Front Cover: In the twilight years of its service with the RAF, VC-10 tankers have been undertaking air refuelling trials with the Euro fighter Typhoon see page 28. rick brewell
SKYWARRIORTHE US NAVY'S "ULTIMATE" NUCLEAR BOMBER - Soldiering on in 1988, the Douglas A-3 has served the US Navy for 32 years, as described by Norman Polmar
Front Cover - Fiat G.91R/3 5443 of Portugal's Esq 301 painted in the last camouflage scheme of brown-green wraparound. See page 48. (Portuguese Air Force via Riccardo Niccoli) Inset: Biafran T- 6G Texan, see page 40.
NIPPONESE UNIQUITY - The Kawanishi Shiden and Shiden-Kai were not only among the best warplanes evolved in Japan for operational use during World War II; they were unique in being successful landplanes derived from an original single- float seaplane design. This account of their development in our "Warbirds" series is accompanied by a cutaway drawing of the N1 K2-J Shiden-Kai and a flight assessment of the N1K1-J Shiden.