, at Plattsburgh around 2002. Note that Sissoko had chosen to name his flagship jumbo after himself. (© Brian Hill | airliners.net) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/air-dabia-at-mia.jpgAir Dabia at MIAC5-FBS seen at Miami in November 1997. Still a passenger jet, it is parked near the air cargo ramp, and there doesn't appear to be any hurry to turn it around. (© Gerhard Plomitzer | airliners.net)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/air-dabia-wrecked.jpgAir Dabia WreckedEnd of the line... stripped of recoverable components, msn 19875 is broken up a Plattsburgh, June 20th, 2003. (© Katie Carpentier | flickr.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/unitedtitle.jpgUnitedTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/air-dabia-747-lengkeek1.jpgAir Dabia 747 LengkeekC5-FBS at Miami in May 1999. (Adriaan Lengkeek | airliners.net via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/united-n4713u.jpgUnited N4713UBack in it's heyday, #19875 as N4713U at LAX, in April 1982. (Ted Quackenbush | airliners.net via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/united-friend-ship.jpgUA 747-17The spacious 'E Zone' (no Economy Class here!) of United Airlines' new 747 fleet in the early 70s. (© David Mills | Visual Approach Graphics & Imaging)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/united-811-door.jpgUnited 811 DoorThe cargo door from UAL811, after it was recovered in two parts off Oahu, in October 1990. The lower edge is to the left in this view. (FAA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/united-811-damage.jpgUnited 811 DamageNTSB inspectors survey the damage to N4713U in the days after the incident. 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Even reg. numbers aren't allowed to disturb the airflow. (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar6-profile.jpgar6-profileThe AR-6, dubbed 'Endeavour', at Reno. As per Formula One rules, it flies with a wing area under 66 sq.ft. and an O-200 up front – but tops 250 mph! (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar6-hoover.jpgar6-hooverThe curvaceous AR-6 fulfils its design function, with a note from race pilot Dave Hoover that says it all... (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar5-in-flight.jpgar5-in-flightThe disarmingly simple lines of the AR-5 – but every curve and junction has been carefully considered. (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar5-engine.jpgar5-engineMike's elegant Rotax installation featured a vertically split cowl with engine cooling to the (airplane's) right side, exhaust to the left. (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar5-cockpit.jpgar5-cockpitThe AR-5's comfortable, compact cockpit – everything the pilot needs, and nothing he don't! (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar-5-mike-arnold.jpgar-5-mike-arnoldA man and his art... Mike Arnold runs up the Rotax of his near-perfect speed machine. (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar-5-const-shaping.jpgar-5-const-shapingThe AR-5 under construction. The foam was shaped, sanded, glassed, then sanded and sanded and sanded... (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar-5-const-glassed.jpgar-5-const-glassed90% finished, 90% to go... The AR-5 in Mike Arnold's Pinole, CA, workshop. Those columns hod the ceiling up, and had to be worked around. (© The Arnold Company. Used with permission.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ar5feature.jpgar5feature2023-11-12T20:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/11/28/sptifire_xiv/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/squadron.jpg1945 Spitfire squadronSpitfire XIVs of No.130 Sqdn RAF on standby at airfield B82/Grave in Holland, early in 1945. RM693 'AP-S' subsequently served with No. 41 Sqdn RAF and No. 416 Squadron RCAF. © IWM (CH 6848)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/spitifre-14-rolling.jpgSpitfire XIV taking offOn a roll... Restored Spitfire F Mk.XIVc 'SM832', originally delivered in March 1945, she was sold to the Indian Air Force in 1947 and first restored in 1978. (PSParrot | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/spitfire-mk-xiv.jpgSpitfire XIV RB140The first Spitfire Mark XIVe, RB140, on a test flight after engine modifications. The aircraft served with RAF No. 610 Squadron from April 6th, 1944, and was destroyed in a landing accident on October 30th. © IWM (E(MOS) 1348)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mk-xiv.jpgSpitfire F Mk.XIVSpitfire F Mark XIV, RB159 ‘DW-D’ being flown by Squadron Leader R A Newbury of 610 Squadron RAF. The 'F's were dogfighters, with their elliptical wingtips clipped to improve roll response. © IWM (CH 13815)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/griffon-service.jpgGriffon SpitfireRAF No.91 Squadron ground crew attend to one of their Spitfire XIVs and its mighty Griffon at West Malling, Kent, in 1944. © IWM (CH 18183)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/flight-of-the-spitfire.jpgflight-of-the-spitfireIn under 10 years, the Spitfire gained 100mph, almost double in weight, and more than doubled its horsepower. Starting with the XIV, the Griffon versions were a quantum jump. (© airscape)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fourteenfeature.jpgfourteenfeature2016-11-28T23:43:55+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/07/22/close-call/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iwm-ce107.jpgIWM CE107Flight Lieutenant M A Cybulski RCAF and Flying Officer H H Ladbrook RAFVR show off their scorched Mosquito NF Mk.II at Coleby Grange, on September 27th, 1943. Anyone worried about flying a wooden plane into combat should consider how many others also flew with fabric covered control surfaces. (IWM CE 107)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iwm-ce-106.jpgIWM CE 106Cybulski (left) and Ladbrook pose with DZ757 ‘RA-Q’. Note the feathered propellers on the damaged starboard engine – as well as the nose mounting for their AI radar antenna, which would have been removed well before any cameras came out. (IWM CE 106)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/closecalltitle-e1472986274550.jpgCloseCallTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/closecallfeature.jpgCloseCallFeature2023-01-28T21:53:01+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/08/31/re-direction/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/redirection.jpgRedirection2016-11-09T21:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/10/04/b24liberator/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ferrying-command-badge-1941.pngFerry CommandThe official Air Corps Ferrying Command 'patch', approved November 14th, 1941.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-hickam-field.jpgHickam Field 12/7/41All that remained of 40-2373 after the Japanese raid on Hawaii, December 7th, 1941. A similar fate would certainly have befallen Old Bolts.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/09-b24-broome-raid.jpgBroome bombingA B-24A (either #40-2373 or -2374) burns on the ground at Broome, Australia, during the raid on March 3rd, 1942. A second B-24, 40-2370 was shot down while taking off. All on board were killed. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/08-liberator-nauru.jpgB-24 AttackA more familiar view of the B-24 – with over 600 miles of range on the B-17, it could prosecute the war over vast distances. Here, the US 7th AF attacks the remote Pacific island of Nauru. (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/07-b24a-76-bag-of-bolts.jpgB-24A Old BoltsSoldiering on... A nice portrait of Old Bag of Bolts in flight, and not looking too worse for wear – so presumably before December 1941. (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/06-xb24-cockpit.jpgXB-24B CockpitCockpit of the XB-24B (taken in 1945) giving a good idea of Old Bolt's front office, where her crew spent so many hours. (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/05-xb24-davis-wing.jpgXB-24 Davis WingThe original XB-24 shows off its highly efficient Davis wing, which contributed so much to the bomber's incredible range. (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/04-yb24-raf-liberator.jpgConsolidated YB-24A different Ferry – YB-24, Serial 40-0697 – still wearing her 'meatball' insignia at San Diego, before being delivered to the RAF as AM259, then BOAC as G-AGCD. (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/03-b24a-liberator-fleet.jpgFerrying Command B-24Another Ferrying Command B-24A - maybe even Old Bolts, but just nine in the USAAF's 1941 fleet. The large Stars & Bars on the nose and topsides identified the still neutral US ships, despite their British camouflage. (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/02-b24a-liberator-2369.jpegConsolidated B-24ASister ship #40-2369 also served with Ferrying Command. This aircraft survived the war and was scrapped at Kingman, AZ. The nose section still exists, in private hands. (USAF)2021-04-09T23:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/10/06/william-t-piper/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/william-t-piper.jpgWilliam T PiperOilman, industrialist, investor and visionary... William T Piper (January 8th 1881 – January 15th, 1970).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/piper-l-4.jpgPiper L4 GrasshopperPiper L-4 "Moby Dick Jr and its larger namesake, serving with the 320th BS, 90th BG, 5th AF, most likely in Northern Queensland, 1943. The Liberator, B-24D-15-CO #41-24047 (msn 841) survived the war, but not the salvage-men afterwards. (SDASM AL-237-030)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cub-ad.jpgPiper Cub AdAn undated, but obviously late 1940s or early '50s ad for the Piper Cub. The headline says it all. (via Don O'Brien | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/a2-chummy.jpgA2 ChummyUnderpowered and over-priced... The Taylor Brothers A-2 'Arrowing' Chummy.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/piperquote.jpgPiper QuoteAmen! (Click to save a large, hi-res version for yourself.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pipertitle.jpgpipertitle2017-01-09T01:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/11/08/luftwaffe-in-africa/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/me-323-gigant.jpgme-323-gigantSpeaking of logistics, a spread dedicated to the mighty Me.323 Gigant highlights the enormous capacity of this six-engined, 55 metre span behemoth – as well as its vulnerability to Allied fighters.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/messerschmitt-me-109-e-4.jpgmesserschmitt-me-109-e-4This striking Me.109 shot is also a great example of the detail carried through the 60 pages of photos and their captions. The full caption reads: "Leutnant Werner Schrör, a four kill-pilot) as his rudder indicates with I/JG 27, flies his Me 109E-4 near the North African coast in April 1941, just after the Gruppe had arrived from the Balkans. The white fuselage band indicated an aircraft of the Mediterranean theatre. There were great things ahead for Schrör, who had been with I Gruppe since the Battle of Britain in August 1940. After Marseille's death, he became the leading Jagdflieger in North Africa with sixty-one kills, and he finished the war with 11 victories to his credit. (W. Sturm via Herrmann & Kraemer.)" Phew! Any questions?https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/junkers-ju-87-stuka.jpgjunkers-ju-87-stukaWhile the colour photos are striking, inevitably most are in black and white – like this example showing a gang of 3 SG Stukas over the Yugoslavian mountains in 1941.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/messerschmitt-me-110-d.jpgMe-110-DsA typically great shot of two II/ZG 26 Me.110Ds over Tripoli Harbour, having just escorted resupply Ju.52s across the Med from Sicily. (Peter Petrick)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/eagles-over-n-africa1.jpgEagles Over N Africa cover2016-11-14T22:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/11/06/airasia-x/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/airasia-x-logo.pngairasia-x-logohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/air-asia-x-9m-xxa.jpgair-asia-x-9m-xxaAirAsia X's original A330-323, 9M-XXA, wears special 9th anniversary livery into Melbourne Tullamarine. The 'thank you' is a nice touch. (© William Reid)2016-11-08T05:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/11/04/united-flight-811-part-2/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/len-morgan-logs.jpglen-morgan-logsPhotos of Captain Len Morgan's logbook, showing the details of his 747 F/O check ride on November 7th, 1970. On the right hand side, a note that Rick was along as Additional Crew Member, and checkout confirmation on the back of a UAL postcard! (© Courtesy of Rick Broome) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/broome-cockpit.jpgbroome-cockpitWhile the cabin of Rick Broome's 727 sports bizjet comforts, the cockpit is still retains all the essentials. ...Nice place to have a meeting, or Friday drinks! (© Rick Broome)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/broome-727.jpgbroome-727The forward 47 feet of Boeing 727-222A N7266U inside Rick Broome's studio at Colorado Springs, CO (© Rick Broome)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/braniff-747.jpgbraniff-747The Big Orange... Braniff's 747-127 N601BN being pushed back at Heathrow in Sept 1981. This aircraft went to Polaris in June 1982, then LT Metro in March 1983 and Tower Air in December 1983. Its career ended in March 1993 and it was parted out. (Tim Rees | wikipedia GNU 1.2)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/06-747-len-morgan.jpg747-len-morganLen Morgan confers with UAL Training Captain DIck Boland. Despite checking out as a 747 F/O, Morgan had been flying since the early 1940s, and captained C-47s and C-46s during WW2. (© Courtesy of Rick Broome)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/05-747-pushback.jpg747-pushbackUnited ground crew connect the tug, ready to pushback their brand new N4713U from LAX Gate 76 on 7 Nov 1970. (© Courtesy of Rick Broome)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/04-747-rick-len.jpg747-rick-lenA second photo of Rick, with his mentor Len Morgan preparing for departure in the background. No glass cockpits or EFBs in those days! (© Courtesy of Rick Broome) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/03-747-rick.jpg747-rickRick Broome in the Flight Engineer's seat, as Braniff Captain Len Morgan (right seat) prepares for the flight. The hand belongs to the Flight Engineer, taking the photo. (© Courtesy of Rick Broome)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/02-747-dick-boland.jpg747-dick-bolandCheck Captain for the Braniff pilots on their 7 November ride, United Training Captain Dick Boland, who was comfortable enough to conduct the flight in a T-shirt, and give Rick a turn at the controls. (© Courtesy of Rick Broome)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/01-747-checklist.jpg747-checklistRick and the UAL Flight Engineer (Fredericks) go over 747 checklist items before the flight. Just 24, Rick was UAL's youngest A&P at the time – and he looks it! (© Courtesy of Rick Broome) 2024-02-26T21:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/09/03/ww1-aviation/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/knightsfeature1.jpgKnightsFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bristol-fighter1.jpgBristol FighterThis could be you! Your could earn a dogfight in the TAVAS F.2b 'Bristol Fighter. (© Gavin Conroy)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brisfit-11.jpgBrisfitClick this image to help make a WW1 aviation documentary.