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Your invitation to Farnborough International Airshow’s 60th celebrations
Held from 14th – 20th July 2008, the 46th biennial Farnborough International Airshow is one of the world’s largest aerospace airshows and exhibitions. This year, the airshow celebrates two landmarks in aviation history, the 100th year of powered flight in Britain together with its own 60th anniversary.
The flying displays* scheduled are being finalised and will be available nearer the time of the event but displays booked† so far include: The Red Arrows, The Aerostars, The Blades, The Avro Vulcan, Supermarine Seafire, Hawker Sea Fury, Fairey, Swordfish, Hawker Sea Hawk, GAP Kestrel JP100 and an assortment of classic aircraft types that first flew in the 1948 Airshow.
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*Subject to change
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AIR International
April issue on sale now
FREE BOOK ‘Fundamentals of Fighter Design’ RRP £25.00 when you subscribe.*
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AIRCRAFT OF THE RAF PART 1 – Tornado GR.4
In the first part of a new series looking at the aircraft in service with the RAF, Jon Lake profiles the Tornado GR.4.
GERMAN SURPRISE – GROB spn
So-called because of its superior performance to the nth degree, this month’s cutaway subject, described by Rod Simpson, combines the passenger comfort of a business jet with the versatility of a turboprop.
US AIR FORCE CHIEF AT A CROSSROADS
General T Michael ‘Buzz’ Moseley is in charge of the US Air Force at a challenging time, with ongoing campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan and a battle of a different kind to procure new aircraft. The General was interviewed exclusively for AIR International by Robert F Dorr.
SUPER HORNET- VERSATILE STRIKE FIGHTER
Admiral J B Nathman, Vice-Chief of Naval Operations with the US Navy, recently described the Super Hornet as an “efficient, effective platform that is under cost and on schedule”. Fleet Air Arm pilot Cdr David Hobbs RN (Ret’d) takes a critical look at the aircraft that, according to the author, has emerged as the most effective Western fighter of its generation.
URUGUAYAN NAVY SENTINEL
Ernesto Blanco Calcagno reports from Uruguay which has the only armed maritime patrol Beech 200T in service.
SECRETIVE NIMRODS
Paradoxically the RAF’s most capable aircraft is probably also the least well known. Jon Lake examines the intelligence work being carried out by the Nimrod R.1s and their possible replacement by USAF Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joints.
CULTURAL REVOLUTION – CHINA’S LOW-COST CARRIERS
China has overtaken Japan as the largest air travel market in Asia and has seen the introduction of low-cost carriers. Paolo Giannico describes the LCCs and questions whether they presage a new wave of privately-run airlines or will die an untimely death.
– AIRCRAFT PROFILE –
Fouga Magister
David Oliver examines this light jet trainer and details how one of them was credited with killing a MiG-21.
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NEW
The Trent 900 Engine
Rolls-Royce: Powering the Whispering Giant – The Trent 900 Engine
The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines power the world’s largest airliner, the Airbus A380.
In February 2001, Rolls-Royce announced the launch of one of the most ambitious engineering programmes in the company’s Civil Aerospace history – to develop the Trent 900 engine to power the Airbus A380, a new and exciting aircraft which would become the largest civil airliner ever built.
The Trent 900 is the 4th member of the Trent family, and holds pride of place as the largest jet engine ever produced by Rolls-Royce. ‘Powering the Whispering Giant’ plots the Trent 900 journey in photographs from concept to design, development, testing, first flight on the A340 flying test bed, flight test on the A380, Route Proving, Service Readiness and Entry into Service in October 2007.
This colourful publication combines the best images from throughout the programme, with descriptions of each major step along the way, to offer the reader a unique insight into one of the most public and most exciting new jet engine programmes ever undertaken.
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Airliner World
April issue on sale now
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In this issue:
News
Airliner World’s comprehensive coverage of worldwide events, including news from the Singapore Air Show.
Guangzhou Baiyun Airport
Main hub for China Southern Airlines.
Going Green
Aircraft trials with alternate fuels.
Kathmandu Snapshot
Props and rotors from the ‘Roof of the World’.
Fujairah International Airport
Growing cargo and maintenance base in the Gulf region.
DC-3 – Run to Red Sucker
Propliner operations in Northern Canada.
City Star Airlines
The highs and lows of the recently-failed carrier.
Casualties of 2007
Airline failures in the last 12 months.
Aviation in Kaliningrad
The emergence of KD Avia.
Flight Simulation – Boeing 747-400
Expansion for Flight Simulator X
Feedback
A selection of readers’ comments and photographs. Plus Deliveries/Crashes and Aircraft History – Trident Three
COMPETITION
Win Boeing 747-400 computer software – plus caption competition
Jetstar
Australian low cost carrier goes long-haul.
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March 28, 2008 at 4:14 pm