Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Reach for the Sky! - The Crunchie Flying Circus put their hands together for Aircraft Illustrated's annual guide to 'who's flying what' in the coming air display season
RIP - Rest in Portugal - Mark Ashley discovers the sad remains of nearly 20 classic aircraft 'dumped' at the Portuguese base of Alverca
Airnews - The latest aviation headlines from around the World
Civil Scene - News and views on the current civil aviation scene, as compiled by our correspondent, Alan J. Wright
Airpower - Military matters at home and abroad, as reported by John Fricker
Vantage Point
The Legend of the Griffon - Maimo Aviation has just announced the biggest transaction in its short but eventful history. Allan Burney reports from Sweden
'Kings of the Wild Frontier - The United Nations Security council has recently agreed to a mandate for a new NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) to be installed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Just prior to its implementation, Air Register - Alan J. Wright lists the recent changes to the UK civil aviation market
Military Markings - The latest batch of UK military serial changes, compiled by Peter R. March
Airman - Books, cameras and kits, reviewed this month by Denis J. Calvert
Air view / Preservation news
PAC - Patrick Alien visited 845 NAS, the longest serving unit to remain active in the former Yugoslavia
Second-site: From Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok ? while Hong Kong is steeling itself for a new era under Chinese rule, aviation in the colony is also about to witness radical changes. In the second part of an exclusive report from Hong Kong, Peter R. March surveys the world's greatest airport construction project, Chek Lap Kok
'One day in Kai Tak' - If you really want to see spectacular views of airliners on final approach, then there is only one place to go ? Kai Tak. But hurry up, because time is running out for this unique airport. Peter R. March recently spent a day at the airport during a visit to the Far East
Ahead of the Pac - In the second of his features on the US low-budget airline Western Pacific, Niall Booth speaks to the 'Leader of the Pac, Ed Beauvals on the secret of the company's success
High and Dry - Grahame Keating visits Bulgaria and discovers that the air force of this former Warsaw Pact nation is stricken by a chronic shortage of spares and fuel
Star-studded - Continuing the 'Bulgarian' theme, Robby Robinson discovers a wealth of rare and 'exotic' machines at the national museum at Cromovo Air Base
Dressed to Express - Jonathan Hinkles reports on the growth of Virgin Express, the new low-cost phenomenon causing a stir in the European airline industry
Home Guard - With the US Air National Guard recently re-established in the air defence role, Aircraft Illustrated visited two of the 10 units charged with the protection of the US. First, Rick Llinares/Dash 2 Aviation Photography drops in on the East Coast 158th FW, while to the West Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics flies with the 144th FW
Airshow Acts 1997 - Your indispensable A-Z guide to this year's display acts, as compiled by Peter R. March
UK and International Airshow calendars - The first full listings of 1997 airevents, at home and abroad, as compiled by Peter R, March
Show-business - The latest news and views from the airshow circuit as compiled by Mark Ashley
RIP - Rest in Portugal - Mark Ashley discovers the sad remains of nearly 20 classic aircraft 'dumped' at the Portuguese base of Alverca
Airnews - The latest aviation headlines from around the World
Civil Scene - News and views on the current civil aviation scene, as compiled by our correspondent, Alan J. Wright
Airpower - Military matters at home and abroad, as reported by John Fricker
Vantage Point
The Legend of the Griffon - Maimo Aviation has just announced the biggest transaction in its short but eventful history. Allan Burney reports from Sweden
'Kings of the Wild Frontier - The United Nations Security council has recently agreed to a mandate for a new NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) to be installed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Just prior to its implementation, Air Register - Alan J. Wright lists the recent changes to the UK civil aviation market
Military Markings - The latest batch of UK military serial changes, compiled by Peter R. March
Airman - Books, cameras and kits, reviewed this month by Denis J. Calvert
Air view / Preservation news
PAC - Patrick Alien visited 845 NAS, the longest serving unit to remain active in the former Yugoslavia
Second-site: From Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok ? while Hong Kong is steeling itself for a new era under Chinese rule, aviation in the colony is also about to witness radical changes. In the second part of an exclusive report from Hong Kong, Peter R. March surveys the world's greatest airport construction project, Chek Lap Kok
'One day in Kai Tak' - If you really want to see spectacular views of airliners on final approach, then there is only one place to go ? Kai Tak. But hurry up, because time is running out for this unique airport. Peter R. March recently spent a day at the airport during a visit to the Far East
Ahead of the Pac - In the second of his features on the US low-budget airline Western Pacific, Niall Booth speaks to the 'Leader of the Pac, Ed Beauvals on the secret of the company's success
High and Dry - Grahame Keating visits Bulgaria and discovers that the air force of this former Warsaw Pact nation is stricken by a chronic shortage of spares and fuel
Star-studded - Continuing the 'Bulgarian' theme, Robby Robinson discovers a wealth of rare and 'exotic' machines at the national museum at Cromovo Air Base
Dressed to Express - Jonathan Hinkles reports on the growth of Virgin Express, the new low-cost phenomenon causing a stir in the European airline industry
Home Guard - With the US Air National Guard recently re-established in the air defence role, Aircraft Illustrated visited two of the 10 units charged with the protection of the US. First, Rick Llinares/Dash 2 Aviation Photography drops in on the East Coast 158th FW, while to the West Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics flies with the 144th FW
Airshow Acts 1997 - Your indispensable A-Z guide to this year's display acts, as compiled by Peter R. March
UK and International Airshow calendars - The first full listings of 1997 airevents, at home and abroad, as compiled by Peter R, March
Show-business - The latest news and views from the airshow circuit as compiled by Mark Ashley
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