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D.H.82 Tiger Moth Special Section

22 A Tiger with Two Tales For this month’s Hidden History, Alan Reber describes the twin stories behind the restoration of his Tiger Moth in RAAF colours — including a littleknown contribution to the history of World War Two 28 The Kings of Prop-Swing John Gilder relates how the Cambridge Flying Group uses its pair of distinctive yellow-and-silver Tiger Moths to train pilots “the old-fashioned way” 32 Tiger or Maggie? Which was better? The dependable, if slow and sometimes tricky Tiger Moth or the faster and easierto-fly Miles Magister? David Ogilvy, who instructed on both, compares the two 1930s primary trainers

Features

16 Getting the Message Flying Officer John “Tommy” Thomas talks to Ian Frimston about his wartime role with 161 Sqn, in which he was tasked with picking up messages in occupied France at night with just three torches as a guide, using a specially-modified Westland Lysander

20 Peter R. Arnold’s Rare Archive Colour A very rare and stunning colour photograph from the archives of Peter R. Arnold of Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXC of the Empire Central Flying School at Hullavington in 1946–47

44 Scramble! Aeroplane previews the remarkable new Battle of Britain photographic exhibition that opens at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in April

46 Shuttleworth:

Passion and Precision Tim Skeet concludes his two-part feature on the maintaining of the world-class Shuttleworth Collection

56 Tradition & Technology Our technical artist Ian Bott examines the exciting digital revolution taking place in the world of aviation art