Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
NEWS
Dubai
The top stories from the last major aerospace trade event of the year, the Dubai Air Show 2005 - PLUS! Exclusive air-to-airs by Katsuhiko Tokunaga
Civil
B747-8 and A318 Elite launched ? Third A380 flies ? SPECIAL REPORT on developments at London Heathrow and Luton ? Orders, airports, routes and aircraft
Military
RAF Lossiemouth selected as JCA base ? Harrier GR9 delivered ? Hungarian and South African Gripens ready ? Typhoon latest ? and all the international military aviation headlines
Preservation
Kennet Aviation's Seafire comes outside ? Air Atlantique buys Canberra T4 ? Halifax rolled out in Canada ? 'Butcher Bird' updates ? and other major aircraft preservation stories from around the world
Q&A: Duxford
BEN DUNNELL
The Director of the Imperial War Museum Duxford, Richard Ashton, answers our questions on the future of the museum and the famous airfield
Rafale
HENRI-PIERRE GROLLEAU Dassault's superfighter is now firmly in service with the French AF and Navy, and both services are discovering that it's well up to the job. Al visited Landivisiau and Mont-de-Marsan to ask the jet's pilots more
Inside Romaero
KEITH GASKELL An insight into the myriad tasks of Romaero, the biggest and most prominent aerospace firm in Romania
RAF in Action
Hot action in the cold as the RAF front line gets busy at exercises and firepower demos
Going the Distance
BEN DUNNELL The record-breaking exploits of the new Boeing 777-200LR, the world's furthest flying airliner
The French Connection
JOHN DIBBS/THE PLANE PICTURE CO WORLD EXCLUSIVE! Air-to-air images of Air France's latest Boeing 777-300LR
The New Jumbo
ROBERT F. DORR The launch of a new Boeing 747 derivative is big news in every sense. We detail the new B747-8, the Seattle manufacturer's answer to the Airbus A380
Those Were The Days...
LINDSAY PEACOCK A nostalgic reminder of how the US Navy's front line used to be, back in 1975
The Greatest Aviation Films of All Time
DAVID HALFORD What's your favourite aviation movie? Top Gun? Battle of Britain? The Right Stuff? Well, this is our run-down of the Top 10 and we'd like you to tell us what you think!
Destination Boryspil
STEVE KINDER 8c ALAN WOOD An exclusive look at Boryspil International I Airport, situated to the east of Kiev - an airfield that had been out of bounds to visitors for several years, until we went there!
Running the Gauntlet
LASSI TOLVANEN Only one Gloster Gauntlet II biplane fighter survives today - and it's airworthy in Finland. With some superb air-to-air photos, this is the story of a fascinating aeroplane
REGULARS
Contributors
Big Shot
Starting the magazine in style with the world's best aviation photographs
On Assignment
CHRIS KNOTT Sc TIM SPEARMAN/API Capturing Brazil's only airworthy DC-3 - a fine 70th anniversary tribute to this famous propliner
Captain Plummet
The lighter side of aviation
Dubai
The top stories from the last major aerospace trade event of the year, the Dubai Air Show 2005 - PLUS! Exclusive air-to-airs by Katsuhiko Tokunaga
Civil
B747-8 and A318 Elite launched ? Third A380 flies ? SPECIAL REPORT on developments at London Heathrow and Luton ? Orders, airports, routes and aircraft
Military
RAF Lossiemouth selected as JCA base ? Harrier GR9 delivered ? Hungarian and South African Gripens ready ? Typhoon latest ? and all the international military aviation headlines
Preservation
Kennet Aviation's Seafire comes outside ? Air Atlantique buys Canberra T4 ? Halifax rolled out in Canada ? 'Butcher Bird' updates ? and other major aircraft preservation stories from around the world
Q&A: Duxford
BEN DUNNELL
The Director of the Imperial War Museum Duxford, Richard Ashton, answers our questions on the future of the museum and the famous airfield
Rafale
HENRI-PIERRE GROLLEAU Dassault's superfighter is now firmly in service with the French AF and Navy, and both services are discovering that it's well up to the job. Al visited Landivisiau and Mont-de-Marsan to ask the jet's pilots more
Inside Romaero
KEITH GASKELL An insight into the myriad tasks of Romaero, the biggest and most prominent aerospace firm in Romania
RAF in Action
Hot action in the cold as the RAF front line gets busy at exercises and firepower demos
Going the Distance
BEN DUNNELL The record-breaking exploits of the new Boeing 777-200LR, the world's furthest flying airliner
The French Connection
JOHN DIBBS/THE PLANE PICTURE CO WORLD EXCLUSIVE! Air-to-air images of Air France's latest Boeing 777-300LR
The New Jumbo
ROBERT F. DORR The launch of a new Boeing 747 derivative is big news in every sense. We detail the new B747-8, the Seattle manufacturer's answer to the Airbus A380
Those Were The Days...
LINDSAY PEACOCK A nostalgic reminder of how the US Navy's front line used to be, back in 1975
The Greatest Aviation Films of All Time
DAVID HALFORD What's your favourite aviation movie? Top Gun? Battle of Britain? The Right Stuff? Well, this is our run-down of the Top 10 and we'd like you to tell us what you think!
Destination Boryspil
STEVE KINDER 8c ALAN WOOD An exclusive look at Boryspil International I Airport, situated to the east of Kiev - an airfield that had been out of bounds to visitors for several years, until we went there!
Running the Gauntlet
LASSI TOLVANEN Only one Gloster Gauntlet II biplane fighter survives today - and it's airworthy in Finland. With some superb air-to-air photos, this is the story of a fascinating aeroplane
REGULARS
Contributors
Big Shot
Starting the magazine in style with the world's best aviation photographs
On Assignment
CHRIS KNOTT Sc TIM SPEARMAN/API Capturing Brazil's only airworthy DC-3 - a fine 70th anniversary tribute to this famous propliner
Captain Plummet
The lighter side of aviation
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