From the Editor

摘要

I wonder when the term 'warbird' was first heard in the UK to describe a preserved, airworthy historic aircraft? Certainly, it has its roots in the United States, where the 1940s and '50s witnessed the first flowerings of the warbird movement as we now know it. Many individuals were involved, purchasing - for sums that seem tiny today -surplus ex-military aeroplanes, engines, spare parts and everything else necessary for their operation, and getting P-40s, P-51s, Corsairs and many other famous types back into the air.