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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
NEWS
Civil
Better news for Dreamliner; Boeing rolls out 767BCF; Air One goes long-haul; United kills off Ted; Orders, airports, routes and aircraft
PLUS - A special report on an airline industry in crisis as fuel prices soar
Military
F-35B maiden flight ? A400M rolled out ? Boeing tanker protest upheld ? USAF leaders fired ? and all the international military aviation headlines
Preservation
Flying Bulls P-38 airborne ? Another Buch?n at Duxford ? 'New' P-51B flies ? Vulcan getting closer ? and other major aircraft preservation stories from around the world
FEATURES
Reigning Monarch
BRUCE HALES-DUTTON
AI interviews the managing director of Monarch Airlines, Tim Jeans, about the carrier's prospects as it marks 40 years in the business
Sweden's Gripen force
JAN J?RGENSEN
As the Swedish AF prepares to accept its last JAS39 Gripen, we look in detail at the type's service in its home nation
SPECIAL FEATURE!
Farnborough at 60
DENIS J. CALVERT
A bumper 13-page celebration of the 60th anniversary of the SBAC show at Farnborough, including rare and stunning archive photography
Typhoon comes of age
JAMIE HUNTER/AVIACOM
There's no doubt about it ? the Eurofighter Typhoon is now very much an operational combat aircraft
Gateway to Israel
DR ANDREAS ZEITLER
The boss of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport tells us about the unique nature of its operations
Smoke Squadron
CEES-JAN VAN DER ENDE
Air-to-air with the Brazilian AF aerobatic team, the Esquadrilha da Fuma?a, as it prepares to make its RIAT debut
By 'Dak' to Berlin
DAVID HALFORD
Air Atlantique's Berlin Airlift veteran Dakota travels back to the city, 60 years on
A GUIDE
Turn to page 73 for your 'all you need to know' guide to all things aviation!
Books
Featured book ? Project Emily ? and reviews of other new aviation titles
Gear
The latest aviation-related products
Computer
Real Air Spitfire IX and XIV ? Flight1 Bf109 ? AlphaSim Tornado F3 ? Denham scenery
Airshow Reviews
Reports from La Fert? Alais, Kemble, Biggin Hill, Leeuwarden, Pratica di Mare, Quebec and elsewhere
Airshow Calendar
Fully updated worldwide show dates for 2008
Civil
Better news for Dreamliner; Boeing rolls out 767BCF; Air One goes long-haul; United kills off Ted; Orders, airports, routes and aircraft
PLUS - A special report on an airline industry in crisis as fuel prices soar
Military
F-35B maiden flight ? A400M rolled out ? Boeing tanker protest upheld ? USAF leaders fired ? and all the international military aviation headlines
Preservation
Flying Bulls P-38 airborne ? Another Buch?n at Duxford ? 'New' P-51B flies ? Vulcan getting closer ? and other major aircraft preservation stories from around the world
FEATURES
Reigning Monarch
BRUCE HALES-DUTTON
AI interviews the managing director of Monarch Airlines, Tim Jeans, about the carrier's prospects as it marks 40 years in the business
Sweden's Gripen force
JAN J?RGENSEN
As the Swedish AF prepares to accept its last JAS39 Gripen, we look in detail at the type's service in its home nation
SPECIAL FEATURE!
Farnborough at 60
DENIS J. CALVERT
A bumper 13-page celebration of the 60th anniversary of the SBAC show at Farnborough, including rare and stunning archive photography
Typhoon comes of age
JAMIE HUNTER/AVIACOM
There's no doubt about it ? the Eurofighter Typhoon is now very much an operational combat aircraft
Gateway to Israel
DR ANDREAS ZEITLER
The boss of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport tells us about the unique nature of its operations
Smoke Squadron
CEES-JAN VAN DER ENDE
Air-to-air with the Brazilian AF aerobatic team, the Esquadrilha da Fuma?a, as it prepares to make its RIAT debut
By 'Dak' to Berlin
DAVID HALFORD
Air Atlantique's Berlin Airlift veteran Dakota travels back to the city, 60 years on
A GUIDE
Turn to page 73 for your 'all you need to know' guide to all things aviation!
Books
Featured book ? Project Emily ? and reviews of other new aviation titles
Gear
The latest aviation-related products
Computer
Real Air Spitfire IX and XIV ? Flight1 Bf109 ? AlphaSim Tornado F3 ? Denham scenery
Airshow Reviews
Reports from La Fert? Alais, Kemble, Biggin Hill, Leeuwarden, Pratica di Mare, Quebec and elsewhere
Airshow Calendar
Fully updated worldwide show dates for 2008
Article Snippets
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