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FEATURES:
RAPTOR REVOLUTION - CUTTING-EDGE TRAINING - Dino Carrara reports from Tyndall AFB, Florida, on how the USAF is training pilots to master its newest combat aircraft, the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor.
VOLGA-DNEPR - AN AIR FREIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - Paolo Giannico explains how the Russian operator Volga-Dnepr has become one of the world's foremost cargo airlines.
COLD WAR SUB-HUNTER - FAIREY GANNET IN ROYAL NAVY SERVICE - In addition to providing anti-submarine protection for the Fleet, the Fairey Gannet acted as the airborne 'eyes and ears' for the Royal Navy for a quarter of a century. Commander David Hobbs MBE RN, a former Gannet pilot, describes the aircraft and its service career with the Royal Navy.
INDIAN AIRLINE BOOM - UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH - After massive orders for aircraft were placed last year, industry analysts question how this fleet can be utilised. Tony Wills charts the massive expansion in air travel in India and the problems the airlines are facing.
SAAB AEROTECH'S SPECIAL FLIGHT OPERATIONS - For more than 50 years, private contractors have carried out aerial target services for the Swedish armed forces. As David Oliver explains, this tradition is continued by Saab Aerotech's Special Flight Operations.
VANCOUVER'S FLYING MOUNTIES - Henri-Pierre Grolleau visits the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Vancouver, British Columbia, where its sizeable fleet of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, carry out varied missions, often in difficult conditions.
CUSTOMS COASTWATCH - SURVEILLANCE AUSTRALIA - With a fleet of 15 aircraft, Surveillance Australia Coastwatch is the largest civilian aerial surveillance programme in the world. Andrew McLaughlin reports from its base at Adelaide, South Australia.
AIRCRAFT PROFILE - LOCKHEED C-141 STARLIFTER - As the USAF loses one of its most faithful workhorses, Lindsay Peacock charts the development of the C-141 Starlifter and outlines its four decades of service.
REGULARS:
HEADLINES
MILITARY NEWS - Reports from around the world
CIVIL NEWS - A round-up of the latest commercial aviation news.
EBACE - News and photographs from this business aviation show.
CIVIL & MILITARY ACCIDENTS - Details from around the world compiled by Dave Allport.
FLIGHT BAG - Reviews of some new aviation-related products
RAPTOR REVOLUTION - CUTTING-EDGE TRAINING - Dino Carrara reports from Tyndall AFB, Florida, on how the USAF is training pilots to master its newest combat aircraft, the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor.
VOLGA-DNEPR - AN AIR FREIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - Paolo Giannico explains how the Russian operator Volga-Dnepr has become one of the world's foremost cargo airlines.
COLD WAR SUB-HUNTER - FAIREY GANNET IN ROYAL NAVY SERVICE - In addition to providing anti-submarine protection for the Fleet, the Fairey Gannet acted as the airborne 'eyes and ears' for the Royal Navy for a quarter of a century. Commander David Hobbs MBE RN, a former Gannet pilot, describes the aircraft and its service career with the Royal Navy.
INDIAN AIRLINE BOOM - UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH - After massive orders for aircraft were placed last year, industry analysts question how this fleet can be utilised. Tony Wills charts the massive expansion in air travel in India and the problems the airlines are facing.
SAAB AEROTECH'S SPECIAL FLIGHT OPERATIONS - For more than 50 years, private contractors have carried out aerial target services for the Swedish armed forces. As David Oliver explains, this tradition is continued by Saab Aerotech's Special Flight Operations.
VANCOUVER'S FLYING MOUNTIES - Henri-Pierre Grolleau visits the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Vancouver, British Columbia, where its sizeable fleet of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, carry out varied missions, often in difficult conditions.
CUSTOMS COASTWATCH - SURVEILLANCE AUSTRALIA - With a fleet of 15 aircraft, Surveillance Australia Coastwatch is the largest civilian aerial surveillance programme in the world. Andrew McLaughlin reports from its base at Adelaide, South Australia.
AIRCRAFT PROFILE - LOCKHEED C-141 STARLIFTER - As the USAF loses one of its most faithful workhorses, Lindsay Peacock charts the development of the C-141 Starlifter and outlines its four decades of service.
REGULARS:
HEADLINES
MILITARY NEWS - Reports from around the world
CIVIL NEWS - A round-up of the latest commercial aviation news.
EBACE - News and photographs from this business aviation show.
CIVIL & MILITARY ACCIDENTS - Details from around the world compiled by Dave Allport.
FLIGHT BAG - Reviews of some new aviation-related products
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