Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
From our man in Japan ...Paul Thompson visits some Japanese air bases during the show season.
The Changing Face of the RNethAF - As Europe plans a new international peace-keeping army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force will be one of the contributing elements and this new review outlines the units and aircraft which make up the present arm.
Rufotra - a young challenge for a new Millennium - The Schools Aerospace Challenge produces a winning design to replace the BAE Hawk.
Almost like being at War - Roy Braybrook considers the strengths and weaknesses of current Western air forces in the aftermath of the wars of the 1990s.
London City expansion - Assistant Editor Dino Carrara is briefed on the planned changes at London's increasingly popular city airport.
Paradise Found! - Geoffrey Jones goes totally tropical in the Bahamas and reviews the operators in this holiday paradise.
Regional from Tirana - AIR Pictorial talks to an unexpected Albanian visitor to Southend.
Bomber Supreme - A pictorial salute to the Avro Lancaster on the 60th anniversary of the aircraft's first flight.
Woodford - 75 years of flying - Barry Abraham recalls the history of the Avro aerodrome at Manchester, a factory that is still at the forefront of UK aerospace manufacturing.
Airline Profile:
ScotAirways: an airline with a past - Iain Hutchison reports on the successor to the family-run Suckling Airways.
Regulars:
Air News - 'New in View' - Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey.
Commercial Scene - by Keith Crowden.
Nato & European Notes - by Peter Foster.
US Military News - by Bob Archer.
Air Intelligence
Air Letters
From the Tower - by David Smith.
A/c Stand Chart No 7: Leeds Bradford Int Airport
Webwatch
Aviation Archaeology - by David Smith.
Preservation - Ethiopian wrecks and a 'showroom' in Holland.
Production Line
UK & Irish Airlines - update - by Maurice Wickstead.
Air Videos - by Ray Sanger
Air Books
Register Review - by Roger Jackson
Airport Movements - by Roger Jackson
FRONT COVER: An impressive display by a Lockheed C-130H of the Royal Netherlands Rir Force as it fires its protective flores. R feature on the air arm begins on page 19.
From our man in Japan ...Paul Thompson visits some Japanese air bases during the show season.
The Changing Face of the RNethAF - As Europe plans a new international peace-keeping army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force will be one of the contributing elements and this new review outlines the units and aircraft which make up the present arm.
Rufotra - a young challenge for a new Millennium - The Schools Aerospace Challenge produces a winning design to replace the BAE Hawk.
Almost like being at War - Roy Braybrook considers the strengths and weaknesses of current Western air forces in the aftermath of the wars of the 1990s.
London City expansion - Assistant Editor Dino Carrara is briefed on the planned changes at London's increasingly popular city airport.
Paradise Found! - Geoffrey Jones goes totally tropical in the Bahamas and reviews the operators in this holiday paradise.
Regional from Tirana - AIR Pictorial talks to an unexpected Albanian visitor to Southend.
Bomber Supreme - A pictorial salute to the Avro Lancaster on the 60th anniversary of the aircraft's first flight.
Woodford - 75 years of flying - Barry Abraham recalls the history of the Avro aerodrome at Manchester, a factory that is still at the forefront of UK aerospace manufacturing.
Airline Profile:
ScotAirways: an airline with a past - Iain Hutchison reports on the successor to the family-run Suckling Airways.
Regulars:
Air News - 'New in View' - Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey.
Commercial Scene - by Keith Crowden.
Nato & European Notes - by Peter Foster.
US Military News - by Bob Archer.
Air Intelligence
Air Letters
From the Tower - by David Smith.
A/c Stand Chart No 7: Leeds Bradford Int Airport
Webwatch
Aviation Archaeology - by David Smith.
Preservation - Ethiopian wrecks and a 'showroom' in Holland.
Production Line
UK & Irish Airlines - update - by Maurice Wickstead.
Air Videos - by Ray Sanger
Air Books
Register Review - by Roger Jackson
Airport Movements - by Roger Jackson
FRONT COVER: An impressive display by a Lockheed C-130H of the Royal Netherlands Rir Force as it fires its protective flores. R feature on the air arm begins on page 19.
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