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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 One of a kind? As the Shuttle flies to the international Space Station with logistical supplies, NASA test fires its successor. RAF cuts! An Aviation News investigation exposes deep cuts planned by Labour or Tory politicians after the next election. Business aviation fights back Rod Simpson puts on his brogues and wanders the circuit at NBAA to report on the business aviation scene in a cash-strapped industry. Serbiaa€ s air show debut New to the scene, Serbia held its first major show in September 2009 and Peter Foster logged the eclectic mix of types on display. Lockheed Constellation Twelfth in the series Classic Airliners, we reflect on the origins of an icon, military transport and post war commercial airliner. The winga€ s the thing! The revolutionary wing of the F-86 Sabre turned a carthorse into a thoroughbred. Sixty years after it entered service, we ask why that was so? Nimrod report cities inadequacies Released on October 28, the report into the loss of Nimrod MR2 XV230 in 2006 cites a catalogue of errors at MoD, at Qinetic and in industry at large. Ospreys migrate to Afghanistan The Marines are coming a€ to Afghanistan with their MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for in-theatre evaluation and shakedown trials. Dubai mops up orders Airport Expo at Dubai in the UAE hosted the 2009 biennial air show with Airbus walking off with most of the big orders and Boeing short-changed. Munich Geoff Jones took a flight to Munich and stopped to garner an update on Bavariaa€ s stellar airport, gateway to south-eastern Germany. Tiger eyes We just couldna€ t resist bringing you some more tiger tails a€" and other bits too a€" from the biggest Tiger Meet of them all during a full blooded NATO exercise. Frankly Farley Test pilot John Farley waxes forth on inner circles at Kingston and Warton and on why the Lockheed Martin F-35 is going to be such a stunner! Cross & Cockade In our sometime look at key organisations and societies in aviation circles, we look behind the scenes at the First World War Aviation History Society. Cameras in Focus After taking precious images, how do you store them? Saving prints or disks can be a nightmare. We give some advice. Kemble sparkles! Kemble closes its 2009 air show season with a mix of the old and the very old together with a display from the new, as Dick Clark discovered. Classic legacy This month, Kits and Collectables looks at the Airfix Lockheed Constellation, an old mould with satisfying degree of charm. The Vulcan effect READER OFFER! Planes TV brings the full impact of the Vulcan, XH558, as we look at the effect this remarkable aircraft has had on enthusiasts everywhere. Very light jets a€" the new reality Rod Simpson examines a changing market for VLJs and surveys the aircraft on offer in changeable financial times.
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