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/harrycobby_awm_a03697.jpgHarry CobbyAce, RAAF founder, director of civil aviation, and leader in two World Wars, Air Commodore Harry Cobby CBE, DSO, DFC & Two Bars, GM. (AWM AO 3697)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mma_fokker_f28.jpgMMA Fokker F28From WW1 beginnings...MacRobertson-Miller Fokker F28-1000 VH-FKA at Perth in the early 1970s. (John Wheatley | wikipedia GNU 1.2)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bristol-fighter.jpgBristol FighterThis could be you! Your donation could earn you a dogfight in the TAVAS F.2b 'Bristol Fighter. (© Gavin Conroy | TAVAS)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dviii-1.jpgFokker DVIIITAVAS operates a Fokker E.III 'Eindekker' and this Fokker D.VIII, both built by Achim Engels in Germany. (© David White | canvaswings.com | TAVAS)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/se5a.jpgSE5aPainted in the colours of one-legged(!) 7-victory Australian ace Frank Alberry, this S.E.5a is almost ready to fly with the TAVAS fleet. (© TAVAS)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/no1-sqn.jpgNo1 Sqn, AFC BE2sB.E.2s of No.1 Squadron AFC, on their flight line in Sinai, cc 1917. (Lt. Adrian Cole | State Lib. of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tavas-flying-collection.jpgTAVAS Flying CollectionThe growing TAVAS flying collection. (© TAVAS)2016-11-08T05:11:07+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/09/01/don-gentile/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/gentiletitle.jpgGentileTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/gentile.jpgGentileThe one-man air force – Capt. Dominic Salvatore Gentile.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/gentile-dfc.jpgGentile DFCGentile receives his DFC from Gen. Eisenhower on April 11th, 1944, while Col. Don Blakeslee stands to attention. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shangri-la-2.jpgShangri-la 2...and after: The wreck of P-51B #43-6913, VF-T, lies on the grass at Debden. (Curiously, the main gear is down but the prop has clearly hit the ground.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shangri-la-1.jpgShangri-la 1Gentile beats up the field after his final mission, April 13th, 1994. Shangri-la" before...https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dgentile.jpgDGentile2018-12-22T12:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/09/01/air-koryo-tshirts/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shirtparade.jpgShirtParadehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/t-shirts-as-smart-object-1-e1472703566212.pngT-SHIRTS as Smart Object-1https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/stealth-black_480.pngAN-2 Stealth Blackhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nknews-logo.jpgNKNews Logohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/air-koryo_480.pngair-koryo_480https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/air_koryo_logo.jpgAir_Koryo_logohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nknewstitle1.jpgNKNewsTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nknewsfeature1.jpgNKNewsFeature2016-11-08T05:09:24+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/all-posts/2016-11-04T12:49:12+00:00weekly0.6https://airscapemag.com/2015/02/18/a-friend-indeed/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/moritz4.jpgMoritz4von Richthofen and Moritz, playing in front of a Jasta 11 Dr.1 at Awoingt, France, in March 1918. Ltn. Erich Lowenhardt looks on.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/moritz3.jpgMoritz3Brothers in arms; von Richthofen and Moritz.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/moritz2.jpgMoritz2von Richtofen and his beloved Moritz, from 'Der rote Kampfflieger'.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/moritz1.jpgMoritzBrothers in arms: von Richthofen and his beloved 'little hound' Moritz.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/aeg-g-ii.jpgAEG G.IIThe AEG G.II twin-engined bomber. In 1915, von Richtofen lost the end of his little finger to a G.II's propeller, while pointing out the fall of his bombs to pilot Zeumer. (SDASM Archive 00074282)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/aeg-g-ii-profile.jpgAEG G.II ProfileAEG G.II (Crazy Jones | wikipedia CC0 1.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/moritztitle-e1473297072830.jpgMoritzTitle2023-03-11T07:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/01/09/best-book-ever/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fp-page-234.jpgFP 234'Fighter Pilot' page 234; CF/A-18s of the RCAF.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fp-page-224.jpgFP 224'Fighter Pilot' page 224; 'Sometimes you lose' - a crashed Bf109E, England, 1940. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fp-page-213.jpgFP 213'Fighter Pilot' page 213; Lts William Laubner and Tunis Lyon, 56th FG, 8th AF, 1944.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fp-page-210.jpgFP 210'Fighter Pilot' page 210, a 56th FG, 8th AF pilot with his P-47 Thunderbolt.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fp-page-158.jpgFP 158'Fighter Pilot' page 158; USMC Col Bruce Porter, and a Royal Saudi Air Forced F-15https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fp-page-58.jpgFP 58'Fighter Pilot', page 58; the media version...https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kaplantitle.jpgKaplanTitle2016-09-08T04:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/05/22/skyfaring-2/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/skyfaring-9.jpegSkyfaring 9Los Angeles glitters beyond the cabin window, during a night approach to LAX. (Courtesy of Mark Vanhoenacker)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/skyfaring-7.jpegSkyfaring 7Towering cumulus clouds storm up from the Bay of Bengal. (Courtesy of Mark Vanhoenacker)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/skyfaring-2.jpegSkyfaring 2The shadow of return: on final approach to Houston George Bush Intercontinental. (Courtesy of Mark Vanhoenacker)2016-09-08T04:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/05/12/big-beginnings/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-13.jpgF111 13The General Dynamics Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT)/F-111A s/n 63-9778, a Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT) F-111A, shows a full load of practice bombs during flight testing of its supercritical airfoil over the Mojave Desert, January 1976. (NASA Photo ECN 5033)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-12.jpgF111 12A portrait of F-111A s/n 63-9768 in high speed, fully swept flight. (USAF Photo # 080219-F-1234S-002)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-11.jpgF111 11F-111A s/n 63-9771, the sixth prototype built, during flight testing at the NASA Flight Research Center in July 1968. This aircraft didn't have the supercritical airfoil of later models, or redesigned 'Triple Plow engine intakes. (NASA Photo ECN-2092)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-10.jpgF111 10A really great trio of shots from the F-111A's flight and weapons testing program. (SDASM Photos)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-09.jpgGeneral Dynamics F-111AAn imposing view of the National Museum of the USAF's F-111A 67-067, on the ramp at Wright-Patt. (USAF Photo # 080219-F-1234S-007)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-08.jpgGeneral Dynamics F-111AOne of the pre-production F-111As on approach to Carswell AFB, TX in late 1964 or early 1965. This aircraft has the early intake design that caused no end of flow trouble and two extensive redesigns called Triple Plow I and II. (USAF Photo # 061003-F-1234S-013)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-07.jpgGeneral Dynamics F-111AA quartet of shots showing the F-111A wing sweep sequence, from 16º to 72.5º. (USAF Photo via Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-06.jpgGeneral Dynamics F-111AF-111A (likely 63-9768 or 63-9771), in flight with her wings forward. (USAF photo # 080219-F-1234S-006)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-05.jpgGeneral Dynamics F-111AA pre-production (note the test boom) F-111A on the ramp at what looks like Edwards AFB. (USAF Photo # 061003-F-1234S-001)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f111-04.jpgF111 04The first pre-production F-111A (s/n 63-9766) during the aircraft rollout ceremony at General Dynamics, Fort Worth, on October 15th, 1964. (SDASM Photo, Cat # 10_0012062)2016-09-08T04:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/04/30/big-pig/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2031.jpg2031Any more detail and we'd have to... you get the picture. This is the forward end of the massive camera bay. The cameras are mounted on the swing-down bay door and look directly through clear panels. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2029a.jpg2029aCamera bay fuse panel. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2026.jpg2026Self explanatory really. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2024a.jpg2024aThe No.1 Squadron badge. No.1 traces its history back to 1916 and has operated numerous great planes including the Bristol F.2 Fighter, Hawker Demon, DH Mosquito, EE Canberra, McDonnell F-4 Phantom II, F-111 and now Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets. 'Videmus agamus' means 'we seek and we strike' – very fitting. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2023a.jpg2023aA feature that will be familiar to any pilot – fuel tank water drains, of which the F-111 has ...a lot. Below is the pressure fuel adapter door, sealed shut for display, along with most other maintenance doors and ports. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2020a.jpg2020aSouth end of a north-bound Pig... The tail root and brake parachute compartment. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2017.jpg2017A more mundane aspect of the aircraft, this extremely robust tail bumper protects the after end of the fuselage from damage in case of over-rotation. Compare it with the bumper on a large passenger jet next time you get the chance. (© airscape Photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2016.jpg2016Along with a range of advanced technologies, the F-111 employed some fairly exotic metallurgy – including the bearings for the massive all-flying horizontal stabilisers. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2013.jpg2013The crowded sidewall of the main undercarriage bay – a maze of ducting, hydraulic lines and more, plus a 'Fast Acting Door' warning that you wouldn't have time to read if the door started operating unexpectedly. (© airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2012.jpg2012Main gear... The substantial ironmongery required to support a jet with MTOW of almost 50,000 kilograms. (© airscape Photo)2016-09-08T04:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/04/22/fallen/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fallen-sketch-003.jpgFallen Sketch 003https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fallen-sketch-002.jpgFallen Sketch 002https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fallen-sketch-001.jpgFallen Sketch 001https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fallentitle3-e1473296704120.jpgFallenTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/poppies.jpgPoppieshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lvg_b-i.jpgLVG B.IAs good a candidate as any, based on the author's sketches – an LVG B.I unarmed reconnaissance plane. