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orld News Commercial news by Keith Crowden Airports by Keith Crowden Orders and leases Airliner deliveries Your Questions Answered NATO Notes by Peter Foster US Military by Bob Archer ATC News by David Smith Airlines of the USA: PT 29-by Maurice Wickstead DVDs Simulation games Kits and Collectables Books Archaeology by David Smith Kits and Collectables Preservation Register review by Stuart McDiarmid Airport movements by Adrian Thompson Tiger meet Kleine Brogel air base served as the venue for this yeara€ s gathering, the first air-land simulation and the biggest NATO exercise this year. BAC III Eleventh in the series Classic Airliners of the post-war period, this month we examine one of the UKa€ s best performers in the regional marketplace. Russiaa€ s Top Guns Bob Archer reports from Lipetsk, one of the oldest of Russiaa€ s air training grounds, the location for neophyte German pilots in the 1920s and now a post-Soviet air base. Birthday for a Dragon Celebrating the 75th anniversary of a fine old aircraft, one in which several hundred people each year take delight flying in surviving examples of the Dragon Rapide. Frankly Farley Another episode from the one-man think-tank whose views are refreshingly provocative, none-PC and always thought provoking! American Air Museum a€ Duxford Our series Great British Air Museums continues with a visit to the only memorial in the UK to the many Americans who lost their lives flying from these islands in the Second World War. Atlantic Air Cargo Keith Burton and Rob Costrillo relate the story of two very special DC-3s flying out of Opa Locka in Florida. Tiger Meet redux! Another glimpse at some of the stunning colour schemes prepared for this yeara€ s event at Kleine Brogel in Belgium. Fairey Rotodyne a€" death of a dream In the concluding part to the story of Faireya€ s revolutionary compound helicopter, we look at the reasons why this aircraft never changed the course of city-to-city aviation, as it had been intended to do. The comet a€" a celebration With the help of period photographs, supplied by Mike Hooks, we close this special year celebrating the Comet airliner by looking at some off-beat test aircraft. The Ultimate Spitfires In this montha€ s Kits and Collectables, we focus on some very special models in 1/48th scale range from Hobby Master a€" master modellers indeed! Flying Feast at Ferrara Geoff Jones looks in at Italya€ s premier homebuilders fly-in with a review of products, people and some of the more historic items in attendance. Helitech 2009 Barry Wheeler reports from Duxford on developments in the world of rotary wing aircraft and puts his critical ear to the latest news. Salon Blois 2009 Blois Le Breuil, France, hosted this yeara€ s ULM meet and Brian Nicholls takes a look at a couple of the more interesting visitors.
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