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ERITALIA a€ A GROWING FORCE - The cornerstone of the Italian aerospace industry is provided by Aeritalia, which now embraces the activities of several previously independent companies, as this extensive account by the editors records. ETPSa€" LEARNING TO TEST - The Empire Test Pilots School has recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. Paul Jackson provides a short account of its origins and its present activities at Boscombe Down. MUSTANG...THE WILLING WARHORSE - In the second instalment of this ""Warbirds"" feature, the development of the Merlin Mustang is described, and its operational deployment up to the end of World War 11 is recorded. DEBUT FOR THE HORNET - Frank B Mormillo provides an illustrated account of the entry into service with the US Navy and Marine Corps of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR INTERNATIONAL encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Kawasaki Ki-64to Kawasaki Ki-108. A MUSEUM IN THE VINES - Details of a little-known museum close to Perpignan, in our ""Veteran and Vintage"" department. DORNIER'S TECHNOLOGY TESTBED - The Do 24TT described and illustrated. MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and a page of cotour profiles of the SEPECAT Jaguar. TALKBACK - Readers of AIR iNTERNATIONALoffer comments of general interest. PLANE FACTS - Answers to readers'enquiries from AIR INTERNATIONAL files: Sukhoi interceptor prototypes (P-1 and T-3). INPRINT - New aviation literature noted.Breguet Mystere/Falcon 900; Robin ATL; Gates Learjet/Piaggio GP-180; IAI Westwind Astra; NDN Turbo Firecracker; Beechcraft Starship; Cessna Citation S/II; Mooney 301 and Antonov An-3. FRONT COVER - The Dornier Do 24TT amphibian, now on test in Germany, combines the fuselage of an original Do 24 flying boat with a new wing and turboprop engines.
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