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/archie.jpgArchie'Driving away a Bosche plane.' An official photograph taken during the battle of Menin Road Ridge at Passchendaele, September 1917. One gunner has had his ablutions interrupted by the appearance of a Taube. (National Library of Scotland digital.nls.uk/74547190)2016-09-08T04:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/04/09/missing-reprise/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cooma-8.jpgCooma 8The vandalised memorial stone (yeah, some people, right?) at the back of the memorial, giving details of the crash, crew and passengers. © Ken Watsonhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cooma-7.jpgCooma 7The portrait of "Shorty" Shortbridge, displayed with the collected relics of his lost aircraft. © Ken Watsonhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cooma-6.jpgCooma 2A mangled main-wheel hub and bent axle, giving a hint of the 1931 impact forces. © Ken Watsonhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cooma-5.jpgCooma 6A reverse view across the artefacts on display. The Cooma Lions Club community group raised funds for the memorial, which was formally dedicated on October 13th, 1962. © Ken Watson https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cooma-4.jpgCooma 5The display wall of the Cooma memorial... Rusted undercarriage shock absorbers stand under a propeller removed from Southern Cloud earlier in its life and donated by the ANA engineer, Dan Macfarlane, in 1967. © Ken Watsonhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cooma-3.jpgCooma 4South Australian Aviation Museum's operational Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx – the 7 cylinder, 225hp motor that made the Fokker Trimotor an Avro Ten. © airscape Photohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cooma-2.jpgCooma 3The recovered prop extension (fused with part of a splined drive shaft) from one of Southern Cloud's Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx engines. © Ken Watsonhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cooma-1.jpgCooma MemorialThe Southern Cloud Memorial at Cooma NSW, where a number of relics of the wreck are now displayed. More remnants are held in the collections of several Australian museums. © Ken Watson2016-09-08T04:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/04/03/jenny-lessons/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jennytitle-e1473296970273.jpgJennyTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/barnstormbuton1.jpgBarnstormButonCheck the engine oil... A barnstormer gives his JN4-D the recommended once-over before a flight. (From an album formerly belonging to barnstormer and daredevil Carter Buton.) SDASM Carter Buton Album Loan_00063https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/usaafmuseum.jpgUSAAFMuseumThe Curtiss JN4-D Jenny on display in the National Museum of the USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Photo by Greg Hume CC BY-SA 3.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/training-flight.jpgTraining FlightOne Jenny flying one of thousands of WW1 US Army training flights. Photo by George Johnson, Aviation Section, US Army Signal Corps via wikipediahttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/title-page.jpgTitle PageJN4-D Hand Book digitized by Googlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jn4-b.jpgJN4-BPhoto by thatguyeric | Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jn-4-takeoff.jpgJN-4 TakeoffPhoto by Bill Larkins | Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jazz-ride.jpgJazz RideA lovely close formation shot of an Army JN4-D during WW1. I'd love to know what a "Jazz Ride" was! From a C Dorsey album (AL-19), SDASM.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flightschool.jpgFlightSchoolOf course, paid instruction was still a recommended option! This evocative image from an Album (AL-55) which belonged to W. Clifton Hogan, another daredevil pilot in the 1920s. SDASM AL-55 Charles Rector alb Imag_00063https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flight-line.jpgFlight LineAn ante-diluvian shot of Army Signal Corps Jennys on the flight line, during World War One. From a C Dorsey album (AL-19), SDASM.2016-09-08T04:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/03/09/on-the-numbers/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/atag-passenger-2.jpgATAG Passenger 2https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/atagtitle-e1473296948598.jpgATAG Titlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/atag-weeks.jpgATAG Weekshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/atag-passenger.jpgATAG Passengerhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/atag-freight.jpgATAG Freighthttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/atag-carbon.jpgATAG Carbonhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/landing.jpgLanding2016-09-08T04:08:11+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/03/28/rose-coloured-plexiglasses/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/a3801.jpgA380The first Airbus A380 F-WWOW (cn 001) finally rolls out of production (albeit with only two engines) on December 10th, 2004. (Photo by Mathieu Thouvenin | Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f35-fangs-out1.jpgF35 FangsFangs out... A carrier variant F-35C shows off an internal load of AIM-120s. (US Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/ by Andy Wolfe) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/spitfire.jpgSpitfireThe Supermarine Spitfire as we all prefer to remember it – a glorious aircraft with an unsullied past. (Photo © Jvdwolf| Dreamstime.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mosquito.jpgMosquitoDe Havilland's sublime DH.98 Mosquito (DZ313, a B.IV model in this case) breaks hard right in October 1942. (Flight magazine)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hurricane.jpgHawker HurricanePugnacious, pragmatic and plentiful, Hawker's immortal (but not perfect) Hurricane. (National Museum of the US Air Force)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f111-vintage.jpgF111 VintageFile photo of a Vietnam-era USAF F-111.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f111-raaf.jpgF-111s at Red FlagBig 'Pig'... A RAAF F-111 flies towards the Nevada range during Red Flag 06-1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f35-tanks.jpgF-35 TanksAn F-25A serving with the 33rd Fighter WIng hooks up to a KC-135 tanker of the 336th Air Refuelling Sqn during aerial refuelling qualification in Eglin AFB air space. (US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John R. Nimmo, Sr.) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f35-inverted.jpgF-35 InvertedF-35B test aircraft BF-2 rolls rolled inverted to reveal AIM-9X Sidewinder (starboard pylon), 25mm gun pod (centreline) and GBU-32 and AIM-120 (starboard bay). (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin by Andy Wolfe)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f35-helmet.jpgF-35 HelmetUS Navy Capt. Mike Saunders tries on a new F-35 helmet – part of the wider JSF system – on Feb. 25th, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings) 2016-09-08T04:04:11+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/03/21/missing/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/vhumffeature.jpgVHUMFFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wx-map-2.jpgWX Map 2The weather map created within hours of Southern Cloud's departure (and published in the Monday paper on March 23rd). It's a blurry image, but the cyclonic depression that had formed on Australia's southeast is obvious. (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16764159)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wx-map-1.jpgWX Map 1The synoptic chart the pilots used for weather information, created from observations on March 20th and published in the morning paper on March 21st. (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16763764)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/vhumftitle-e1473296886556.jpgVHUMFTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/stinson-a.jpegStinson AAn unidentified AIrlines of Australia Stinson A Trimotor, pictured in 1935 – either VH-UHH or one of her sisters. (State Library of Queensland) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/southerncloud.jpgSouthernCloudSouthern Cloud in flight, a still from footage in the Australian Film and Sound Archive.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/southern-cloud.jpgSouthern SunSister ship, VH-UNA Southern Sun, which left Mascot for Brisbane on the same morning that Southern Cloud departed for Melbourne. (State Library of Queensland)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/nma-img-ci20082083-001-wm-vs1_o3_640.jpgnma.img-ci20082083-001-wm-vs1_o3_640Journalist Frank Proust holds the wreckage of VH-UMF's tailplane. (National Museum of Australia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/nla-pic-vn4398622-v.jpgnla.pic-vn4398622-vInvestigators examine the wreckage of VH-UMF, 27 years after her disappearance. (National library of Australia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mechanic.jpgMechanicA mechanic works on the Southern Cloud's starboard Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx engine, in the ANA hangar at Mascot.2025-05-02T08:39:51+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/04/01/aviation-related-soviet-propaganda/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/soviet-union-space-propaganda-png.jpgsoviet-union-space-propaganda-pnghttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/stalin-and-happy-soviet-people-look-up-to-see-an-airfleet-with-planes-named-lenin-and-stalin-1930s.jpgThis one has an interesting story: http://ideas.ted.com/the-strange-history-of-a-futuristic-soviet-propaganda-plane/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tumblr_l33d6gnhic1qzyrb3o1_400.jpgtumblr_l33d6gnhic1qzyrb3o1_400https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/soviet-propaganda-the-beginning-12.jpgsoviet-propaganda-the-beginning-12https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/soviet-space-program-propaganda-poster-24.jpgsoviet-space-program-propaganda-poster-24https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1941-more-metal-more-weapons.jpgA 1941 Soviet version of the British 'Pots and pans into planes' propaganda poster.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/f7c08d31f296c1040c30c22fe1274724.jpgf7c08d31f296c1040c30c22fe1274724https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ku-xlarge.jpgku-xlargehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5r1auh4-ussrpropaganda010.jpg5r1auh4-ussrpropaganda0102016-09-08T03:50:39+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/02/02/under-the-bridge/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/knilm.jpgKNILMhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p-40e-7fs-march1942.jpg7th PS, 1942A P-40E of the 7th Pursuit, 49thPG, in March 1942 – so very probably at Bankstown, NSW. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/usaaf-p40s.jpgHandmade Software, Inc. Image Alchemy v1.9USAAF P-40s launch from an unnamed Australian base in 1942. (Argus newspaper)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vh-aja-wheatley.jpgVH-AJAHold that Tiger. VH-AJA, the Tiger Moth John Cameron used to beat up Sydney Harbour in 1975. The aircraft is a de Havilland Australia machine, (cn DHA 629) that served as A17-437. The Canadian style canopy is a later addition, now removed. This location is Bankstown Airport in 1971, so VH-AJA may not have been in Cameron's ownership at this time. (Photo by John Wheatley, courtesy of EdCoatesCollection.com) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sydharbour.jpgSydHarbourSydney Harbour, looking east to the Heads. The long boat wakes mark the main flow of the harbour (Parramatta River) from the western suburbs and out under the Bridge. (© airscape Photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sunderland.jpgSunderlandNot the most beautiful flying shot, but perfect for a sense of scale! Short Sunderland ML778 'NS-Z' which flew the last convoy patrol of WW2, being restored at RAF Museum Hendon. (SDASM 01 00087385) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/skyfox.jpgSkyfoxLouise Campbell's Skyfox Gazelle emerges from under the bridge on May 1st, 2004. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/seagull.jpgSeagullOne of the four SOC-3 Seagulls embarked on USS Augusta, identical to (if not actually) the airplane that flew under Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 23rd, 1934. This photo was taken during the Operation Torch landings, North Africa, 1943. (SDASM 40957476) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/queenie-vi.jpgQueenie VIQueenie VI, photographed during her Liberty Loan tour of Australia. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/queenie-under.jpgQueenie UnderQueen's passage. A blurred but incomparable snap of Lancaster Mk I Q for 'Queenie VI' passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge, October 22nd, 1943.2024-11-08T00:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/02/07/wormburners-101/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ls40075.jpgSmokin' in.A Rolladen-Schneider LS4 (pilot John Roberts) dumping water ballast at about 140 knots during a competition finish. © www.whiteplanes.comhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/finalglid.jpgFinal GlideThe basics of a final glide to a finish at 'ground zero'. The red critical slope becomes steeper (and therefore closer in) if there's a headwind.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/feature.jpg????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/compfintitle-e1473297168306.jpgTitle© Sandyprints | Dreamstime.com2016-09-08T03:42:58+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/02/09/take-a-closer-look/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/klm-747-400.jpgShort finals, Maho BayRichie Diesterhef | Flickr.com CC-BY-SA 2.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sxmdanger.jpgSXMDangerJj04 | wikipedia CC-BY-SA 2.5https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/klm-on-app.jpgKLM on ApproachRon Kroetz | Flickr.com CC-BY-SD 2.