Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Cover Story - 'Closer than the closest thing in Close Town. . . .' JOHN DIBBS selects his favourite 'In Your Face' images for the FREE Al 1999 Calendar. Warbirds, airliners and last-jets as you've never seen them before - all inside!
Airnews - This month's top news stories from around the world
Civil Scene - Airline and airliner news, compiled by Alan J. Wright and the Al news team
Airpower - National and international military aviation news, by John Fricker
REGULARS:
Air Register - Alan J. Wright lists recent additions and deletions to the UK civil register
Airnet - Howard Curtis once more delves into the world of flight simulation, with a look at Microsoft's competitors
Show-biz - Will there be a RIAT at Fairford in 2000? Head on. ...
Air Safety - A new section of Al, which covers a hroad section of air safety matters, as reported by the Al news team
Airview - Preservation news from around the globe, supplied by Peter R. March
Airmail - Your chance to air your views on all things aviation
Final Acts - All the world's a stage. We bring you the best airshow reviews
World Airshow Dates - Fill up your diaries, more dates for 1999! Peter R. March gives you the 'original and best' airshow listing
Airband - Graham Duke 'tunes in' to the airwaves for the latest radio/ATC news
Airmart - Al's reviewers cast a critical eye over the latest aviation products on the market
Military Markings - The latest changes to the UK military serial listings, as detailed by Peter R. March
Back to the Balkans - As tensions in Kosovo rise and fall, NATO is not taking any chances. Tony Cassanova covers the Canadian Forces participation in the show of military muscle
Mud Mover to People Mover - After flying and fighting in the Tornado GR1, Michael Napier turns his hand to passenger flying with British Airways and gives us his account of the changes and challenges
Jaguar Jubilee - Jon Lake celebrates the Jaguar's 25th anniversary and provides an invaluable RAF fleet run-down of this formidable aircraft
Making Waves - John Hale 'goes overboard' to bring us the action from the Staff College Sea Days and provides an update on the Royal Navy's current aerial assets
Wingless Wonders (3) - NASA's first 'shuttles' were a series of weird and wonderful Lifting Bodies which played a vital role in the development of today's space vehicles as Peter J. R. Holthusen explains
Psychos at Oceana - Jamie Hunter deploys to NAS Oceana with No 1 Squadron for Exercise 'Haze Fire' to witness the Wittering 'Psychos' taking on the pride of the US Navy, in a deployment which also forged vital links between the two 'adversaries'
That Was The Year That Was - So, was the 1998 airshow season as good as it could have been? Or did the weather fail to dampen the spirit and success of a spectacular showcase? Ben Dunnell casts his critical eye over the year's events
That Old Black Magic - Steve Kinder is spirited away to Haiti to bring us back some 'prop magic' off the beaten track
Airnews - This month's top news stories from around the world
Civil Scene - Airline and airliner news, compiled by Alan J. Wright and the Al news team
Airpower - National and international military aviation news, by John Fricker
REGULARS:
Air Register - Alan J. Wright lists recent additions and deletions to the UK civil register
Airnet - Howard Curtis once more delves into the world of flight simulation, with a look at Microsoft's competitors
Show-biz - Will there be a RIAT at Fairford in 2000? Head on. ...
Air Safety - A new section of Al, which covers a hroad section of air safety matters, as reported by the Al news team
Airview - Preservation news from around the globe, supplied by Peter R. March
Airmail - Your chance to air your views on all things aviation
Final Acts - All the world's a stage. We bring you the best airshow reviews
World Airshow Dates - Fill up your diaries, more dates for 1999! Peter R. March gives you the 'original and best' airshow listing
Airband - Graham Duke 'tunes in' to the airwaves for the latest radio/ATC news
Airmart - Al's reviewers cast a critical eye over the latest aviation products on the market
Military Markings - The latest changes to the UK military serial listings, as detailed by Peter R. March
Back to the Balkans - As tensions in Kosovo rise and fall, NATO is not taking any chances. Tony Cassanova covers the Canadian Forces participation in the show of military muscle
Mud Mover to People Mover - After flying and fighting in the Tornado GR1, Michael Napier turns his hand to passenger flying with British Airways and gives us his account of the changes and challenges
Jaguar Jubilee - Jon Lake celebrates the Jaguar's 25th anniversary and provides an invaluable RAF fleet run-down of this formidable aircraft
Making Waves - John Hale 'goes overboard' to bring us the action from the Staff College Sea Days and provides an update on the Royal Navy's current aerial assets
Wingless Wonders (3) - NASA's first 'shuttles' were a series of weird and wonderful Lifting Bodies which played a vital role in the development of today's space vehicles as Peter J. R. Holthusen explains
Psychos at Oceana - Jamie Hunter deploys to NAS Oceana with No 1 Squadron for Exercise 'Haze Fire' to witness the Wittering 'Psychos' taking on the pride of the US Navy, in a deployment which also forged vital links between the two 'adversaries'
That Was The Year That Was - So, was the 1998 airshow season as good as it could have been? Or did the weather fail to dampen the spirit and success of a spectacular showcase? Ben Dunnell casts his critical eye over the year's events
That Old Black Magic - Steve Kinder is spirited away to Haiti to bring us back some 'prop magic' off the beaten track
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