1 - Lancaster
Issue 1 - Avro Lancaster: Contents
29 October 2009
Enemy Coast Ahead... 20 Wg Cdr Guy Gibson... Flying the ‘Lanc’... PA474’s return to flight... Close call for the ‘Phantom’... Reap the Whirlwind... Bomber Command Memorial... Inside the ‘Lanc’... Mynarski Memorial ‘Lanc’... ABC and an eighth man... Bomb loads... Wings For Victory... The crew... A Kiwi with the Dam Busters...
Issue 1 - Avro Lancaster: Editors Introduction
28 October 2009.
Welcome to Aviation Classics, a new series of high-quality glossy publications centred on the world’s greatest aircraft, the events in which they played crucial roles and those who flew, maintained and supported them.
Issue 1 - Avro Lancaster: Close call for the 'Phantom'
27 October 2009.
A special preview feature from Aviation Classics - The Avro Lancaster - Lancaster III EE139 was built by Avro at its Newton Heath works in Manchester. Part of an order for 620 aircraft, it was built as a Mk.III powered by Americanbuilt Packard Merlin 28 engines...
Exclusive 'Lancaster at War' audio CD
26 October 2009.
To celebrate the launch the Avro Lancaster bookazine, Aviation Classics are offering an exclusive Lancaster at War audio CD to all our readers.* Not only does this 40 minute compilation CD contain restored sound recordings of Lancaster Aircrew made during an operation to Berlin, you can also enjoy a rare Guy Gibson interview, where he shares his attitude toward the eventual defeat of Germany, plus the expected losses on the Dams raid in May 1943.
Current Issue: Lockheed P-38 Lightning
On January 27, 1939, Lockheed test pilot Ben Kelsey took the prototype XP-38 Lightning into the air for the first time. The big, twin-engined, twin-boomed fighter was to become one of the most easily identifiable fighters of the Second World War, and was to be the only US fighter aircraft to remain in production throughout the conflict. Its unusual design had a number of advantages. The guns, being grouped close together in the nose, gave the P-38 a tremendous concentration of firepower. The tricycle undercarriage made ground handling simple when compared with the tailwheel designs common to the period. The P-38 was used across the world, undertaking long range fighter escort, fighter-bomber and reconnaissance missions in Europe as well as across the Pacific and Far East.
This issue of Aviation Classics tells the whole story of this ground breaking aircraft, as well as the people behind the development and operational success of this beautiful machine.
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: 30th March 2012