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/klm-title-e1473297107904.jpgKLM Title2016-09-08T03:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/02/14/red-baron-down/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/openquote.jpgQuoteshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/closequote.jpgCloseQuotehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/von_richthofen.jpgRed BaronRittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen wears his Ordre pour le Mérite, Prussia's highest military honour, in a 1917 postcard portrait. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/moritz.jpgUndefeatedJasta 11 pilots at Roucourt, France in March 1917, just days before Richthofen was shot down. Left to right are Vizefeldwebel Sebastian Festner (9 victories that month, killed on 23 April), Leutnant Karl-Emil Schäffer (14 victories), Oberleutnant Manfred von Richthofen (22 victories), Leutnant Lothar von Richthofen (14 victories) and Leutnant Kurt Wolff (21 victories). The dog is Moritz, Richthofen's beloved Danish hound. (IWM Q 42284)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kaiser.jpgKaiserKaisertruppenschau (Kaiser's Review). The Kaiser, Hindenburg, Falkenhayn and Ludendorf inspect Jasta 11 at Marcke Aerodrome, France, with an Albatros D.Va (possibly Richthofen's) on the field. IWM Q 379https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/jasta-11.jpgJasta 11Von Richtofen and pilots of Jasta 11 relax on the aerodrome grass. (SDASM 02-V-00162)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fokker-dr1.jpgFokker DR.1https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fe8.jpgF.E.8Developed in response to forward-firing Eindekkers of the famous 'Fokker Scourge', the F.E.8 was soon outclassed by later German fighters. This is an F.E.8 replica, built by Cole Palen at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, NY. (wikipedia, by The Pipe CC-BY-SA 3.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dva-down.jpgD.Va DownRichthofen's Albatros D.Va stands in a field near Wervicq, Belgium, after he was forced to land with a serious head wound on July 6th, 1917. (wikipedia) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/albatros-profile.jpgAlbatros Profile"There was nothing on that plane that wasn't red." Profile artwork of von Richthofen's all-red Albatros D.Va, in which he attacked Cunnell and Woodbridge on July 6th, 1917. (B. Huber CC-BY-SA 3.0, via wikipedia) 2016-09-08T03:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/01/04/hudson-flyer/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hudson_flyer_large.jpgHudson FlyerA mediocre image of the Hudson Flyer, but one that shows the flotation devices added specially for the river flight. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/factory1.jpgCurtiss FactoryProud craftsmen with the Flyer at Glenn Curtiss' Hammondsport NY factory.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/curtisstitle-e1473297617411.jpgCurtissTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/albany-flyer.jpgHudson FlyerCurtiss' Hudson Flyer, which would be prototype for the hugely successful 'headless' Curtiss Model D pusher. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nsap271_extr.jpgNSAP271_EXTRhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/q-201412131.jpgJenny, invertedhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/detroit_photographic_company_0676.jpgPoughkeepsie, NY(0676)"The great bridge at Poughkeepsie" captured on a photochrom postcard from around 1900. (via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/quoteopen.jpgQuoteOpenhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/reims.jpgReimsGlenn Curtiss at the controls of his plane, undated, but most likely during the Gordon Bennett races at Reims, France in 1909. LC-B2- 1039-8https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/portrait.jpgGlenn Hammond CurtissPortrait made around 1911. LC-USZ62-49641.2016-09-08T03:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/01/06/black-beauty/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/zknze-cutdown1.jpgZKNZEhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/b-20150107-e1473297570643.jpgB 201501072016-09-08T03:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/01/13/in-a-spin/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/parkes3.jpgFlight Sketchhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/parkes2.jpgParkes2https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/parkes1.jpgParkes1Flight's sketch of the incident, with the lettered points described in the text. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/flight-page.jpgFlight Pagehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/avroassembly.jpgAvro Ghttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/avro_g_larkhill_08_1912_500.jpgType GThe Avro Type G at Larkhill, August 1912https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/avro-type-g.jpgAvro Type Ghttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spintitle.jpgSpinTitle2016-09-08T03:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/01/16/safety-edwardian-style/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ps_8.jpegParachute future'Lowered from heaven on a strong...' Testing of the Cirrus CAPS ballistic parachute system. (NASA photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kempport.jpgKempRoyal Aircraft Factory (and later Short Bros.) test pilot Ronald C Kemp.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/be4.jpgBE4A 1913-vintage B.E.4 built by the Royal Aircraft Factory. Kemp may have been flying this model, or the later B.E.8 with a twin-row Gnome rotary engine. (IWM 67031 via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/aerial-warfare-of-world-war-i-29.jpgCrashed German aviatorA German pilot lies dead in his crashed airplane in France, in 1918. Ironically, the Germans were issuing parachutes by War's end. (National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, USA) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/aerial-warfare-of-world-war-i-14.jpgAerial Warfare of World War I (14)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/safetytitle.jpgSafetyTitle2016-09-08T03:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/28/jenny-inverted/2016-09-08T02:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/30/need-a-lift/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lifttitle1-e1473297630242.jpgLiftTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sir-isaac-newton-1643-17271.jpgSir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/blue-angel1.jpgBlue AngelNewton in action, and reaction, as a Blue Angel F/A-18 makes a low pass over San Francisco Bay. © gripen68https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cessna1024.jpgSkyhawk© Steirus | dreamstime.comhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/coanda1.jpgCoandahttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fma.jpgF=mahttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bernoulli-newton.jpgGiants of ScienceDaniel Bernoulli (1700–1782) and Isaac Newton (1643–1727).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/equation.jpgEquation2024-11-24T20:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/24/christmas/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/emerson-1.jpgThe wreckagehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/xmas-title.jpgXmas Titlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/xmas-portrait.jpgLt. Donald R Emersonhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/shuttle1.jpgA' Hunting We Will GoPilots of the 336th being taken to their planes for the first leg of Operation Frantic II, the Russia Shuttle from June 21st to July 5th, 1944. Note the amount of paperwork! From Left: Lt. James C Lane, Medford, MA; Lt. George C. Smith, Los Angeles, CA; Lt. Charles H Shilke, Somerset, PA; Cpl. Anthony D. Fiore, Attleboro, MA; Lt. J.C. Norris, Amesa, TX (KIA on this mission); Lt. Donald R Emerson, Pembina, ND; Lt. Gilbert W Hunt, Hays, KS; Lt. George H Logan Jr., Montclair, NJ; and Lt. Joseph W Higgins, Philadelphia, PA. National Archives 53360 AC via littlefriends.co.uk2016-09-08T02:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/21/rapture/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/b-20141215-090622-n-7780s-914.jpgRaptorhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cover-strip.jpgCover Striphttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/b-20141220-altered-image.jpgB 20141220 Altered ImageLook! In the sky! Is that a... Yep, it's a black triangle.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/b-20141220-e1473297751857.jpgB 20141220F-22 pass, 22 June 2009. USN.2016-09-08T02:46:38+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/15/airline-futures/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-48b-253876main_ed06-0070-1_full.jpgX-48B 253876main_ED06-0070-1_fullhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-48c-741260main_ed13-0056-01_full.jpgTechnology DemonstratedThe X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft flies over Rogers Dry Lake on Feb. 28, 2013. The C variant incorporated changes to the engine layout, clearly visible hear, to test noise shielding. The long boom is part of the aircraft's parachute-deployment flight termination system. NASA/Carla Thomashttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-nasa_hwb_full.jpgNASA HWBThe Hybrid (or 'blended') Wing Body 'N3-X' concept from NASA, is combines drag minimising design with superconducting electric motors, powered by wingtip mounted gas turbine driven superconducting electric generators. NASA photo.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-747640main_n_plus_2_2012_rendr_j_full.jpgLM SupersonicVisualisation of a supersonic concept aircraft from Lockheed Martin. The design is informed by research the company has done in partnership with NASA, aimed at reducing emissions and lowering sonic boom levels. NASA/Lockheed Martin photo.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-726819main_nasa_supersonic_concept_full.jpgNASA SupersonicA NASA concept for a 'quiet-boom' supersonic aircraft incorporating highly tuned streamlining, propulsion technology and even the tail blister to reduce decibel levels. NASA photo.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-619970main_passenger_original_4x3_full.jpgNG Flying Wing 2A second Northrop Grumman flying wing concept, also targeting 2025 availability with quieter and more efficient subsonic service. NASA/Northrop Grumman photo. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-619125main_ngc_original_4x3_full.jpgNG Flying Wing 1Northrop Grumman's flying wing concept (presented to NASA late in 2011) for a flying wing airliner with the potential to enter revenue service by 2025. NASA/Northrop Grumman photo.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-454166main_mit_hwb_original_full.jpgMIT H SeriesAnother 2035 design, the Hybrid Wing Body H Series from a team led by MIT features embedded engines with thrust vectoring variable area nozzles, noise shielding, advanced onboard vehicle health monitoring and other technologies. Comparable to a Boeing 777, the concept is designed to fly at Mach 0.83 and carry 354 passengers 7,600 nautical miles. NASA/MIT/Aurora Flight Systems photo.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-453799main_boeing_supers_original_full.jpgBoeing Ikon IIFrom Seattle, Boeing's 'Ikon II' concept is designed to deliver reduced fuel burn, airport noise and boom levels, while still cruising at supersonic speeds and having the potential to be in service by 2035. NASA/The Boeing Company photohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/x-453787main_lm_supers_upper_engine_original_full.jpgLM Supersonic 1One of two quiet supersonic designs from Lockheed Martin, this one using an inverted-V engine-under wing to reduce sonic boom levels and various other technologies to improve payload and range. The concept was presented to NASA in April 2010, as a supersonic cruise aircraft that could enter service by 2035. NASA/Lockheed Martin photo.2016-09-08T02:33:24+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/13/seat-cover/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eastern-quote.jpg737 approach© airscape photohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/billybishop.jpgBilly Bishophttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/q-20141213-vh-vxb.jpgVH-VXBVH-VXB on very short finals into Adelaide. (airscape Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/q-20141213-e1473297816127.jpgQ 20141213Rickenbacker, clearly a design connoisseur, comments on being shown the seat covers for Eastern Airlines' new Lockheed Electra fleet in 1958. 2016-09-08T02:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/10/billy-bishop-vc/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lieutenant-colonel_bishop.jpgLieutenant-ColonelCommander of No.60 Squadron by war's end, Bishop stands with his Nieuport 17 at Filescamp, France. (IWM Collection via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/classic-longhorn.jpgMF7 LonghornBishop's stalwart trainer – the Maurice-Farman MF.7 'Longhorn'. First flown in 1910, the Longhorn was rendered ancient by the pace of aircraft development during WW1. IWM Q 67465https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cfs-upavon.jpgCFS UpavonA view of the Central Flying School at Upavon, In the fore is BE2 #447, with a MF7 Longhorn (#431) next in line. (IWM Q 66956)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/capt-wa-bishop.jpgCapt WA BishopA formal portrait of Bishop, as a confident and successful Captain, in 1917. IWM https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/003lg.jpgCrashedWhat the future held for many student pilots during WW1. (raf museum 003LG) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bishoptitle1-e1473297866345.jpgBishopTitleThird ranking fighter ace of WW1, (behind Richthofen and Fonck), Capt Billy Bishop RFC, in his Nieuport 17, France, August 1917. Photo by Wiliam Rider-Rider. wikipedia.2018-02-19T08:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/12/04/planespotting/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spottitle1-e1473300154962.jpgspottitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fa_18346s1.jpgN5344 (1)ATA ferry pilots prepare to board Anson N5344, for yet another transit sometime during the war. flightglobalhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/large.jpgDH82aA flying instructor shows a student pilot, Leading Aircraftmen E W L Brice, where he must and must not put his feet when climbing into the cockpit of a De Havilland Tiger Moth for his first flying lesson. IWM CRH 115https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tigermothprang_1280x742-jpgoriginal.jpegTiger T8257Tiger Moth T8257 (cn84530) © Tony Haweshttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spitfire-k5054.jpgK5054The prototype Spitfire, K5054.