Aeroplane is IPC Magazine
 of the Year 2008–09

• THE KNIVES OF ISRAEL - Israel's first fighter operation 60 years ago using the Avia S-199

• WHERE ON EARTH? - tracking down a pair of propliners using Google Earth.

• THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS - In 1980 a near-intact Spitfire Mk I emerged from the shifting sands near Calais.

• AIRCREW - Supermarine Walrus Air-Sea Rescue crewman.

• THE LAST FLIGHT OF WHISKEY ECHO - a tale of heroism at Heathrow

• WARBIRD WONDERS DOWN UNDER - The RAAF Museum's Pageant.

• CAUTION: MAY BITE - The story behind our sharkmouth cover stars.

• DATABASE: THE DORNIER DO X - the huge 12-engined Dornier Do X flying-boat which first flew in 1929

PLUS: News, reviews, readers' letters, special offers and much more - including Sewell's latest aviation cartoon!

June cover: A unique shark-mouth trio of Mustang, Curtiss P-40N and Spitfire off Australia's Victoria coast in February. Photo: Rob Fox.