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SPECIAL ISSUE
HIDDEN HISTORY REVEALED
August 2021
Issue No 580,
Vol 49, No 8
THE KILLING
MACHINE?
This Comet racer
and a plot to
bomb Hitler
HISTORY IN THE AIR SINCE 1911
The aircraft that nearly killed Howard Hughes
Biafra airlift first-hand exclusive
Fighting in the ‘Football War’
…and more
PLUS…
GREEK ‘SPIT’
COMES HOME
Epic warbird
delivery flight
NORTH-WEST
FRONTIER
Unique photos
from the archive
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Contents
August 2021
See pages
28-29
for a g
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subscription
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NEWS AND
COMMENT
7
8
FROM THE EDITOR
NEWS
• Bf 109G-6 airborne again in Germany
• Air Leasing Tempest breaks cover
• Merlin-engined C-3603 flies
…and the month’s other top aircraft
preservation news
16
WORKSHOP
Looking under the skin at the overhaul
of Shuttleworth’s Hawker Hind
20
HANGAR TALK
Steve Slater’s comment on the historic
aircraft world
22
FLIGHT LINE
Reflections on aviation history with
Denis J. Calvert
69
FEATURES
30
COMET BOMBER
How feasible was
the plot to use
DH88 Comet racer
G-ACSS to bomb and kill Hitler?
36
SOE LIBERATORS
No 358 Squadron’s support to Special
Operations Executive activities behind
Japanese lines
42
HUGHES XF 11
The troubled life of the experimental
reconnaissance aircraft that nearly
killed its creator
52
BIAFRAN AIRLIFT
An exclusive first-hand account of
one of aviation’s great humanitarian
operations
69
‘FOOTBALL WAR’
In the first half of a two-part feature,
we talk to a Salvadoran Air Force pilot
about flying in this historic conflict
74
BERLIN BRIGADE
How US Army fixed-wing aircraft and
helicopters helped guarantee West
Berlin’s Cold War peace
126
82
GREEK SPITFIRE
We talk to pilot Pete Kynsey about
the epic delivery flight of a very fine
warbird
86
QUAX FLIEGER
The story behind Germany’s ever-
growing historic aircraft group
— classic trainers, vintage jets,
helicopters, gliders and all
94
AEROPLANE
MEETS…
FRANCIS DONALDSON
The chief engineer of the Light Aircraft
Association has flown many a rare
vintage type, as well as contributing
hugely to the modern general aviation
scene
REGULARS
24
SKYWRITERS
26
Q&A
Your questions asked and answered
102
PERSONAL ALBUM
A marvellous selection of images from
the North-West Frontier just after World
War One, showing No 20 Squadron’s
Bristol Fighters in operation
119
REVIEWS
The latest aviation books and products
assessed
122
EVENTS
The COVID-19-a ected airshow season
continues
130
NEXT MONTH
DATA
BASE
105
DATABASE:
FOKKER S14
MACHTRAINER
FOKKER S14
It was history’s
MACHTRAINER
first purpose-
designed jet
trainer to reach
production,
but Fokker
didn’t reap
the rewards. Pete
IN DEPTH
PAGES
London investigates the
Machtrainer
and as expecte
run
DATABASE
FOKKER S14
d, compared with
leading-edge
jet ghters
MACHTRAINER
day
F
INSIGHT
S
okker’s chief
test
Gerben Sonder
pilot
K-1, the Machtr man found
ainer
prototy
friendly and pe, a generally
It require predictable aircraft
d a long take-o
.
Pilots’ impr
essions of
the
forgiving
Fokker jet
Although
it was
most exciting never the
performer,
pilots found
the S14
pleasant
to
matter which handle, no
engine was
installed.
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One of S14 prototype
K-1’s many guises:
Nene 3-engined, and lacking
the long data-
gathering nose probe.
CHRIS SANDHAM BAILEY
of the
its perform
ance was
with a top
modest,
speed
20,000ft. Above of 455mph at
15,000ft it
essential
was
that
with throttle care be taken
avoid surgingmovement, to
pipe temper or excessive jet-
induced by ature. Engine stall
fuel starvati
roll manoe
uvres was on during
cured by
adding a
small
the fuel system pressure bottle
to
.
Elevator control
was e ective,
though rather
take-o , and heavy during
when landing
under loading
conditions
the maxim
near
um
gravity limit. forward centre of
and e ective e rudder was light
grew heavier at low speeds, but
Ailerons wereas speed increased.
at high altitudelight and e ective
speeds, becom s and moderate
altitude and ing heavier at low
airbrakes, higher speeds
IN DEPTH
. e
which
PAG
took 1.5 second at all speeds
ES
s to open,
but were
found e
cured promp
were
cient and
tly by
full de ection means of deploy
was possibl
ing the
e at
e air
Mild bu
At high Mach all speeds.
eting occurre airbrakes.
apprais force team which
before the
numbers
d
ed K-1
dive, bu
in the
stall, increas just
eting and
much to like, also found
the stall and
ing at
a tendency
to drop a
wing
its comfor in particular
gentle drop accompanied by a
table
characteristics emerged. ese
in
characteristics ying
this was easily the nose, but again
pronounced became more
. ey did
comment
as speed increas
S14’s landing recovered. e
on
ed
speed was
being similar its performance as
115mph.
around
the day, but
to older ghters of
had noneth felt the Machtrainer
eless achieve
d
Development
Development
Technical Details
Technical Details
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In Service
In Service
WORDS:
PETE LONDON
Fokker’s purpos
e of providi
a sensible
ng
introdu
ying jet aircraft ction to
. Its range
endurance
were conside and
adequate,
and mainte red
was straigh
nance
tforward
with
good accessi
type’s life, bility. Later in the
though, the
pilot’s notes
S14’s
booklet recorde
d,
Insights
Insights
Insights
Machtrainer
1953, from K-1 first flew in
its
a ventral Schiphol. Its rear revised form on
bulge indicati
25 Octobe
fuselage
pipe larger
has
r
than the ng installation of been reworked,
a KLM L-749
Derwen
with
the
Constellation t variant’s. As Nene and its jet-
awaits departu it comes in to
land,
re.
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COLLECTIO
N
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y.Aero
The first three production
Machtrainers, L-1,
L-2 and L-3, at rest. All
wear
bands and short cheatlines. yellow air intake
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COLLECTION
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AEROPLANE
AUGUST
2021
WORDS:XX
Your Aviation Destination
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Key.Aero
for
details
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A DAY AT THE SHOW
The one-o Anglo-American Air
Festival at Bassingbourn
COVER IMAGE:
The Shuttleworth Collection’s
DH88 Comet G-ACSS
Grosvenor House,
being
flown by ‘Dodge’ Bailey.
DARREN HARBAR
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AEROPLANE
AUGUST 2021
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