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Indian Airline Boom
Tony Wills charts the massive expansion in air travel in India.
Volga-Dnepr
Paolo Giannico explains how the Russian operator Volga-Dnepr has risen to become one of the world’s foremost cargo airlines.
Customs Coastwatch
With a fleet of 15 aircraft, Surveillance Australia Coastwatch is the world’s largest civilian aerial surveillance programme. Andrew McLaughlin reports from Adelaide.
Vancouver’s Flying Mounties
With its sizeable fleet of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police carries out varied missions and often in difficult conditions. Henri-Pierre Grolleau reports.
Saab Aerotech’s Special Flight Ops
For more than 50 years, private contractors have carried out aerial target services for the Swedish armed forces. David Oliver reports on Saab’s Special Flight Operations.
Raptor Revolution
Dino Carrara reports from Tyndall AFB on how the USAF is training pilots to master its newest combat aircraft, the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor.
Gannet in Royal Navy service
Former RN Gannet pilot Commander David Hobbs tells the story of this turbo-prop aircraft which provided airborne ‘eyes and ears’ for the Royal Navy for a quarter of a century.
C-141 Starlifter
As the USAF loses one of its most faithful workhorses, Lindsay Peacock describes the service record of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter.
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May 22, 2006 at 4:52 pm