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fa_18342s.jpgN5344 (2)ATA pilots aboard and engines ready to start on N5344. Flightglobal FA_18342shttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spottitle-e1473297915940.jpgSRTG DH82aRight time, right place, similar Tiger... ab initio training in Southern Rhodesia during WW2. 2016-09-08T02:01:59+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/06/24/the-mother-lode-of-invention/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hortenho229_unloading.jpghortenho229_unloadinghttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/project_paperclip_team_at_fort_bliss.jpgOperation PaperclipA group of 104 German rocket scientists at Fort Bliss, Texas, in January 1946, as part of the OSS's transhipment of brainpower code-named 'Operation Paperclip' (via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/luftwaffe_confidential_4-copy.jpgPlanformsA spread from Luftwaffe Confidential, showing some of the wing planforms Nazi scientists experimented with for various reasons.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/luftwaffe-confidential-front-copy.jpgLuftwaffe ConfidentialFront cover of Luftwaffe Confidential, written by Claudio Lamas de Farias and illustrated by Daniel Uhr. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/horten_ho_229_smithsonian_rear.jpgHorten Ho 229The striking effluxes and trailing edge of the Horten Ho.229 flying wing fighter, preserved by the NASM in Washington DC. While some consider this an early stealth fighter, I suspect it was just slippery and had a low radar signature as a result. (NASM photo, via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/flettner_282_airborne.jpgFlettner 282One of many pioneering helicopters developed in Nazi Germany, in this case a Flettner 282, shown after it was shipped to the USA for evaluation after the war. (via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bundesarchiv_bild_141-1880_peenemc3bcnde_start_einer_v2.jpgV-2 Launch1943 test-launch of a V-2, from the famed Peenmunde development site. (Photo Bundesarchiv Bild 141-1880, via wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/051021-f-1234p-026.jpgWalter HWK 509B-1A Walter HWK 509B-1 rocket engine, as used in the Me 163 Komet, displayed in the Air Power Gallery of the National Museum of the USAF. (USAF photo 050328-F-1234P-009.jpg)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/050328-f-1234p-009.jpgV-2 Rocket EngineV-2 engine displayed in the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton Ohio. (USAF phot, 050328-F-1234P-009.jpg)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1280px-germany_thc3bcringen_nordhausen_kz_dora-mittelbau_2.jpgSlave wagesA rusting V-2 rocket engine, at the former slave factory Dora-Mittelbau. Photo by Vincent van Zeijst via wikipedia2016-09-08T01:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2014/05/06/ilove-aircraft/2016-09-08T01:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2013/07/10/hidden-treasure/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/g-eaou-side.jpgG-EAOU Sidehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/g-eaou-serial.jpgG-EAOU Serialhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/g-eaou-nose-on.jpgG-EAOU Nose Onhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/g-eaou-engine.jpgG-EAOU Enginehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/g-eaou-cockpit.jpgG-EAOU Cockpithttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/g-eaou-34.jpgG-EAOU 3:4https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/g-eaou-with-cars.jpgG-EAOU with cars2016-09-08T01:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2013/12/06/why-learn-to-fly/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/why-learn-head.pngWhy Learn Headhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/why-learn-to-fly-a4.pngWhy Learn To Fly A42017-08-08T13:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/07/19/mosquito-bites/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-gun-pack.jpgDH98 Gun PackLooking into the fangs of Mosquito FB Mark VI, MM403 'SB-V' of No. 464 Squadron RAAF at RAF Hunsdon in Hertfordshire, as Armourers prepare a load of 500-lb bombs. (IWM CH 12407)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-bomber.jpgDH98 Bomber"Stolid" seems a harsh description for any Mosquito variant - even the bombers. They just LOOK so fast. (Charles Daniels Photo Collection, SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-alipore-2.jpgDH98 Alipore 2The same PR Mark XVI, NS645 'P', taxis in on the PSP (or 'Marsden Matting' in RAF parlance, at Alipore. Clearly, it was hot work. (Jack D. Canary Special Collection, SDASM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-entrance1.jpgDH98 EntranceCome on up... looking through the crew door of a Mosquito Mk.XIII NF (Night Fighter), from February 1945. (AWM SUK13768)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-vigour.jpgDH98 VigourKA114 comes around during the 2013 WIngs over Wairarapa show. The DH98 was especially agile at altitude. Once, in a fight at 40,000 feet, a pursuing Me109 once stalled and fell more than 10,000 feet while trying to turn inside a high flying Mosquito, (Courtesy of Allister Jenks)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-taxi.jpgDH98 TaxiA loaded RAAF Mosquito FB Mk.40 heads off to bite at the Japanese during the Burma campaign. A total of 178 Mk.40s were built in Sydney, by de Havilland Australia. (State Library of Victoria H98.100/1584)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-peel-off.jpgDH98 Peel OffA flight of RAAF Mosquitoes (most likely from Amberley, QLD) peel off and dive onto their target during a training exercise off the Australian coast, 1945. (State Library of Victoria H98.104/3917)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-lines.jpgDH98 TopsideKA114 shows her lines during the Wings Over Wairarapa air show at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, New Zealand on January 19th, 2013 - one of several post-restoration appearances around NZ before she was shipped off to Virginia Beach. (Courtesy of Allister Jenks)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-landing.jpgDH98 LandingPut her down easy... KA114 lands after her display at Wairarapa. The aircraft is a rebuilt FB (Fighter Bomber) Mk.26, built in Canada for the RCAF in 1945 and taken straight into storage. (Courtesy of Allister Jenks)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dh98-head-on.jpgDH98 Head OnWith a 1,460hp Merlin spinning counter clockwise on each side (1,620hp Packard Merlins on the FB Mk.26), keeping a Mosquito straight was no easy task - even in the air. (State Library of Victoria H98.100/4295)2016-09-05T03:48:55+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/07/08/feininger/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-114.jpgOWI 114https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-113.jpgOWI 113https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-112.jpgOWI 112https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-111.jpgOWI 111https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-110.jpgOWI 110https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-109.jpgOWI 109https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-108.jpgOWI 108https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-107.jpgOWI 107https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-106.jpgOWI 106https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/owi-105.jpgOWI 1052018-02-17T21:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/06/03/works-of-art/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-012.jpgOWI 012https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-011.jpgOWI 011https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-010.jpgOWI 010https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-009.jpgOWI 009https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-008.jpgOWI 008https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-007.jpgOWI 007https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-006.jpgOWI 006https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-005.jpgOWI 005https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-004.jpgOWI 004https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/owi-003.jpgOWI 0032017-12-20T19:24:53+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/05/26/that-pilot/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/moffat-title1-e1473047519923.jpgMoffat Titlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stringbags-2048.jpgStringbags 2048A quartet of Fleet Air Arm Swordfishes from 785 Squadron on a torpedo dropping training exercise out of RN Air Station Crail (HMS Jackdaw), near Fife, Scotland, in 1940. (IWM A 3532)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/crail.jpgCrailFitting torpedoes to a Swordfish before a training exercise out of RN station HMS Jackdaw, Crail, Fife. (IWM A3168)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ark-royal-91.jpgArk Royal (91)Ark Royal with her complement of Swordfish torpedo bombers, shortly after the Bismarck engagement, in June 1941. (Courtesy Adelaide Archivist | flickr.com CC BY_NC 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/swordfish-return.jpgSwordfish ReturnA Swordfish returns to Ark Royal on the afternoon of May 26th, 1941, after the first of two torpedo attacks launched against the Bismarck. (IWM A 4100)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/schlachtschiff-bismarck.jpgSchlachtschiff Bismarck, nach SeegefechtBismarck enters the Atlantic on May 24th, 1941, following the Battle of Denmark Strait. Two days later, over 2,000 of her crew would be dead. (Deutsches Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-055-14)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/moffat4.jpgmoffat4"Jock" – Sub-Lieutenant John William Charlton Moffat, RN, pictured aboard HMS Ark Royal in 1940.2018-10-01T08:31:43+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/09/16/looking-forward/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/red-barn-3.jpgRed Barn 3Another view across Boeing's MB-3A assembly room, this one dated August 16, 1922. Note the braced and strutted full=span wings. (SDASM 00025847)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/red-barn-2.jpgRed Barn 2Looking across the Boeing production floor, dated July 31, 1922, with finished and painted MB-3A wings waiting to be mated to assembled fuselages. (SDASM, Ray Wagner Collection. Catalog 16_003254)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/red-barn-1.jpgRed Barn 1Beautiful panorama of the Wing Room – upstairs in Boeing's historic Red Barn building. Be sure to click the image for a full-sized view. [ Library of Congress P&P Division, PAN SUBJECT – Miscellaneous no. 6 (E size) ]https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mb3a-derelict.jpgMB3A DerelictThe other end of the line... Gutted and filleted MB-3As meet the end of their service lives. Most were withdrawn in 1926. (SDASM, Douglas Kelley Photo Album, AL8_Douglas_000090)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mb3a-a2a.jpgMB3A A2AThe finished product... MB-3s bore a close resemblance to the SPAD XIIIs they replaced, albeit with a HIspano-Suiza 8 up front. (SDASM 00025852)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/seattle-feature.jpgSeattle Featurehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/looking-title-e1472986234981.jpgLooking Titlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/looking-feature.jpgLooking Feature2016-09-05T03:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/10/15/lift-equation/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/escl.jpgeSCLhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/equation2.jpgequationhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nasa-harv-hornet.jpgNASA HARV HornetLift = ... well, total weight. Smoke and yarn tufts highlight the varied airflow acting on an F/A-18 airframe in flight. (NASA photo). https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/es1.jpgeShttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/el1.jpgeLhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ec1.jpgeChttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/e121.jpge1:2https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spirou.jpgSpirou© airscape photohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/skyhawk.jpgSkyhawk© Steirus | Dreamstime.comhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/runway.jpgRunway© Stephen Griffith | Dreamstime.com2023-10-11T21:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/09/19/seattle-centennial/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/seattle-title2-e1472986209104.jpgSeattle Title2016-09-05T03:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/11/07/fallen-eagle/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/spad-xiii-crash.jpegSPAD XIII CrashThe electrifying SPAD XIII