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EXCLUSIVE
LANCASTER FILM PREVIEW
September
2021
Issue
No 581,
Vol
49, No 9
HISTORY IN THE AIR SINCE 1911
FLYING
FILM
STARS
SPECIAL ISSUE
FIRST LOOK!
LANCASTER
THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
From the makers of
Spitfire,
it’s the
new doc you’ve all been waiting for
www.
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
How they engineered
the fighter fleet
AIR AMERICA
Hollywood
screenwriter tells all…
SEPTEMBER 2021
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Contents
September 2021
See pages
30-31
for a gre
at
subscription
offer
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98
77
NEWS AND
COMMENT
8
FROM THE EDITOR
NEWS
• Fw 200 completed in Bremen
• UK and French ‘Lancs’ boosted
• Canberra flies again at Temora
…and the month’s other top aircraft
preservation news
WORKSHOP
The expertise of Airframe Assemblies
has been brought to bear on countless
projects — mainly, but not just, Spitfires
HANGAR TALK
Steve Slater’s comment on the historic
aircraft world
FLIGHT LINE
Reflections on aviation history with
Denis J. Calvert
84
FEATURES
AT
THE MOVIES
LANCASTER
DOCUMENTARY
An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look
at a must-see feature doc, due out in
2022
42
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
ENGINEER
Preparing the film’s fighters for their
big-screen starring roles
48
B 25 CAMERASHIP
The modified Mitchell that made
possible scenes for everything from
Disney theme park productions to
Memphis Belle
56
AIR AMERICA
The screenwriter of this Hollywood
blockbuster gives his side of its story
62
RN HELO TRIALS
Perfecting the concept of the small
shipboard helicopter
68
‘FOOTBALL WAR’
Concluding a two-part feature, a
Honduran Air Force Corsair pilot takes
us back to his part in the 1969 conflict
32
106
77
AERO LEGENDS C 47s
A new life for two outstanding veteran
airlifters
84
BEAGLE 206 AT 60
What do former pilots think of this very
British executive twin?
92
RN FERRY PILOT
It was a good job for a self-confessed
‘type collector’, ferrying aeroplanes
around during wartime
98
HERCULES ‘SNOOPY’
The varied career, as transport,
weather research platform and engine
testbed, of a special C-130
106
AEROPLANE
MEETS…
WARREN DENHOLM
The New Zealander behind some of
the finest warbird restorations of recent
years — not least three Mosquitos
119
DATABASE:
BLACKBURN
RIPON & BAFFIN
Matthew Willis
consults the
archives to uncover
the true story of
these inter-war torpedo
bombers
16
22
24
REGULARS
26
SKYWRITERS
28
Q&A
Your questions asked and answered
116
BRIEFING FILE
Looking under the skin of aviation
technology and tactics — this month,
how does the Hucks Starter work?
135
REVIEWS
The latest aviation books assessed
138
EVENTS
Action from Shuttleworth, Headcorn
and Duxford
146
NEXT MONTH
IN DEPTH
PAGES
15
Your Aviation Destination
See
Key.Aero
for
details
142
A DAY AT THE SHOW
Looking back 30 years to the last Great
Warbirds Air Display at West Malling
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
COVER IMAGE:
The Battle of Britain Memorial
Flight’s Lancaster I PA474, star of next year’s
Lancaster
documentary.
JOHN DIBBS
AEROPLANE
SEPTEMBER 2021
www.Key.Aero
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