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Big leap for Qantas
The national carrier with a kangaroo as its emblem has just taken one of its biggest leaps forward with the arrival of its first Airbus A380. For Qantas, it couldn?t have come at a better time. Andreas Spaeth was at the hand-over ceremony for Aircraft and reports on pages 52-56.
Military
KC-X programme ended ? Iraqi AF wants F-16s ? Lockheed studies enlarged C-130 ? First production VH-71 flies
Civil
Alitalia on the brink ? CRJ-1000 maiden flight ? More Airbus restructuring ? Olympic to become Pantheon
Preservation
Swiss Mirage III airborne in civil hands ? Last C-133 flight ? Lone Star museum hit by hurricane ? Yeovilton prepares for Fly Navy 100
Alaskan Raptors
The USAF?s 3rd Wing works up its capabilities on the F-22
End of an airline
What happens when your airline goes bust? Following the demise of XL, we investigate
America?s secret MiGs
WORLD EXCLUSIVE! Part two of our examination of the USAF?s secret MiG operations looks at the birth of the Red Eagles ? the most realistic Cold War adversary programme
Britain?s airport shake-up
Gatwick is put up for sale ? but what now for the rest of BAA?s airports?
Thunder and Lightning
Behind the scenes with Operation Ã
The national carrier with a kangaroo as its emblem has just taken one of its biggest leaps forward with the arrival of its first Airbus A380. For Qantas, it couldn?t have come at a better time. Andreas Spaeth was at the hand-over ceremony for Aircraft and reports on pages 52-56.
Military
KC-X programme ended ? Iraqi AF wants F-16s ? Lockheed studies enlarged C-130 ? First production VH-71 flies
Civil
Alitalia on the brink ? CRJ-1000 maiden flight ? More Airbus restructuring ? Olympic to become Pantheon
Preservation
Swiss Mirage III airborne in civil hands ? Last C-133 flight ? Lone Star museum hit by hurricane ? Yeovilton prepares for Fly Navy 100
Alaskan Raptors
The USAF?s 3rd Wing works up its capabilities on the F-22
End of an airline
What happens when your airline goes bust? Following the demise of XL, we investigate
America?s secret MiGs
WORLD EXCLUSIVE! Part two of our examination of the USAF?s secret MiG operations looks at the birth of the Red Eagles ? the most realistic Cold War adversary programme
Britain?s airport shake-up
Gatwick is put up for sale ? but what now for the rest of BAA?s airports?
Thunder and Lightning
Behind the scenes with Operation Ã
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