also operated, and crashed, out of Issoudun – although it's less likely Wright would have been entrusted with one so early in his career. (SDASM 01_00088090)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/second-aic-tours.jpgSecond AIC, ToursThe 'Camp at Tours' – the US Air Service's 2nd Air Instruction Centre –where Jack Wright received his initial flight training, before graduating to pursuit training at either Issoudun (3rd AIC) or Avord (4th AIC). (Wikipedia) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nieuport-28.jpegNieuport 28Wright enthused about finally flying the nimble 'silver fish' machines de chasse, so it may well have been a Nieuport 28 like this in which he spun to his death. (SDASM 01_00086417)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jack-wright-uniform.jpgJack Wright UniformJack Wright in uniform, in France. The building behind looks far to permanent to be part of the US Aviation Instruction Centres, so this may be on one of his visits to Paris. (From 'A Poet of the Air') https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jack-wright-portrait.jpegJack Wright PortraitA young Jack Wright, at about the time he volunteered for ambulance service in France. From 'History of the American Field Service in France' (The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1920), part of the History of the American Field Service at www.ourstory.infohttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jack-wright-34.jpegJack Wright 3:4https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/issoudun-trainers.jpgIssoudun TrainersTraining aircraft of the 3rd Aviation Instruction Centre at Issoudun, France. (Cameron, Rebecca Hancock, 1999, Training to Fly. Military Flight Training 1907-1945, Chapter 4: Training at home for War Overseas. Air Force History and Museums Program, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, via Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/issoudun-field-3.jpgIssoudun Field 3Nieuport 23Ms in front of the canvas hangars at Field 3 of the 3rd AIC, Issoudun. With 11 operation air fields and four more under construction, the Issoudun complex was the largest airbase in the world by war's end. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/g3-at-amiens.jpgG3 at AmiensAnother G.3 in French service, this time at Amiens (near the Somme) in June 1915. It also gives a good view of the canvas hangars that were widely used throughout the war. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/clash-of-eagles.jpgClash of EaglesClash of Eagles... A stunning 1917 recruitment poster for the US Air Service, by noted wildlife illustrator (and taxidermist) Charles Livingston Bull (1874–1932). (Library of Congress P&P LC-DIG-ds-05451)2016-09-05T03:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/11/12/swordfish-across-america/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/swordfishtitle-e1472986126104.jpgSwordfishTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/swordfishfeature.jpgSwordfishFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hamilton-4.jpgHamilton 4Courtesy David Hamilton, via www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.ukhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hamilton-3.jpgHamilton 3https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hamilton-2.jpgHamilton 2https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hamilton-1.jpgHamilton 1https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/838-over-sf1.jpg838 Over SF838 Squadron's 2C, 2F and 2B over Coit Tower and the Embarcadero, San Francisco. The runway in the background is the wartime Naval Auxilliary Air Facility on Treasure Island. (Dan Shumaker Collection)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ark-royal.jpgHMS Ark RoyalSwordfish in their element – in this case 820 Sqn operating off HMS Ark Royal just before the war. As aircraft No. 845 takes off, another is already approaching the straight-through flight deck.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/swordfish-v4388.jpegSwordfish v4388Sub-Lieut. Thompson and Swordfish V4388 of 838 NAS, working up over Nova Scotia in mid-1942. The pilot is Sub-Lieut. D McAleese ('Mac') and the gunner is Leading Aircraftman J. McRandles.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fairsky.jpgFairskyI kid you not... HMS Attacker (USS Barnes) transformed into the peaceful passenger and cruise ship 'Fairsky'. The old warhorse was finally broken up in Hong Kong in 1980. 2016-09-05T02:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/11/19/missing-in-action/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/b17s.jpgWorld War IIB-17s stream east into Germany... For thousands of their crew it would be a one-way trip. (USAAF Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/large.jpglargeOne of the lucky ones... Mosquito FB Mark VI, MM401 'SB-J', of No. 464 Squadron RAAF, at Friston ELG on February 21st, 1944. Hit by flak over the Channel, the crew could easily have disappeared into the sea. (IWM CE 128) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/halifax.jpgHalifax'The bomber would always get through' – but many wouldn't make it back. Here a No.4 Group Halifax is silhouetted as it by fires as it flies over the burning German city of Leipzig. (IWM C 3972)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/miatitle-e1472986103694.jpgMIATitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/miafeature.jpgMIAFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wellington.jpgWellingtonLuftwaffe personnel inspect the remains of Vickers Wellington Mk.Ic KX-E (L7788) of No. 311 Squadron, shot down over the Netherlands in September 1940. In this case, the crew (one dead) were all identified. (IWM HU 112589)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/typhoons.jpgTyphoonsNot much of a fighter, the pugnacious Hawker Typhoon excelled at ground attack – a role where destruction could be sudden, instant and absolute. (IWM CL 472)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/stirling.jpgStirlingShort Stirling W7459 'O' of No. 1651 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit) in flight, 1942. (IWM HU 107752)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/stirling-maint.jpgStirling MaintThe mighty Shorts Stirling, severely hamstrung (but sent into service anyway) by a bureaucratic decision that saw over 2 meters cut from each wing's designed length.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/spitifre-colour.jpgSpitifre ColourThe Spitfire Mk.Vb met its match in the Fw.190 on sweeps over France – many aircraft simply disappearing from a squadron formation. This particular Vb, AD233, was shot down by Fw.190s over Gravelines on 25 May, 1942. (IWM COL 189)2016-09-05T02:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/12/02/swordfish-notes/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/libsidekey.jpgLibSideKeyKey to the Liberator cockpit sidewall diagram. (Air Ministry Pilot's Notes)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/libside.jpgLibSideLeft sidewall of the Liberator VI – basically the B-24G/B-24H. (Air Ministry Pilot's Notes)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/libpitkey.jpgLibPitKeyKey for the Liberator III cockpit diagram. (Air Ministry Pilot's Notes)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/libpit.jpgLibPitThe cockpit diagram for a Liberator III (or B-24D). In later Marks, the panel behind the throttle handles was replaced with a Sperry Autopilot. (Air Ministry Pilot's Notes)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/libfuel.jpgLibFuelFuel schematics for the "early" Liberator II and V – based on the B-25D – and, below, the "later" Mk.VI or B-24G/H. Even with fourR-1830-65s turning, 3,004 imperial gallons (3,608 gal/13,656 litres) is a lot of range. (Air Ministry Pilot's Notes)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fortpitkey.jpgFortPitKeyKey for the Fortress IIA cockpit. The IIA was an anglicised B-17E, the II a B-17F, and the III a B-17G. See 'Heavy Going Part 2' for more details. (Air Ministry Pilot's Notes)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fortpit.jpgFortPitCockpit diagram for the RAF Fortress IIA, which was essentially a B-17E. (Air Ministry Pilot's Notes)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tracker.jpgTrackerA Swordfish pilot climbs down from his "pulpit-like cockpit" on board HMS Tracker (D24), during North Atlantic convoy duty in October 1943. (IWM A19730)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/study.jpgStudyEvocative study of a Swordfish Mk.1, K5660, (IWM ATP 87501)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/overhead.jpgOverheadThe U-Boat view? Actually, a Swordfish circling over the destroyer HMS Kelvin before landing aboard HMS Ark Royal, during Mediterranean convoy duty in November 1940. (IWM A 2362)2016-09-05T02:45:14+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/12/09/raf-fortress-and-liberator/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fort-iia.jpgFortress IIAFortress Mk.IIA FK186 'S', flies past the Hebridean islands of northwest Scotland, during Atlantic convoy duties in 1943. (IWM TR 1084)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/raf-liberator-fortress-liberator.jpgRAF Liberator & Fortress & LiberatorThe B17 Fortress and B24 Liberator in RAF service. (airscape Graphic)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fort-crew.jpgFort CrewA 1943 publicity photo of a RAF Coastal Command crew with their Fortress IIA (s/n FL462, "W") of No. 220 Squadron RAF, based at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. (IWM TR 1082)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lib-iiia.jpgLiberator IIIAOne of the 'emergency' Liberator Mk.IIIAs just after its ferry flight. It still wears its USAAC serial, 41-1087, and would serve RAF Coastal then Transport Commands as LV337. (IWM ATP 108138)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lib-cix.jpgLiberator C IXOne of the RAF's highly evolved Liberator C Mk.IX transports, JT978. This aircraft served on the North Atlantic run, and was handed over to the US Navy after the war. (IWM 15081C) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/leigh_light.jpgLeigh_LightGround crew polish the cover of a 22 million candela Leigh Light, fitted to a Coastal Command Liberator GR.V. (IWM CH 13997)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/libs-a721.jpgRAAF Liberators A72A trio of RAAF B-24s on a cross-country training flight with 7OTU, in late 1944. All built at San Diego, A72-42 is a B-24J-175-CO (44-40654); A72-46 is a B-24J-185-CO (44-40871); and A72-75 is a B-24L-1-CO (44-41403). (State Library of Victoria)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lib-gagku.jpgLiberator LB-30 G-AGKUThe RAF's unique LB-30 Liberator Mk.II. This particular aircraft, AL547, was used by BOAC as G-AGKU, then transferred to QANTAS Empire Airways in August 1944. (SDASM 01_00092052)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lib-fk228.jpgLiberator FK228Liberator GR Mark IIIs, FK228 ‘M’ and FL933 ‘O’, of No. 120 Squadron RAF, lined up with other aircraft at Aldergrove, County Antrim, N.Ireland. The third aircraft in line is a GR Mark V, FL952, of No. 86 Squadron RAF. (IWM CH 18035)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lib-am916.jpgLiberator AM916One of the first Liberator Mk.Is in RAF service, AM916 joined Coastal Command on December 17th, 1941. She performed Atlantic patrols until 1944, was partly converted to passenger service for BOAC before being reduced to spares, with her hulk being sold as scrap for £20 in March 1952. (Thanks to RAFb24.com for the info.) (SDASM 01_00092059) 2016-09-04T10:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/12/09/b17-b24-handling/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lib-grv.jpgLiberator GR Mk.VA Coastal Command Liberator GR.V of 86 Squadron RAF, shows off it's high aspect ratio Davis wing. The efficiency of the wing added to the Liberator's famous range, if not its overall handling. (IWM CH 11800)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/b17-an5282.jpgBoeing B-17CFortress I AN528 (aka AM528) breaks away from the camera, to show her ventral 'bathtub turret' and sliding waist gun windows, both of which were new on B-17Cs.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/heavytitle-e1472986064986.jpgHeavyTitle2016-09-04T09:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/12/16/aerion-part-one/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tu144ll.jpgTu144LL'Concordski' – the Tupolev Tu-144LL takes off from Zhukovsky Air Development Center, near Moscow, in July 1997. (NASA) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sia-concorde.jpgSIA ConcordeA tale of two cities... G-BOAD wore SIA livery on its port side and BA colours on the other for a shared London-Singapore service. After noise bans by Malaysia, then India, the service was abandoned as impractical.