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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
EATURES Foxbat out of Hell Forty years ago an audacious Russian pilot defected to Japan in a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat. Steven Taylor tells the story of this incredible Cold War event Turbo Dak Therea€ s an old adage that the only replacement for a Douglas DC-3 is another DC-3. Kimberley Hawkins investigates how the turboprop-powered Dakotas keep the 80-year-old design flying well into the 21st century Gallic Trident Pete London discusses the record-breaking SNCASO SO.9050 Trident, which employed an innovative combination of jet engines and rocket motors Blue & Gold Seventy years ago the US Navya€ s Blue Angels display team gave its first public display. Richard Freail outlines the teama€ s history Advanced Turboprop As the British Aerospace ATP marks its 30th anniversary Steve Bridgewater takes a nostalgic look back at the advanced turboprop Farnborough a€~56 To coincide with the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow, we turn the clock back sixty years to the seventeenth SBAC Display Vampire to Jordan We speak to Vampire ferry pilot Jon Corley to get the lowdown on flying a sixty year old jet from the UK to Jordan Britain and Airbus - Part II Concluding his look at the UKa€ s involvement in the European Airbus consortium, Bruce Hales-Dutton focuses on the 1980s and 90s REGULARS News News from the Jet World Memory Lane Ray Hopper provides a selection of images he has a€ flown, flown in or just liked the looked ofa€ during his 50-year career in aviation Heroes of Aviation The epitome of a British entrepreneur, Sir Freddie Laker changed the future of airline travel Record Breakers In May 1976 a Pan Am Boeing 747SP established four new speed records Tom Pearce looks back at the epic endeavour Farnborough 2016 Steve Bridgewater previews the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow Cutaway Classics Using cutaway drawings we delve beneath the skin of the Messerschmitta€ s Me 262 The Art of Flight Jets was offered exclusive preview of some of the jet art that will be on view at the Guild of Aviation Artistsa€ Annual Summer Exhibition This was the Year... In the latest instalment of our a€~This was the Yeara€ series Steve Bridgewater looks back 40 years to the aviation highlights of 1976 Reviews The team put the latest jet related books on trial Showtime Reports from the first British airshows of 2016 a€ including Old Warden and Duxford Classics Compared Sebastian Morgan compares and contrasts the Gloster Javelin and Northrop F-89 Scorpion a€" which heralded a new generation of jetpowered all-weather interceptors
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