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nternational News Commercial News by Keith Crowden Airports by Keith Crowden Orders and Leases Airliner deliveries Military News a€ by Bob Archer and Peter Foster ATC news by David Smith Hi Tech File Your Questions Answered Airports International a€" A series looking at airports in the UK and abroad. This month Vancouver pt 2 Major Airlines of the USA: Capital Airlines - by Maurice Wickstead Aviation History - Archaeology by David Smith Aviation History a€" Preservation Book Reviews DVDs Airport movements by Adrian Thompson Register review by Stuart McDiarmid Syerston surprises One of the new RAF Beechcraft a€~works outa€ at this northern airfield. Web Shop With an expanding list of products, Aviation News displays a range to suit every reader whatever the interest, civil or military, and some general nostalgia as well. The Bristol Britannia In the first of our new series on Classic Airliners we take a look at Britaina€ s long-range turboprop that came just too late to find the market justified by its performance. US Military Designations Part 1 In a new series describing US military nomenclature over the last 90 years, we begin with the early sequences between 1919 and 1924 that set the standard for todaya€ s system. Tactical success: The swift Story Part 2 G C Sweet concludes his two-part story of the development of the Supermarine Swift, disregarded as a fighter but effective in tactical reconnaissance. High flight: High ambitions a€" Eight-page SPECIAL! The Editor reports on a decade-long effort, using the worlds fastest winged vehicle, to lift and assemble a giant space station to earth orbit. Soesterburg shutdown Joris van Boven reports on another lost air base with the closure of historic Soesterburg in the Netherlands. Fadeaway Clive Bennett dropped in on RAF Shawbury to find out what lurks in the drab hangars and discovered very little to do with the helicopters it is associated with. Aviation in Canada: The pioneering decades A new series looking at the history of aviation in Canada inspired by a new book by Larry Milberry of Canav Books. Wasp and Scout: An all-British success On the bi-centenary of the birth of the Scout and its naval equivalent, the Wasp, we examine the origins and the fate of Britaina€ s last all-British helicopter design.
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