FlyPast June 2022

Key Publishing Ltd Verified independent store

→

RAISED FROM THE DEEPThe June 2022 issue of FlyPast features an extraordinary survivor on its cover. Pulled from a Russian lake in 1997, a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk is now flying again . Gavin Conroy has been monitoring the restoration of this combat veteran for many years and reports on its return to the skies over New Zealand, accompanied by his stunning air-to-air photographyHELLCAT HEROESIn the latest instalment of our ‘Classics’ series, Malcolm V Lowe outlines the remarkable history of the Grumman Hellcat. A huge success in World War Two’s Pacific theatre, we reflect on the machine’s origins and its wartime role, supported by rarely seen images and exclusive artwork from Andy HayFLYING THE HUEYFancy getting airborne in a genuine Vietnam War veteran helicopter? Now you can thanks to North West Helicopters’ regular Huey Flight Experience Days in LancashireBBMFEditor James Peene concludes his report from a recent visit to RAF Coningsby, home to the ever-popular Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Show more