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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
NEWS
G-NEWS
All the latest from the CAA Register. Flight Test Diamond DA42 TwinStar
Dave Unwin flies Diamond's fabulous TwinStar for its first full UK flight test.
People & Their Planes - Errol Brown and 'Patches'
The North American T-6 Texan is one of the most numerous 'warbirds' flying today, but few are as eye-catching as Errol Brown's Patches, as Frank B Mormillo discovered.
Pilot Portrait - Alan Klapmeier
Cirrus Design's President and CEO Alan Klapmeier talks exclusively to Steve Bridgewater about his love of British aeroplanes, the need for personal transportation aircraft, and why the ADF should be scrapped!
Out & About & Diary Dates
Going Places - Cornwall (Ready to 'Rock')
In a variation on our usual 'Going Places' theme - and in a bid to find out whether the traditional flying club atmosphere still exists - Jamie Chalkley goes on a flying club excursion to Rock and Padstow on the Cornish coast, home to famous chef Rick Stein.
Free Landings
Hunter HEMS
Over the past 30 years, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) operations in Australia have proved invaluable to local communities. Martin Bass looks at one such service, which watches over the vast Hunter Region, north of Sydney.
Reviews
Flight Safety
The latest reports from the AAIB and CHIRP
Today's Pilot Index
Readers often contact the Today's Pilot office to ask if we have published articles about a particular aircraft type. Now, to ease your searching, we offer an index of all aircraft featured in our Flight Test and Owning & Operating series' to date.
Letters
Today's Pilot at the 2005 World Helicopter Championships
Stuart McAlister reports from the 12th World Helicopter Championships, that took place at Rouen, France, between August 17 and 20.
Fun on Floats
For just one week of the year a tranquil cove on Lake Winnebago becomes the busiest seaplane base in the world. Steve Bridgewater finds out just how much fun floats can be.
Owning & Operating an Auster AOP.9
Built for the army, Auster's AOP.9 was used for everything from liaison to light bombing. Today only a few examples of this versatile aircraft remain, and those are lovingly cared for in civilian hands. Steve Beebee meets AOP.9 enthusiasts Pip Kent and Geoffrey Hibbert, owners of 'XR246', an Auster of distinction.
Ask the Experts
New UK Aircraft - Where are they
Britain's once-proud aircraft industry is now a shadow of its former self. Dave Unwin wonders what went wrong, and speculates on what the future might hold.
Flight Test Smarter and Shorter - the new FK 9
Continuous improvements and modifications to the B&F FK 9 have made a good aircraft even better. Jochen Ewald visited Speyer airfield, home of B&F to test the latest version
G-NEWS
All the latest from the CAA Register. Flight Test Diamond DA42 TwinStar
Dave Unwin flies Diamond's fabulous TwinStar for its first full UK flight test.
People & Their Planes - Errol Brown and 'Patches'
The North American T-6 Texan is one of the most numerous 'warbirds' flying today, but few are as eye-catching as Errol Brown's Patches, as Frank B Mormillo discovered.
Pilot Portrait - Alan Klapmeier
Cirrus Design's President and CEO Alan Klapmeier talks exclusively to Steve Bridgewater about his love of British aeroplanes, the need for personal transportation aircraft, and why the ADF should be scrapped!
Out & About & Diary Dates
Going Places - Cornwall (Ready to 'Rock')
In a variation on our usual 'Going Places' theme - and in a bid to find out whether the traditional flying club atmosphere still exists - Jamie Chalkley goes on a flying club excursion to Rock and Padstow on the Cornish coast, home to famous chef Rick Stein.
Free Landings
Hunter HEMS
Over the past 30 years, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) operations in Australia have proved invaluable to local communities. Martin Bass looks at one such service, which watches over the vast Hunter Region, north of Sydney.
Reviews
Flight Safety
The latest reports from the AAIB and CHIRP
Today's Pilot Index
Readers often contact the Today's Pilot office to ask if we have published articles about a particular aircraft type. Now, to ease your searching, we offer an index of all aircraft featured in our Flight Test and Owning & Operating series' to date.
Letters
Today's Pilot at the 2005 World Helicopter Championships
Stuart McAlister reports from the 12th World Helicopter Championships, that took place at Rouen, France, between August 17 and 20.
Fun on Floats
For just one week of the year a tranquil cove on Lake Winnebago becomes the busiest seaplane base in the world. Steve Bridgewater finds out just how much fun floats can be.
Owning & Operating an Auster AOP.9
Built for the army, Auster's AOP.9 was used for everything from liaison to light bombing. Today only a few examples of this versatile aircraft remain, and those are lovingly cared for in civilian hands. Steve Beebee meets AOP.9 enthusiasts Pip Kent and Geoffrey Hibbert, owners of 'XR246', an Auster of distinction.
Ask the Experts
New UK Aircraft - Where are they
Britain's once-proud aircraft industry is now a shadow of its former self. Dave Unwin wonders what went wrong, and speculates on what the future might hold.
Flight Test Smarter and Shorter - the new FK 9
Continuous improvements and modifications to the B&F FK 9 have made a good aircraft even better. Jochen Ewald visited Speyer airfield, home of B&F to test the latest version
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