Strike a Lightning! August-September’s Flightpath magazine is dedicated to Lockheed’s magnificent P-38 and the surviving examples, both airworthy and static. There is some truly superb air-to-air shots and all the info you need to know about what might be the finest creation of Kelly Johnson and the Skunk Works.
And there’s more inside. Here’s rundown:
*Sky Pilots in Arnhemland – Former General Manager of the Mission Aviation Fellowship in Arnhemland, Contributing Editor Ron Watts, takes a look back at the early history of mission aviation in the remote top end.
*Their Other Job – Many early aviation pioneers has aviation as their only real occupation. Neil Follett looks at four pioneers who established careers before making their mark in aviation.
*Pelican’s Story – Michael Claringbould reveals the Douglas A-20G. Hell ‘n’ Pelican II’s own story and that of the two crew who rode it down into a New Guinea jungle clearing in April 1944.
*Grumman’s Flying Barrel: The last American biplane fighter – Roger Cain studies the rebirth of Chris Prevost’s Vintage Aircraft, Grumman F3F-2, a victim of the 2008 Hurricane Ike.
*Lightning Round-up – Contributing Editor James Kightly enumerates all P-38 survivors with a look at how and why the survivors made it through to today.
*Blue Lightning – South Pacific Correspondant Michael Claringbould reveals photo reconnaissance Lightnings were some fo the first allied aircraft to conduct combat operations from Australia over the vast Pacific in WWII.
*Herb Knight: CAC Man – Sir Lawrence Wackett is a familiar name to everyone interested in the history of Australian aviation, and particularly that of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. Yet, Lawrence’s right-hand man and successor Herbert Harry Knight is far less well known. This is his story, told by family members Richard and Nick Knight.
*The Churchill Wing Offensive Operations Part II – The final part of Gordon Birkett’s story of the Spitfires of 1 Fighter Wing’s long-range missions from Australia to the Netherlands East Indies, and their return ... without loss.
*B-17 Bomber Camp – The fifth year of the Bomber Crew Fantasy Camp with the Collings Foundation, and the first time out for the B-17G Nine 0 Nine. Roger Cain reports.
All the news, views and airscrews are in Volume 25, No.1 of Flightpath, on the newsagent shelves now!
