PARIS FIRST REPORT AND SKETCHBOOK - News and events from our team at the Paris Salon, including detail views of some of the equipment on show.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA’S AIR ARM - Martin Siegrist reports on the changing emphasis of role within this Central European air force.
EASTWEST AIRLINES - Australia's leisure carrier, examined by John Cook.
BACK FROM THE GULF - is an Islander AL. 1 used for liaison work by the Army Air Corps. Duncan Cubitt views its return to the UK.
MILITARY AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY - Pt 3 - Turns to transports and tankers, the highly regarded but unsung support equipment used by almost all military arms.
BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT - Mike Bowyer begins an examination of the Defiant and the whole saga of the turret fighter in the RAF.
FUNCTIONING IN THE FALKLANDS - Adrian Balch reports from Port Stanley and Mount Pleasant on aviation activity in the Falklands.
FIREMASTER RELAUNCHED - With Croplease at the helm, the re-englnod NA( Firemaster and Fieldmaster family have new prospects. Dave Allport describes lh« n< variant.
AIRSCENE - Military and commercial news from outside the Paris boundaries.
TALKBACK - Views on South Africa’s future and more on the Gulf confllcl
FIGHTER A TO Z - is devoted this time to P-47 Thunderbolt variants
FLYING COLOURS - The Douglas Skyraider in profile and Hungary's now markings
IN PRINT - Charity Gulf prints and new books.

FRONT COVER - Attracting considerable attention at the Paris Salon was Beriev’s Be-42 Albatross amphibian.