Classic Wings Edition · Volume 28
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EAGLE OVER GERMANY
MYSTERY AIRCRAFT - HAWKER TOMTIT
POLIKARPOV'S BATTLING BIPANE
NAKAJIMA'S NIMBLE NATE
THE WARBIRD MARKET |
Some rarities in this issue with a look at the first Bf109E to fly in
Germany since the end of WWII which has been decades in the making
following the recovery of a wreck in far north Russia. The wait has been
worth it and the result is nothing short of spectacular. Even rarer is
the small and exceptionally agile 1930s Japanese monoplane, the Nakajima
Ki-27 (Allied code name, Nate). The story of the only known intact
survivor is an interesting one; it caught up in the death throes of the
Imperial Japanese Empire. Another which is the last of its type is the
elegant Hawker Tomtit, the aircraft having been owned and flown by a
couple of legendary pilots during its lifetime, test pilots Alex Henshaw
and Neville Duke. The aircraft continues to delight the public at Old
Warden. Another biplane, one which was built in huge numbers, features -
Polikarpov's Po-2. This multi role machine went from agricultural work
to primary trainer to being the mount of the brave women who became the
stuff of nightmares for German troops during the hours of darkness.
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