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AIRSCENE - The monthly round up of news and background to the news, presented under section headings for Military Affairs, Civil Affairs, Aircraft and Industry and new Civil and Military Aircraft Contracts. DISSIMILAR PAIR - The Bristol Beaufort and the Blackburn Botha were designed to the same RAF Specification for a land-based torpedo-bomber, but they had little else in common. H A Taylor discusses their flying characteristics in our "Viewed from the Cockpit" series, FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR International encyclopasdia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Caudron Renault C 710 Cyclone to the CCF (Gregor) FDB-1. TALKBACK - Readers of AIR International offer comments of general' interest. MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and a page of colour profile drawings of the Grumman F6F Hellcat. IN PRINT - New aviation literature noted. PLANEFACTS - Answers to readers'enquiries from the AIR International files: Vickers Viastra. Reid and Sigrest RS3 Snargasher and Bolkhovitinov DB-A. MR DATA FILE - Technical data, photographs and general arrangement drawings for the RFB AWI-2 Fantrainer, Aerospatiale Fouga Fan Jet 600, Mohawk 298, Bell 214 Big Utter and Bell 222. THE ARAB PROFESSIONALS - Most observers agree that the Royal Jordanian Air Force, although small, displays a degree of professionalism unmatched by any of its Arab contemporaries. The RJAF is now engaged, as described in this account, in a major modernization programme that involves switching from mostly-British to mostly-US equipment. DORNIER 217 - As a night fighter, the Dornier Do 217 was, at best, an improvised solution to meet an urgent need. The evolution and operation of the radar-equipped Do 217 J and Do 217N are related here. ASW STAR PERFORMER - The Lockheed P 3 Orion, described here by David W H Godfrey, has been in service for many years but a series of equipment updates keeps it in the front rank of land-based anti submarine warfare aircraft. PERSONAL VIEW - Roy M Braybrook BSc, CEng, MRAeS, contributes the first of an occasional series in which he presents his personal and possibly controversial views of various aspects of the military aircraft development scene. This month: "Young Lions, Old (copy) Cats . . . and the Games People Play".
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