(Steve Fitzgerald | airliners.net GFDL 1.2) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lockheed-l2000-ad.jpgLockheed L2000 AdLockheed sets out the potential economic cost to the US, if the SST project was allowed to languish. (James Vaughan | flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/l2000-mockup.jpgL2000 MockupLockheed's full-scale mockup of the L2000 concept – gracious curves, grand scale and great optimism. (SDASM 01_00092569)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/l2000-layout.jpgL2000 LayoutA detailed layout of Lockheed's L2000 SST concept, from 1966. A similar form to Concorde belies the far more ambitious U.S. concepts. (James Vaughan | flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/concorde-line.jpgConcorde Linehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/concorde-finis.jpgConcorde FinisNo pot of gold... The last Concorde flight of all, G-BOAF #216, comes home to Bristol's Filton airport on November 26th, 2003, for its future as a museum display. (Ben Salter | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/concorde-farnborough.jpgConcorde FarnboroughNose down, gear down... Concorde arrives at Farnborough on September 7th, 1974. (Steve Fitzgerald | airliners.net GFDL 1.2)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/concord-tu144.jpgConcorde and Tu144First and second... The only SSTs to enter revenue service, Concorde #207 'F-BVFB' and Tu-144 #77112 at the Sinsheim Auto und Technikmuseum, Germany. (pilot_micha | flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/boeing-sst-747.jpgBoeing SST & 747Look! You can see the future from here. A 1968 Boeing illustration shows the future it imagined, alongside the future it built. (James Vaughan | flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) 2016-09-04T09:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/01/08/aerion-part-two/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/skyrocket1.jpgSkyrocketNASA used the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket to explore trans-and supersonic flight in the 1950s. Skyrocket was the first aircraft to reach Mach 2. (NASA Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/x15-white.jpgX15 WhiteWhite sealant coats X-15 #2's pink ablative layer. On October 3rd 1967, Col. William "Pete" Knight would pilot this aircraft to a record setting Mach 6.72 (4,520mph). (NASA EC67-1776)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/x15-pink.jpgX15 PinkIn June 1967, X-15 #2 (56=6671) was given a full ablative coating to disperse the searing heat of flights beyond Mach 4. (NASA ECN-1751)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sr71-spike.jpgSR71 SpikeThat mighty spike... Just ONE of Lockheed's solutions to the myriad problems of Mach 3 cruise. This is Kalamazoo Air Zoo's unique SR-71B trainer, #61-7956. (Wayne Silver | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sr71-engine.jpgSR71 EngineMore installation than engine, these diagrams show the complicated flow mechanisms needed to keep the fires burning through the SR-71s flight envelope. (Inductiveload | wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/shockwaves.jpgShockwavesA NASA-developed schilieren photography technique called BOSCO highlights the shockwaves around a supersonic T-38 out of the Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. (NASA Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/nasa-quiet-spike-f15.jpgNASA Quiet Spike F15More work for NASA #836 – testing Gulfstream's 'Quiet Spike', a cockpit-controllable telescopic nose probe designed to mitigate sonic booms across a range of conditions. (NASA Photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/nasa-aerion-f15b-2.jpgNASA Aerion F15B 2Aerion's research equipment on #836's centreline – basically a test airfoil section with probes to measure the extent and robustness of the natural laminar flow at supersonic speeds. (NASA Photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/nasa-aerion-f15b-1.jpgNASA Aerion F15B 1NASA's F-15B #836 takes off from Edwards AFB in April 2013, carrying an Aerion experiment to measure Supersonic Boundary Layer Transition. (NASA Photo) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/f16-nasa-laminar.jpgF16 NASA LaminarIn earlier research into supersonic laminar flow, NASA's F-16 #2 test-flew a wing panel with more than 10 million laser cut holes, used to draw away a portion of the boundary layer, between 1991 and 1996. (NASA Photo)2017-12-12T21:02:10+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/02/11/the-airshow/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/vh-uxl-and-fns.jpgVH-UXL and FNSGlory Days... Stinson Reliant VH-UXL frames Beech Staggerwing VH-CNS.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/temora-spitfire.jpgTemora SpitfireFace To Face... Proof that you don't need a big lens to get a Spitfire by the teeth.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/roulettes.jpgRoulettesAirplanes & Audience... The RAAF Roulettes display to an appreciative crowd. You can't have one without the other.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/noisy-hornet.jpgNoisy HornetSuper Loud... Stepping back gave this Super Hornet's dirty pass real context. (I wish it was sharper though!)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/no-access.jpgNo AccessCrowd Line... Perfect example of the kind of 'real' air show scenes I'd normally miss.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flight-line.jpgFlight LineFlight Line... Temora Aviation Museum Meteor, RAAF Roulettes PC-9s and RAAF Bombardier Challenger 604.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fa-18-big-nose.jpgF:A-18 Big NoseBig Nose... No need to change lenses for a frame-filling image of this "classic" Hornet, on static display.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/f-35-and-f-111.jpgF-35 and F-111Time Line... Two generations of RAAF technology, the coming F-35 and retired F-111C.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/f-35-ambition.jpgF-35 AmbitionPrivate Moment... A RAAF cadet contemplates the cockpit of the RAAF's F-35 training mockup.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dhc-4-caribou-comp.jpgDHC-4 Caribou CompStep Right Up... The smaller camera was ideal for walkaround details – the HARS DHC-4 Caribou in this case.2016-09-04T09:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/02/20/aileron-history/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wrights.jpgWrightsOrville (left) and Wilbur Wright at the 1910 International Aviation Tournament, Belmont Park, NY, in November 1910. (LoC P&P, 2002721781)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/paulhan.jpgPaulhanLouis Paulhan in his Farman biplane – ailerons ready for aviation, if not litigation – at the Los Angeles Air Meet of January 1910. (SDASM #01_00086605)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/june-bug.jpgJune BugGlenn Curtiss winning the Scientific American trophy for a flight of 1km, July 4th, 1908. Note the wingtip roll controls. (LoC P&P, 2001705775)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/glenn-curtiss.jpgGlenn CurtissGlenn Curtiss at the controls of the AEA 'June Bug' in 1908. (LoC P&P, 95511645)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/boulton.jpgBoultonMatthew Piers Watt Boulton 22 September 1820 – 30 June 1894), painted around 1840, by Sir Frances Grant. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bleriot_viii.jpgBleriot_VIIILouis Bleriot flying his Bleriot VIII the 14km from Toury to Artenay and back in October 1908. Note the wingtip roll controls, not dissimilar to the AEA's 'June Bug. (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2-hartes-balancers.jpgHarte's BalancersHARTE'S BALANCERS, 1870. G = wing; H = hinge of wing flap; J = junction of wing to main body; L = lever operating wing flap; Y = wing flap. (Flight) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-boultons-balancers.jpgBoulton's BalancersBOULTON'S BALANCERS, 1868. a = main supporting surface; b, c = rotatable balancers; d = rotating pendulum operating the balancers by a cord passing over drums on their axes. (Flight)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ailerontitle.jpgAileronTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aileronfeature.jpgAileronFeature2016-09-04T09:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/02/29/aviation-australia/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/grab-smiths.jpgSmithsAustralians Ross and Keith Smith, who flew their Vickers Vimy bomber an astonishing 11,130 miles from England to Australia in 1919.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/grab-b727.jpgB727A fond memory for many, TAA Boeing 727s take on passengers in 1966. They'd entered Australian service just two years earlier. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/timetitle.jpgTimeTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/timefeature.jpgTimeFeature2016-09-04T06:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/06/16/aviation-poems/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/spitfire-iia.jpgSpitfire IIaA genuine Battle of Britain veteran, Spitfire Mk.IIa 'P7350' of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF. (Meg Vaughan | flickr.com CC-BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/slingsby-swallow.jpgSlingsby SwallowStill soaring... RAF Air Cadets Slingsby T.45 Swallow pictured in July 2011, fifty years after our clip of XS650. (Ronnie Macdonald | flickr.com CC BY 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lightning.jpgLightningAll shock cone and tailpipes... an RAF pilot boards his 'Frightning' in the mid-60s. © Crown copyright. IWM (RAF-T 5759)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jet-provost.jpgJet ProvostA lovely study of Jet Provost T3 XN469 '25' in the 1960s, with Chipmunk and Vampire tails behind. Delivered in October 1960, this aircraft crashed on East Moor Yorkshire in June 1970. (Photo by Neil Aird CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via kitchener.lord | flickr.com) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hunters.jpgHuntersThree Hunter F.1s (WT594, WT622 and WT641) of No 43 Squadron RAF head over the top of a formation loop, high above Scotland in 1955. © IWM (RAF-T 42A)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hawker-hunter.jpgHawker HunterThe sublime Hawker Hunter – this is the prototype at RAF Boscombe Down for service trials, in July 1951. 'Avon' refers to the Rolls-Royce engine. © IWM (ATP 21301B)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/writetitle.jpgWriteTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/writefeature.jpgWriteFeature2016-09-04T05:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/06/26/leader-of-the-revolution/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/map.jpgR-4 MapThe delivery flight of the Sikorsky XR-4, from Stratford, CT (May 13th, 1942) to Wright Field near Dayton, OH (May 17th, 1942).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/xr-4-with-igor-and-orville.jpgXR-4 with Igor and OrvilleNo doubt an amazing moment for both men – Igor Sikorsky and Orville Wright, with the XR-4 at Wright Field. (© 2016 Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/xr-4-team-stratford.jpgXR-4 Team StratfordThe Sikorsky team that prepared the R-4, gathered at Stratford, CT at the end of 1941. BACK: Edward Ortlepp; and Adolph Plenefisch, Shop Foreman. STANDING: Alex Krapish, Michael Buivid, Supervisor Vought-Sikorsky Test Lab; Igor. Sikorsky; Fritz Papini, Bob Labensky, XR-4 Project Engineer; Walter Stens, and Henry Wirkus. FRONT: Robert Kretvix; George “Red” Lubben, Mechanic; Miles “Bud” Roosevelt, Mechanic; and Ed Walsh, Crew Chief. (© 2016 Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/xr-4-team-dayton.jpgXR-4 Team DaytonThe newly delivered XR-4 and support team at Wright Field. L to R: Ed Walsh, Adolph Plenefisch, Igor Sikorsky, Orville Wright, Ralph Alex, Les Morris and Bob Labensky. (© 2016 Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/xr-4-in-flight.jpgXR-4 in flightThe XR-4 over what could only be Wright Field, given the variety of bomber types parked below. (© 2016 Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/usaf-sikorsky-r-4b.jpgSikorsky R-4BThe Sikorsky R-4B, #43-46506, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Apart from a more powerful engine, the tail-wheel was moved aft on production aircraft. (USAF photo)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sikorsky-factory-ca-1943.jpgSikorsky Factory ca. 1943A great view of the Sikorsky plant at Stratford, CT, in 1943. Note the new S-47/R-5 (later H-5 & Westland Dragonfly) on the airfield. (© 2016 Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/r-4b-rescue-crew.jpgR-4B Harman crewUSAAF Second Lieutenant Carter Harman (standing, left) with his YR-4B and crew in 1944. Harman made the first helicopter combat rescue on April 23rd, 1944 in Burma. (© 2016 Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/r-4-production-line.jpgR-4 Production LineInside the world's first helicopter mass production facility – R-4Bs roll down the Vought-Sikorsky line during 1944. (© 2016 Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/r-4-engine.jpgR-4 EngineTop view of the R-4 engine installation, with cooling fan in the centre and the troublesome transmission just below (aft) and left of it. (© 2016 Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.)2017-09-14T13:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/08/10/im-safe/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/approach.jpgApproach© Dragunov1981 | Dreamstime.comhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/da42-twin-star.jpgDA42 Twin Star© Alvera | Dreamstime.comhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pave-page-2.jpgPAVE page 2And the mnemonic, in all its redundancy. (FAA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pave-page-1.jpgPAVE page 1The 'real' PAVE – a full checklist for every flight. (FAA)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/imsafetitle.jpgIMSAFETitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/imsafefeature.jpgIMSAFEFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/windsock1.jpgWindsock2016-09-04T05:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/06/04/colditz-glider/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colditz-prisoners.jpgColditz PrisonersSenior officers of the Oflag IVC in front of Colditz Castle chapel. From left to right: Unidentified Yugoslavian Army Captain; Colonel de Smet, Belgian Army; Admiral Józef Unrug, Polish Navy; General Tadeusz Piskor, Polish Army; Colonel David Stayner, the Dorsetshire Regiment, British Army; General Le Bleu, French Army; Major E. Engles, Dutch Army. © IWM (HU 20269)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colditz-entrance.jpgColditz EntranceThe intimidating entrance to Oflag IV-C, a prisoner's first close look at what they'd be trying to escape from.https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colditz-courtyard.jpgColditz CourtyardPrisoners parade in front of the French quarters, Colditz. The Glider was built in the upper attic (above the windows) of this building, and would have been launched along the roofline behind the tower at centre-left. https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colditz-castle.jpgColditz CastleColditz Castle from the opposite bank of the Mulde River, with the town's road bridge in the foreground. (IWM)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colditz-bridged.jpgColditz Bridged1st US Army soldiers on Colditz Bridge, April 16th, 1945. Damage to the town is evident, while the barricade on the extreme right of the bridge marks German attempts to blow up the centre piling. