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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features: Military mission airliner - A review of Boeing 737s in worldwide military service - Bob Archer reviews the different air arms that use the most successful airliner ever built and the roles it performs. Avalon Postscript - A round-up of some of the more memorable aircraft present at the Australian Avalon air show following our news coverage of the event last month. Plastic Kits Today - A review by Ron Firth of what aircraft model kits are currently available. Painting perfection - Applying colour schemes to airliners is a skilled job and Dino Carrara visits one of the leading companies in the field, Sprayavia International, to find out how it is done. Austrian interlude - A recollection from the records and photographs of RAF tradesman Gerald Spicer of Schwechat airfield on the outskirts of Vienna during the immediate post-war years. A Legacy of the Dams Raid - Bruce Robertson examines the measures taken by Britain to prevent the Germans seeking revenge for the Dams Raid by attacking similar installations in the UK. Gatwick's Options - Assistant Editor Dino Carrara examines the options put forward recently by the Government to add extra runways at Gatwick to expand capacity in the south-east of England. Milestones of Manned Flight - This month, ten of the most successful light aircraft over the last 100 years are highlighted. War in Iraq: Saddam's Deadly Drones - A report by UN weapons inspector Vojtec Vala on the Aero L-2 Delfin jet trainers converted by Iraq to be remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs). UK support for USAF - A photo report of recent activities at RAF Fairford and MildenhaU and their roles supporting the war in Iraq. RAF in the Gulf - A pictorial review of RAF aircraft deployed to the Gulf region for Operation Telic. At sea, At war - Kevin Wills recently flew aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier Harry S Truman and reports from a ship now heavily involved in the air war over Iraq. Regulars / Air News: COMMERCIAL News - by Keith Crowden Airports - by Keith Crowden Orders and Leases - by Michael Stroud Airliner Deliveries MILITARY NEWS Nato & Europe - by Peter Foster The Americas - by Bob Archer Aviation Archaeology - by David Smith From the Tower - by David Smith Air Letters Preservation Hendon Expansion Progress UK & Irish Airlines - This month Maurice Wickstead reviews Euroscot to Fairflight. Air Books Register Review - by Roger Jackson Airport Movements - by Roger Jackson Front cover: High above solid cloud over Iraq, a US Navy Boeing F/A-18C Hornet formates with a tanker, on the starboard intake pylon is a laser designator pod, just visible to port is an AIM-120 amraam, and on the left is a single 1,818 lit fuel tank
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