LATEST CLASSIC WINGS

[DaveM2]

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Latest issue is about to be posted....











Main features are as follows:


BUTCHER BIRD DOWNUNDER!

This article is not about the company or about the programme to produce multiple examples of one of the world’s most desirable fighters. This story is about the first aircraft, c/n 990001, the aeroplane that broke that half-century Fw190 flying drought! More specifically, it is about the past 12 months in which this particular machine has been through a quiet, careful and methodical trouble-shooting process to bring it to its current status as a very airworthy, very functional World
War Two era fighter.

CHARIOT OF FIRE –Pt.2

Our previous edition author Scott Willey featured the life and times of B-29 ‘Enola Gay’ up until the aircraft’s move to the Udvar Hazy Centre where it was reassembled and on 10th October 2003 was put on stands in a final display position. To conclude the story we now take a look at some of the significant details that make up this iconic bomber. No matter how one feels about the ‘Enola Gay’ and its place in history, to millions of people the aircraft is the symbol of the end of World War II and the dawn of the Atomic Age.

ROMEO RETURNS!

When the national aviation press reported on the incredible find of a trove of Romeo Ro.37bis wrecks outside Kabul, Italian historic aircraft enthusiasts started dreaming about seeing one on display in an Italian museum. This dream has come true, but only after a spending a lot of money and putting in a dedicated effort. Maurizio Longoni describes the epic journey which began with the discovery of a clutch of ‘extinct’ and forgotten wrecks, through the painstaking rebuild of an example , culminating in a museum gem in its homeland.

BUT IT LOOKED GREAT IN THE PHOTOS!

So how many times have you heard that comment made? Buying any commodity from photographs alone necessarily brings with it an element of risk. But to purchase an aeroplane from the other side of the planet, purely on the strength of photographs and of the associated description by the seller, must surely sound like a bad joke. This is the story of a full-size replica of France’s remarkable Nieuport 11 fighting scout – the horror story and the eventual flight of a representative of one of the most successful combat aeroplanes of the Great War.


SHAVROV SH-2

Our Mystery Aeroplane features Vadim Borisovich Shavrov’s amphibian flying-boat which he envisaged would be suitable for sports flying, training and light duties, particularly in the sparsely
populated areas which had rudimentary facilities to support aircraft in any shape or form.
The aircraft would be the first of its type in the Soviet Union and would soon prove to be all of these things - displaying its versatility throughout the USSR from the Arctic to the Far East and from Karelia to Siberia – proving the old adage -simple but effective!


Airshow:

Classics of the Sky-Tauranga City Air Show

[Pat Carry]

Looking forward to it Dave. I really enjoyed reading Scott's article part 1 about the Enola Gay in the last issue.

[RobC]

Dave,

CW made it to Arizona today. Your coverage of the Romeo restoration is just fantastic. Everybody else just has a picture of the Afghan junkyard and the finished plane. You guys have pages of detailed photos and commentary. I am so glad you and Graham continue to produce the finest aviation mag on the planet. And my Dwindle will never have the fantastic smell either!

[cooper9411]

Just received the newest copy in the mail today. From what I've read so far, it looks to be another exciting issue. Thanks Dave and pass along the sentiment to Graham

[snj5]

Received my copy here last week - brilliant as always.
Naturally have read GO's adventures many times over in the one Nieuport article, and am looking forward to his running commentary!

The definitive 'class' aviation enthusiast magazine

[cooper9411]

Agree 100%

[DaveM2]

Thanks for the positive feedback chaps, always nice to hear. Of course the mag is nothing without the input of many fine people from all over the world, many of whom are 'Wixers'

Let's hope there is something positive to report in the next issue P-40 and Spitfire wise!

regards
Dave

[snj5]

Feedback - "Classic Wings" has a bit of a monopoly which I hope they expand. With all of the MANY WW2 focused magazines competing here in the US (a couple from Britain as well), CW is the only publication with serious quality recurring coverage of WW1 aviation original and replica aircraft. Sure, it helps to have the Wizard and Emerald City next door, but the CW WW1 coverage has been worldwide. I hope you find enough material to increase your coverage of this growing ( and affordable for Everyman) demographic with historical, build and flying articles.

Many thanks!!

[Dave Hadfield]

Hey Dave, on a different topic, perhaps you would know, did the P-40 ZK-CAG fire it's guns at 2012 Wanaka, like it did in 2008? I'm having trouble finding pictures.

Thanks,

Dave H

[Dave Homewood]

Dave H,

See the photos on the Wings Over New Zealand Forum thread from this page onwards over several pages, several of the gunbs being fired, really cracking shots too:
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?bo ... 88&page=10

Cheers,
Dave H

[DaveM2]

Feedback - "Classic Wings" has a bit of a monopoly which I hope they expand. With all of the MANY WW2 focused magazines competing here in the US (a couple from Britain as well), CW is the only publication with serious quality recurring coverage of WW1 aviation original and replica aircraft. Sure, it helps to have the Wizard and Emerald City next door, but the CW WW1 coverage has been worldwide. I hope you find enough material to increase your coverage of this growing ( and affordable for Everyman) demographic with historical, build and flying articles.

Many thanks!!

I must admit I am a much bigger fan of the WW2 era myself, however with the amount of WW1 activity going on in our backyard it is hard not to get a little wrapped up in it!
There are more articles on these types in the pipeline but dealing with master builders at TVAL can be a long process, but obviously worth it in the long run.


Dave H - expect to see a report on Wanaka in the next issue, and no doubt something on the P-40 live fire....hmmm-perhaps a report on the workings of it, if I can persuade Frank Parker to comment-shouldn't be hard with a beer or three

regards
Dave

[sturmvogel262]

Thank's Dave, Gmo and everyone else at CW hq, It's a bloody ripper mag as usual









best regard's, Phil in Oz!!