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Historic
Pacific Perdition
In the first of a two-part feature, Lee Cook uses personal accounts to tell the story of US Navy pilot Harry ‘Dirty Eddie’ March...
BRIEF CANDLES
When Germany invaded the Netherlands during May 1940, pilots of the country’s tiny Fokker D.XXI force fought ferociously to defend its homeland...
Lightning Twilight Afterburner Runs
Assistant editor Jamie Ewan visited the Lightning Preservation Group’s hotly anticipated and ear-shattering Twilight Run - and discovers some of the organisation’s challenges
Hawker Hurricane: The Robust Contender
Hawker’s Hurricane was pivotal to Britain’s aerial defence in the Battle of Britain. In the first of our new mini-series on BoB types in this 80th anniversary year, Malcolm V Lowe recounts the Hurricane’s importance during the summer of 1940
Installing an English Electric Lightning for display
Max Waldron details the installation of a restored English Electric Lightning at a company facility in Bristol
Military
Fire for effect: ALCMs meet the grade
The development of stand-off air-launched cruise missiles has increased lethality for their operators and proved their worth in combat missions
UK seeks commercial solution for maritime rotary SAR
The UK Ministry of Defence has published a request for information for the commercial provision of rotary wing search and rescue for maritime counter-terrorism training
Skynet Evolutions - Analysis of UK milsatcom
As the first metal is cut for the UK’s future Skynet 6 military satellites, Richard Thomas takes a closer look at the history of the programme
Commercial
South African to Lease A350s from Air Mauritius
When, in a June 30 press release, South African Airways (SAA) confirmed it would lease a pair of Airbus A350-900s, very little was detailed about the carrier’s acquisition. Airliner World has since learned that the two jets will be handed over to the airline as part of Air Mauritius’ order for six examples, placed at the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow.
MAX PAIN Grappling with the Grounding
Airliner World’s Martin Needham investigates how some of the...
Flight Simulation
Challenging Airports - Lord Howe Island (YLHI)
Challenging Airports - Lord Howe Island (YLHI), Australia