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Flypast Magazine, March 2001 Issue Flypast Magazine, March 2001 Issue


No. of Pages - 98
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Magazine Contents
NEWS - Canadian Mosquito to fly; Hawker Fury back in air; 'Connie' for Brazil's museum; Old Rhinebeck developments; MiG flies in Argentina, de Havilland 'Mothery' receives great boost from BAE System; Spitfires in the news and much more.
BIDING TIME - Flight Mechanic Jack French remembers post-war days at Swinderby.
LYSANDERS AT WAR - 'Johnny' Johns recounts his time as a Westland Lysander air gunner fighting the German onslai
BLACK MONDAY - A fascinating account of a Mosquito raid on a crippled German cargo ship grounded in Leirvik, Norway, as relayed by Halvor Sperbund.
BIGGER BITE - Jarrod Cotter investigates the Mosquito XVIII 'Tsetse' - flying artillery.
UGLY AS SIN - Robert F Dorr pays tribute to the C-47 Skytrain in the Korean War.
WHAT'S NEW - More books under Editorial scrutiny.
A FITTER'S TALE - Airframe fitter Arthur Gilbert returns from Sierra Leone for new challenges as the war in Europe won. Norman Lees concludes Arthur's story.
THE POWER AND THE FURY - Daniel Ford delights in the varied shapes, sizes power of the current US 'stable' of Hawker Fur racers in part one of a major study. Outlining 1 thirteen Furies and Sea Furies that entered to race at Reno 2000 and their pedigrees.
MALTA'S AVIATION HERITAGE - Jarrod Cotter was issued with KD uniform for a 'tour' of the Malta Aviation Museum at Ta' Qali. Duncan Cubitt photography.
NAVY GLOSTER METEORS - Continuing the Malta theme, Captain Mark Anthony Said describes the brief but outstanding naval air career of Lt Michael Leonard Hayes rn
RATTLESNAKE BASE - Lou Thole embarks on a two-part history of Pyote Army Air Field, sat in the middle of the desolate, open country of West Texas.
ANGLO-AMERICAN LIGHTNING - Max Waldron reviews progress on the Anglo- American Lightning project.
DUXFORD'S LIBERATOR - As the Imperial War Museum's 8-24 restoration gathers pace, Nigel Price reports on progress.
DAMBUSTERS INN - A pub dedicated to the famous 617 Squadron raid on the Ruhr dams features memorabilia alongside its menus. Jarrod Cotter went along to sample the atmosphere.
FLYPOST - Another bumpe? crop of letters and photos from readers.
'OPS' - Places to go, people to see...
WARHORSE AVENGER - Frank B Mormillo presents Danny Summers' TBM-3E Grumman Avenger - a genuine Pacific theatre veteran.

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