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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
HE SOUTH ATLANTIC AIR WAR - Supplementing the series of articles published by AIR INTERNATIONAL in the past six months to record British air operations during the Falklands campaign, we present "the other side of the coin" a€ a survey of the aerial conflict from the Argentinian viewpoint, by Salvador Mafe Huertas. TASK FORCE AIR FORCE - Marking the first anniversary of the fight to repossess the Falkland Islands, and concluding this journal's coverage of British air operations, Paul Jackson describes the deployment and activity of the Naval air units. DIE GIGANTEN...MESSER-SCHMITT'S MONSTERS - Our ""Warbirds"" feature this month tells the story of the extraordinary six-engined Messerschmitt Me 323 transport and the giant glider from which it was evolved a€" a glider so large that it required three aircraft to tow it into the air! IN THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON - On 11 February last, a Dornier 228-200 inaugurated operations by Druk-Air on the route linking the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan with Calcutta. This account describes the special demands placed upon the aircraft. 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. SWEDEN'S SWAP OF THE CENTURY - Peter Billing explains how a Single unairworthy Spitfire was traded for five flying veterans. THE FALKLANDS: AIR CLAIMS AND LOSSES ANALYSED - John Fricker evaluates the claims made by the Ministry of Defence and sets them against details emerging from Argentina. MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments and the latest kits reviewed. Colour profiles of aircraft used during the Falklands campaign appear on pages 223, 243, 246 and 247. FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR international encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Junkers J 8 to Junkers R 53 (K53). AIRDATA FILE - Technical data, photographs and general arrangement drawings for the IAI Lavi and the Edgley Optica. FRONT COVER - This Dornier 228 has recently entered service with Druk-Air, the newly- founded airline of Bhutan. Since this photograph was taken, it has been re-registered locally, as A5-RGB.
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