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- Andy Marden

A note from the Author, Andy Marden:
After a long break, welcome to the sixth edition of World Military Out of Service. As usual, the main aim is to detail out of service military aircraft which can be found on airfields, preserved in towns and museums, junked in scrapyards or simply just rotting away by the side of a road. Also included are warbirds, although bear in mind that these do move around a lot! Current civil registrations are shown where known. I have included some c/ns, but generally ONLY when they have been read from the aircraft concerned. The aircraft are listed in alphabetic order of manufacturer. In the case of license-built aircraft, I have used the licensed name if it is different from the original, so for example license built Chinese MiG-17s can be found under Shenyang. However, I have tended to use the original manufacturer's name if the aircraft retained the same type name - the Australian built Canberras are therefore listed under English Electric rather than Government Aircraft Factories. Aircraft are wearing the marks of the 'home' country except where shown. One perennial problem is deciding what is WFU and what is not, as in many countries almost no aircraft fly regularly. I have concentrated on the permanently withdrawn machines in these cases, but please be aware that some flyers may have inadvertently crept in. Some of the information is dated, however these aircraft may still exist. GPS co-ordinates are given where known. One change this time is that I have removed the vast majority of entries for China. Listing single, usually unidentified, fighters in places no-one is ever likely to visit adds about 10% to the size of the book. I have therefore only included the two more visited provinces, Beijing and Shanghai, plus Hong Kong. That said, I do still keep notes of the others, so if you need a copy, just get in touch (see Email below). Finally, please remember that this book is intended as a reference work. It is not an authority to trespass on private or government property! Given the current security climate this is not recommended. This is particularly important in some countries where our hobby is easily misunderstood.

David Willis

Very few special interest books can lay claim to getting anywhere near a 30th edition, so Wrecks & Relics must be doing something right to merit this remarkable longevity. First published in the 1960s, every edition of Wrecks & Relics has been eagerly sought after by aviation enthusiasts, historians, restorers and curators alike.

Through its first five decades, the book's author was Ken Ellis. He has now passed the baton to David Willis, who has assisted Ken in the production of recent editions. The transition has thus been seamless and Wrecks & Relics is in good hands and will continue to be the go-to source charting and highlighting changes and trends in the preservation of the aviation heritage of the British Isles. With in-depth coverage of more than 700 locations across the UK and Ireland, it lists more than 4,000 aircraft including their potted histories, previous identities and arrival dates.

Wrecks & Relics remains the only publication required to discover the incredible aeronautical treasures found across these islands. It provides a trusted, comprehensive rundown of museums and collections and their exhibits - static or flying - together with workshops, military 'gate guardians', stored and instructional airframes etc. It also reveals redundant and even derelict airframes being used for the most unlikely of purposes, including 'glamping' and at paint-ball sites.

Each edition of Wrecks & Relics is profusely illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs and is fully indexed making easy the task of where to go over the weekend, or where to find an extant example of a favourite aircraft type. Whether it travels in the car or sits on the bookshelf, this new and fully revised edition of this classic publication will continue to be the most useful and accurate companion to the aviation heritage of the British Isles, which will be referred to again and again.

Tony Merton Jones - Editor

PROPLINER ANNUAL 2026

Wallow in nostalgia throughout the eleventh edition of the 2026 edition of the "Propliner" Annual and enjoy feature articles from many of the world's leading aviation authors in 176 glorious pages. Chris Buckley reveals some of the mysteries surrounding the operation of the world's last Fokker 50s, Friendships, ATPs and even a Dash 7 at Nairobi Airport, Eamon Power details the final North Atlantic operations undertaken by the Aerlinte Eireann Super Constellation N1005C, while Peter Marson describes how Air France served London Airport with Constellations, Super Constellations and even Starliners for many years. Further afield, Keith Simpson discovers the fascinating history of British Columbia operator Harrison Airways, which flew everything from a Piper Apache and Fairchild Husky to DC-3s and even a Viscount between 1961 and 1979. British Columbia is also the focus for other features, with the history and current activities of the impressive Harbour Air operation coming under the spotlight, together with Domenico Binda recalling a Grumman Goose flight from Prince Rupert to Masset over 30 years ago. Chris Buckley tracked down an elusive Grumman Mallard, which still flies from Victoria Airport on Vancouver Island and has survived a number of recent adventures. A lone Beaver flies with Horizon Sun Charters from an island paradise in the Philippines, and illustrated with many stunning images Dirk Grothe reports on this exciting operation. Fred Barnes outlines the NZNAC Pacific Islands regional operations undertaken between 1947 and 1955, together with the local island operations subsequently flown by other carriers. Italy's first four-engined airliner, the Savoia Marchetti S.74, was only built in small numbers, and Ugo Vicenzi shares the history of this attractive airliner together with some remarkable illustrations and drawings. Bob Cooper recalls his early career as an apprentice engineer with Air Couriers at Gatwick, and Tony Merton Jones reminds those that may have forgotten of the short-lived Severn Airways Dove operation based at Bristol Airport more than 50 years ago. Illustrated with many air-to-air views, Graham Robson chronicles his adventures chasing Constellations around the United States, and Michael Zoeller continues his account of the many US Air Travel Clubs that flourished in the seventies and eighties. Phil Lo Bao describes the gallant service performed by a small fleet of de Havilland Herons purchased by BEA in the mid-fifties, and Maurice Wickstead reveals how politics and personalities conspired to create a roller-coaster of a ride for Olympic Airways and its predecessors amidst an often turbulent Greek airline scene. Derby Airways and its successor British Midland Airways flew three Argonauts between 1961 and 1968, and Tony Merton Jones describes the service life of these three beauties before the Stockport Air Disaster tragically cut short their careers. Other features include a 30th anniversary celebration of the Ford Tri-Motor staged in 1955 by the Ford Motor Company, a comprehensive update on the remarkable worldwide operations by Ukraine's An-12 freighters, a Readers' Response section and news from around the world, with Ralph Pettersen once again venturing as far as Alaska to report on the enduring 'propliner' operations of carriers such as Everts and Desert Air. The Curtiss Commando is alive and well and still thriving in the harsh Alaskan environment.