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colditz-bridge.jpgColditz BridgeColditz Bridge after it had been blown up and shot at by Volkssturm and WaffenSS soldiers. (69th-infantry-division.com)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colditz-1945.jpgColditz 1945Schloss Colditz on April 17th, 1945, the day after its liberation. Taken by an unnamed US soldier. (Wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colditzinsidetitle.jpgColditzInsideTitle2016-09-04T05:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/03/07/first-727/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/727-lines.jpg727 LinesA true classic, however you look at it – Boeing's final design for the iconic 727 family. (SDASM 00062179)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/727-weather-table.jpg727 Weather Tablehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/survey-table.jpgSurvey Tablehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/n7001u-rollout-2.jpgN7001U Rollout 2History in the making... N7001U rolls out of the Boeing plant at Renton, WA on February 5th, 1963. (SDASM 00062177)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hs-trident-1e.jpgHS Trident 1EThe smaller (originally, anyway), less successful, but very similar HS Trident. This is a 1E model, G-AVYB, at Zurich in the mid-70s. (Aero Icarus | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/727s-flaps-out.jpg727s Flaps outFlaps out! A great view of a 727 wing unpacked for landing, showing those extensive flaps – and another 727 alongside. (Pierre J. | flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/727-265.jpg727-265Future 737? Twin, wing mounted engines. Design project 727-265https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/727-264.jpg727-264Classic regional jet: Twin-aft mounted engines (with a low tail). Design project 727-264https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/727-2-approach.jpg727-2 ApproachSomething special in the air... N728AA, an American Airlines 727-227 on approach to Miami. 200 series jets were limited to flaps 30, whereas 100 series jets could deploy theirs a full 40 degrees. (Aero Icarus | flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/727-reversers.jpg727 ReversersAnother shot from N7001U's big day, showing the arrangement of the thrust reversers – out from the centre, up from the sides. (Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions | flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)2016-09-04T05:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/03/15/eielson-b29/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ladytitle1.jpgLadyTitlehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ladyfeature1.jpgLadyFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wb-29-at-eielson1.jpgWB-29 at EielsonWB-29 #229, one of #214's sisters, wears a blanket of snow Eielson AFB in late 1951. Note the "bug catcher" above the fuselage, and high visibility red tail. (Air Weather Assn | USAF) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wb50-at-eielson.jpgWB50 at EielsonA WB-50 with the 58th WRS at Eielson, sometime between 1956 and the squadron's inactivation in August 1958. This looks like 49-0325, originally a B-50D-115-BO (msn 16101).https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wb-50-aws.jpgWB-29.USAF PhotoA WB-50 (48-(0)108, msn 15917) on patrol, with its E1 Foil or "bug catcher" in plain sight, above the aft fuselage. (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wb-29-washdown.jpgBoeing WB-29A 55th WRS WB-29 receives a radiation wash down at McClellan AFB, CA, on April 30th, 1952. Note the warning sign. This was SOP for Eielson ground crew when a ship came back 'hot'. (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wb-29-53rd-wrs.jpgBoeing WB-29Another 'Bug Catcher' equipped WB-29, in this case 42-65281 (originally B-29-25-MO) of the 53rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters". (USAF)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/eielson-afb-1950.jpgEielson AFB 1950Eielson AFB as it appeared in 1950 (August 14th, to be precise). #214's gravel pit would be dug toward the top of this view, on about the axis of the parallel taxiway. (USAF, courtesy of Jack Waid)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/58wrs-emblem.jpg58wrs-emblemSquadron patch of the 58th Strategic ('Weather' from Feb 15th, 1954) Recon. Squadron, "The Pole Vaulters". (wikipedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/58th-wrs-b-29-copy.jpg58th WRS B-29 copyA less fortunate 58thWRS WB-29 from Eielson, crashed and broken at Moses Point, AK on April 2nd, 1952. (Air Weather Assn | USAF)2024-07-10T22:05:50+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/04/03/santos-dumont/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-postcard-800.jpgSantos-Dumont Postcard 800A period postcard showing Airship No.6 during its trials at Longchamps Racecourse, Paris. The caption translates as (On the) Embankments at Longchamps. Let go all! (wikimedia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santosfeature1.jpgSantosFeaturehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-portrait.jpgSantos-Dumont PortraitThe inspired Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873 – 1932) at the height of his success. (Dans l'Air, 1904)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-paris.jpgSantos-Dumont ParisThe Goal: An aerial view of the Eiffel Tower and the jagged rooftops of Belle Epoque Paris. (Dans l'Air, 1904)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-99-demoiselle.jpgSantos-Dumont 99 DemoiselleA clearly drained Alberto Santos-Dumont at the controls of his Demoiselle, likely sometime in 1909. (SDASM #02-S-00046)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-9-rooftops.jpgSantos-Dumont 9 RooftopsSantos-Dumont's No.9 'Baladeuse' (loosely 'Runabout') of 1903, above the Paris rooftops. (Dans l'Air, 1904)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-6-track.jpgSantos-Dumont 6 TrackThe track of Santos-Dumont's winning flight. (Annual Report of the Smithsonian Inst., 1901)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-6-seine.jpgSantos-Dumont 6 SeineSantos-Dumont crossing the Seine on his way to the Eiffel Tower in Airship No.6. Note the crowds on the bridge. (Dans l'Air, 1904)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-6-medal.jpgSantos-Dumont 6 MedalThe gold medal awarded to Santos-Dumont by Brazil's government, for winning the Deutsch Prize. (Dans l'Air, 1904)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/santos-dumont-6-en-route.jpgSantos-Dumont 6 En RouteSantos-Dumont and his Airship No.6 en route to the Eiffel Tower – and the 100,000 franc Deutsch Prize – on the afternoon of October 19th, 1901. (Dans l'Air, 1904)2024-11-18T06:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/04/15/bill-lancaster/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/southern-cross-minor.jpegSouthern Cross MinorThe twisted fuselage and port wing spars of Southern Cross Minor, in the Queensland Museum. The wreckage has since been placed in storage. (Queensland Museum) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-cover.jpgBill Lancaster Coverhttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-12.jpgBill Lancaster 12The 1962 French Army patrol and the wreckage of Southern Cross Minor. Lancaster's mummified remains lie partly buried in the foreground. (© Soldat Humbert)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-10.jpgBill Lancaster 10Lancaster's final entry, written on his fuel card after he'd already wrapped his logbook against the elements. (© Estate of Ralph Barker)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-9.jpgBill Lancaster 9The contents of Lancaster's recovered wallet – with pictures of Chubbie clearly showing his enduring love for her. (© Estate of Ralph Barker)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-8.jpgBill Lancaster 8The 'anomaly on the horizon' spotted by a French patrol in February 1962 – 29 years after Lancaster disappeared into the Saharan night. (Soldat Humbert, now in the Thomas Macleod Collection, Queensland Museum)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-7.jpgBill Lancaster 7Bill Lancaster and the Southern Cross Minor; location unclear, but most likely at Lympne before his final flight. (Nat. Archive of Australia)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-6.jpgBill Lancaster 6State Attorney N Vernon Hawthorne cross examines Lancaster during the murder trial. Lancaster faced the electric chair if found guilty. (© UPI)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-5.jpgBill Lancaster 5The twin cockpits of the Red Rose – a special modification by Avro, that would go on to be marketed as the Avian III. (© Central Press, Hulton Archive, Getty Images)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bill-lancaster-4.jpgBill Lancaster 4Triangulation... Lancaster kisses his wife Kiki farewell before the England-Australia flight, as Chubbie Miller looks on from the Avian's front cockpit. (© Lancaster family)2019-06-25T22:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/07/04/win-this-book/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1940-battles-feature1.jpg1940 Battles Featurehttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/spitfire-lz-n.jpgSpitfire LZ-NSqn Ldr Rupert Leigh, CO of No. 66 Squadron, straps into Spitfire Mk I R6800, LZ-N, at Gravesend in September 1940. © IWM (H 59063)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/luftwaffe-leaders.jpgLuftwaffe LeadersLuftwaffe Majors Werner Molders (left) and Adolf Galland (right) confer with Hermann Goering. © IWM (HU 76020) https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bob-contrails.jpgBoB ContrailsThe lives of young men, and the fates of nations, written in the English summer sky of 1940. © IWM (H 4219)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1940-the-battles-to-stop-hitler.jpg1940-The-Battles-To-Stop-Hitler2016-09-04T00:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2016/08/04/apache-over-libya/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/apache-crewman.jpgApache CrewmanAn Apache front seater, during British Army exercises in 2012. (Photo: Peter Davies | Crown Copyright 2012)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vidcap21.jpgApache Attack 2Out of nowhere, a British Apache-launched Hellfire turns the truck into a fireball. (© Crown Copyright 2011)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vidcap11.jpgApache Attack 1A SAM-carrying pro-Gaddafi pick-up stands hidden in trees, Western LIbya, on the night of August 6th, 2011. (© Crown Copyright 2011)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/apache-mediterranean.jpgApache over the MediterraneanA XXX Apache flies over the setting sun during shipboard landing practice landing, 'somewhere in the Med' as part of Operation Ellamy, Libya, in 2011. (Photo: LA(Phot) Guy Poole | Crown Copyright 2011)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/apache-nose1.jpgApache NoseThe complex optical array on the nose of an Apache. (This is a Royal Netherlands Air Force AH-64D, at Farnborough, UK in July 2006.) Photo by Guinnog | wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hms-ocean-cyprus.jpgHMS Albion, RFA Fort Rosalie and HMS Ocean Conduct a Replenishment at Sea During Ex Cypriot LionMay 12th, 2011, and HMS Ocean (right) is replenished at sea by HMS Albion (left) with RFA Fort Rosalie (centre) off the coast of Cyprus. (Photo: LA(Phot) Guy Poole | Crown Copyright 2011)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/apache-ocean.jpgApache, HMS OceanAn Army Apache Mk.1 lifts off HMS Ocean during the first Apache embarkation on 22 September 2009. (Photo: LA(Phot) Bernie Henesy, MoD | Crown Copyright 2009)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/apache-front-seat.jpgApache Front SeatThe front crew station of a 673 Squadron, British Army Air Corps WAH-64D Apache Mk.1. (Photo Graeme Main, MOD | Crown Copyright 2004)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/apache-rising.jpgApache HelicopterBattle ready: A British Army Air Corps AgustaWestland Apache Mk.1 lifts off during an exercise in England in 2012. (Photo: Peter Davies | Crown Copyright 2012)https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hms-ocean-returns.jpgHMS Ocean ReturnsJob done. HMS Ocean steams up Plymouth Sound to her home of Devonport after 8 months in the Mediterranean, December 2011. (Photo: LA(Phot) Martin Carney | Crown Copyright 2011)2016-09-04T00:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/portfolio/a-real-lady/2016-08-24T13:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://airscapemag.com/2015/03/14/tail-chase/https://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/morrison-temp.jpgMorrison Temphttps://airscapemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/truscott.jpgTruscottWing Commander Bluey Truscott, pictured in October 1942, not long after he took command of No. 76 Squadron flying P-40E Kittyhawks. 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