ONE of the top restorers of classic aircraft was killed at last month’s EAA AirVenture 2007 at Oshkosh, USA.He was Gerald Beck, from North Dakota, whose company, Tri-State Aviation, renovated and rebuilt warbirds. Beck was fl ying his own P-51A Mustang which he had built using original plans and blueprints, when it was involved in a collision with another P-51D Mustang. The pilot of the other aircraft, a friend of Beck’s, was uninjured. ... more

POLLY Vacher touched down at Oxford Airport on 31 July having fl own to 221 airfields around the UK on her ‘Wings Around Britain’ tour.Britain’s top female flyer achieved her aim of landing at all 206 airfields listed in the Jeppesen UK airfields manual – plus a few more strips!She flew for a total of 158 hours and covered more than 19,000 nautical miles despite this being the worst summer weather in memory.The weather had disrupted ... more