Staff and volunteers are working through winter maintenance on our Lancaster in anticipation of a busy 2024 commemorating the RCAF's 100th Anniversary.

RAF Tornados practise low flying in this 1986 RAF film, 'Up in the Air'. The film's purpose is to demonstrate how the RAF can counter the threat posed by the Soviet Union. You can watch it in full on our website: bit.ly/3uwgVlD © Crown copyright. IWM (MIL 434H)

EPA's ski equipped Beaver preparing for departure on Deadmans' Pond at Gander during winter c 1969. This location was an ideal water aerodrome 1 km south of R05-23 & considered as part of the airport under the control of the tower.

Final proofs arrived today for my TheAviationHistorian 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 article: Pride of the Squadron. The operational flying life & shocking death of Sqn Ldr Jimmy Catanach DFC RAAF. Looks fantastic! Publication 15 April: 83rd anniversary of his wings parade. I can't wait!

Shouldn't this have pride of place on the Ed's Desk at Hush-Kit Aviation News, History & Satire Towers?

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Our 47th quarterly issue of The Aviation Historian is in the building, and we have been busily packaging copies ready to send out to subscribers in the UK and worldwide in advance of official publication on Monday, April 15. Sturgeon, Al-Yamamah, Scimitar display flying & more..

TheAviationHistorian 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @PhilthyAvnurd My article is included in that '& more': 'One of the most poignant–and shocking–articles we've ever published is Kristen Alexander's chronicle of the flying life and brutal death of RAAF Hampden pilot Jimmy Catanach'. I can't wait to see it in print. Thanks Nick for publishing it

My article is included in that '& more': 'One of the most poignant–& shocking–articles we've ever published is Kristen Alexander's chronicle of the flying life & brutal death of RAAF Hampden pilot Jimmy Catanach'. I can't wait to see it. Thanks TheAviationHistorian 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 for publishing it.

We couldn't let this pass by without tweeting these from the #NAMarchive #DiverseAviation

Jimmy Catanach's Wings parade was on 15 April 1941: 83 years ago. He was smiling broadly in his course photo: it was a proud moment. Later, he became the pride of his squadron. Three years after his parade he was dead. Read all about it in TheAviationHistorian 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 #47 theaviationhistorian.com/index.htm

TAH47 is now officially published! Includes articles from Kristen Alexander (Great Escaper Jimmy Catanach), Peter Hobbins (727/DC-8 collision at Sydney), Ian Bott (the Lewis Gun) plus Al-Yamamah, flying the F-117, transatlantic seadromes and more! theaviationhistorian.com

Issue 47 of TheAviationHistorian 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 is out today, Apr 15, and includes a new set of artworks by me taking a deep dive into the components and operation of the Lewis Gun. The illustrations accompany a great article by Mark Russell about the history of the weapon in RAF usage

Without question, the best aviation history magazine out there. By many a mile!

TAH48 is published! Includes in-depth features on exploration into the use of the B-58 in Vietnam; exactly how the Blue Steel missile worked; how the A320 saved the UK's civil aerospace industry; Canada's pre-war bush airlines; Shar vs Mirage III and more. theaviationhistorian.com

#SaintExupéry Décollage du Fana sur ses 10 dernières missions. Dossier de 18 pages à lire dans le Fana d’août 😉

Air France poster from the second half of the 1930s and the route taken by the Dewoitine D.338s to Asia.

F-104G Starfighter duct diving. How to enter the Starfighter air inlet duct to check for FOD damage. The full video, explaining standard Starfighter maintenance tasks (in Greek) is golden. 🎞️📖 youtube.com/watch?v=pLqyfA… 👁‍🗨 tasoscorsair

TAH49 is now out! As ever, this new edition of our high-quality compact-format quarterly journal contains a stimulating variety of articles, including US Navy airships, (more) B-58 Hustler, Mosquito + Molins Gun, Trans-Canada Air Lines and much more. theaviationhistorian.com