The Fork Tailed Devil PART II Lockheed P-38 Lightning The 55th Fighter Group became operational with the P-38H Lightning at Nuthampstead in the UK, in October 1943. Tasked with bomber escort at high altitude, the single group of P-38s provided deep escort outside of the range of the seven P-47 groups and numerous RAF Spitfire

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The School of Airmanship In line with our policy of seeing for ourselves what our advertisers have to offer, AA recently paid a flying visit to the Bankstown-based Sydney Aerobatic School. As we were to discover, the title of the school is somewhat of a misnomer. Since it was established some eight years ago, the

Hands up who has realised that aircraft such as Springbok 281/282, or the Qantas service to and from Johannes burg are actually guarded on HF frequencies belonging to South African Airways in the western Indian Ocean region? It’s true, as Springbok Johannesburg HF is the only facility adequately covering that area of the pond. Frequencies