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AIRSCENE - The monthly round-up of news and background to the news presented under section headings for Military Affairs, Aircraft and Industry, Civil Affairs and new Civil and Military Aircraft Contracts. TOWARDS A THINKING-MAN'S FIGHTER... Roy Braybrook, in his "Personal View" column, considers the prospects for swept-forward wings. FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR INTERNATIONAL encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Fairey Firefly I to FBA Avion Canon. GOOSE HAVEN - A "Veteran and Vintage" featurette recording the operation of a fleet of Grumman Goose amphibians by Air Catalina. MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and two pages of colour profiles of the Henschel Hs 129, PLANE FACTS - Answers to readers' enquiries from the AIR INTERNATIONAL files: Messerschmitt Me 108 and Nord 1101 Noralpha, VEF (Irbitis) 1-15, Kreider-Reisner Challenger and Parks P-IIA. TALKBACK - Readers of AIR INTERNATIONAL offer comments of general interest. IN PRINT - New aviation literature noted. AIR DATA FILE - Technical data, photographs and general arrangement drawings for the Aerotec A-132 Uirapuru II, Cessna Ag Husky, Cessna Model 402C and Rockwell Sabreliner85. ONE-ELEVEN FOR THE EIGHTIES - The British Aerospace One-Eleven, 15 years on from first flight, is entering upon a new phase of development and production. Current work to certificate the Srs 670 and possible future evolution are described in this account IN SOVIET SERVICE - Launching a regular new series, devoted to the most important military aircraft in production in the Soviet Union, we describe the Yakovlev 36MP carrier-based VTOL fighter; a three-view colour drawing is featured. FASHIONABLY OLD-FASHIONED - The versatile Dornier Do 28D Skyservant, despite its old-fashioned appearance, meets modern needs for a simple, rugged utility transport, as production of more than 250 testifies. The Skyservant story is related here and possible future developments described. AN EYE FOR THE KRIEGS-MARINE - In our "Warbirds" series, we describe and illustrate the Arado Ar 196, the reconnaissance seaplane that was operated by the German Navy throughout the years of World War II. FRONT COVER - Dornier Skyservants in the finish of the Kenya Air Force, one of several African air arms that have adopted this light twin transport.
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