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Features: Farnborough Show preview - A background to this latest exhibition and a listing of the aircraft due for display forms the information in this short feature. Farnborough 1957-62 years of The second of a trilogy of features by the Editor reviewing Britain's foremost air show Guilded Art - A preview of this year's annual Guild of Aviation Artists summer exhibition with some of the paintings to be seen. Blue Riband Meteors - Keith Saunders looks back 60 years when post-war Britain stirred itself to attack the world air speed record with its latest jet fighter Schiphol Scores - As security procedures increasingly frustrate photographers and enthusiasts at UK and European airports, Geoff Jones highlights Amsterdam as one of the most 'visitor-friendly' airfields for both traveller and spotter Salute to an Old Sea Dog - Oriskany is sunk to provide a habitat for sea creatures in the Gulf of Mexico. Samuel Cody - the Father of British Aviation - Gerry Sweet recalls the dogged determination of an American who came to Britain and inspired the nation to take to the air Vulcan - God of Fire - Continuing the Fifties Front-line series, the Avro Vulcan is reviewed as the second of the famous V-bombers to enter RAF service and a type which still evokes great affection among former crews and air show crowds. Air Show Reports - Now well into the season, this month we have reports on Biggin Hill, Air-Britain's Fly-in at North Weald and the impressive event at Leeuwarden in the Netherlands UK & Irish Airlines since 1945. With Part 76, this highly-detailed series on post-war commercial aviation draws to a close. - Thanks to writer Maurice Wickstead, those who have taken the magazine since January 2000 will have the most comprehensive coverage available on this wide-ranging subject. Regulars: International News - ATC News by David Smith Commercial News by Keith Crowden Commercial News - Airports by Keith Crowden Orders and Leases by Michael Stroud Airliner Deliveries Military News - by Bob Archer and Peter Foster Chat room - Scott Crossfield Videos and DVDs Book Reviews Aviation History - Archaeology by David Smith Aviation History - Preservation; Swiss restoration Letters and emails Register Review by Stuart McDiarmid Airport Movements by Adrian Thompson Front cover: Two debutantes displaying their most marketable sides at this year's Farnborough Air Show will be the latest Boeing 777-300ER of Taiwan operator, EVA Air, and the soon-to-enter-service Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor.
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