Aeroplane Monthly News

This month's competitions & offers

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Win Wanaka Wine and Polo Shirts and find out more about our 2010 Reader Tours: 'Florida Sun 'n' Fun' (April 1220) and 'England & its Historic Aviation' (June 28July 12).

Surprise windfall reprieves Vulcan

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:25:00 +0000

An anonymous donation of over £400,000 should see Avro Vulcan XH558 return to the airshow circuit this summer.

National Museum of WW2 Aviation to open in Colorado

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:24:00 +0000

One of the most significant aviation heritage projects for many years was previewed at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, in early February.

Propliners aid Haiti relief effort

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:22:00 +0000

Several 1950s piston-engined transports have been flying relief aid into Haiti following the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince on January 12.

JME Aviation closes down

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:17:00 +0000

Jeremy Moore's restoration company, JME Aviation, based at Martham, Norfolk has closed down.

Spitfire VIII bound for Germany

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:13:00 +0000

The only Supemarine Spitfire Mk VIII fighter in Britain has been sold and will move to Germany.

A reminder of the dangers of asbestos

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:12:00 +0000

We recently received a thought-provoking email from Benjamin Leer, Public Awareness Director for PleuralMesothelioma.com, a website which could make salutary reading for those involved in heritage aircraft restoration, whose parent organisation is currently campaigning to help educate people in the aviation industry.

Me 109-G6 to go under the hammer

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:18:00 +0000

An extensively rebuilt Messerschmitt 109-G6, which includes components recovered from Werknummer 441059, is due to be sold by Munich auction house Hermann Historia on 16 April.

Deadline set for Vulcan project closure

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:34:00 +0000

With under £200,000 raised since November against a goal of £800,000 the Vulcan to the Sky Trust (VTST) has placed all of its employees on one month's notice as of 1st February 2010.

Bristol's legacy

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:02:00 +0000

In addition to almost 50 Bristol aircraft (originals and replicas) preserved in the UK, listed in March's Aeroplane magazine, another 50+ survive in museums and collections around the world.

Huge 75th for the DC-3 at AirVenture

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:06:00 +0000

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has announced a huge commemoration for the Douglas DC-3's 75th anniversary at its AirVenture show in July 2010.

XL319 and XH558 feel the chill

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

On January 8 the weight of snow in Sunderland proved too much for the North East Air Museum's Avro Vulcan B.2, XL319.

MiG for Zadorozhny collection

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:46:00 +0000

Moscow-based collector Vadim Zadorozhny's MiG-3 c/n 3872 completed its test schedule during December 2009, at Novosibirsk, Siberia.

Schneider Trophy on film

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:15:00 +0000

If you enjoyed Chris Starr's feature on the Rolls-Royce "R" engine for Britain's Schneider Trophy effort in February's Aeroplane magazine, you can watch some archive footage of the 1929 race here.

Michigan Hellcat raised

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:32:00 +0000

Combat-veteran Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat was raised from the bed of Lake Michigan on November 30, nearly 65 years after it was lost during a training flight.

Coventry closes, but Air Atlantique will stay on

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:29:00 +0000

The Air Atlantique (AA) Classic Flight is pressing on with the development of a new visitor centre at Coventry Airport, despite the end of operations at the site on December 8.

Catalina on the move at last

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:19:00 +0000

Eight years after it arrived at Lee-on-Solent, Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina N423RS left the Hampshire airfield for a temporary new home at North Weald on December 8, 2009.

Black Arrows Hunter saved

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:18:00 +0000

Former Black Arrows display team Hawker Hunter FGA.9 XG194 was moved from the RAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, North Luffenham, to Wattisham airfield on November 28, 2009.

Great British Bombers from the specialists at Aeroplane

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:36:00 +0000

An unmissable tribute to the aeroplanes and airmen who took the fight to Britain's enemies from World War One to the Cold War.

Spitfix! Guinness World Record attempt ar RAF Museum Hendon, London Saturday December 19

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:35:00 +0000

To celebrate the launch of Arthur Ward's The Boy's Book of Airfix Ebury Press is staging an attempt to create a Guinness World Record for the largest number of model Spitfires made in a day, in conjunction with Airfix and the RAF Museum.