Aviation News. 05.2018

http://www.aviation-news.co.uk 41 Above: Tornado GR1s joined 617 in January 1983, and the Dambusters went on to fly GR1Bs and GR ...

N o.617 Sqn re-formed at its wartime home of RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, on May 1, 1958 with Vulcan B.1s, armed with nuclear and ...

Zealand. Darrell Hamley described the deployment: “The three B.1s, XH498, XH499 [Darrell’s aircraft] and XH502, departed late fr ...

B.1, we had a rapid start capability, but on the later B.2 was much more effective. We used a lot of accumulators to provide bag ...

These generated 17,000lb st (75.6kN) of thrust. The B.2’s distinctive cranked ‘phase 2c’ wing, had been strengthened, was thinne ...

days every three months or so. It was good practice, because it was supposed to be like the Russian Steppe. Different seasons ma ...

threat you were facing and determined the countermeasures used.” Julian participated in several Red Flag deployments to the US: ...

NEW ERA FOR THE DAMBUSTERS The Dams raid and the innovative bouncing bomb used in the attack may forever defi ne 617 Sqn, but it ...

T his is a special year for the RAF’s 617 Sqn – not only does it mark the 75th anniversary since the famous attack on the Möhne, ...

Wg Cdr Butcher relished his maiden  ight on the F-35 on December 1 at Beaufort and exclaimed afterwards: “This was a memorable ...

the end of the year. Among other new facilities will be areas from which 617 and 207 Squadrons will operate. The second frontlin ...

Cap 3 air-to-ground weapon are to be added to the arsenal of the UK’s F-35s, the latter likely to be in the mid-2020s. FLYING TH ...

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A DAY WITH THE FIGHTER COLLECTIONA DAY WITH THE FIGHTER COLLECTION For two lucky runners-up, The Fighter Collection are o ering ...

B y the end of the 1950s jet travel had become the fashion on long- haul routes, with the Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8 and de Havill ...

this time with two rear-mounted Pratt & Whitney JT8D powerplants. The wing had a moderate 24% of sweepback, wide-span double ...

58 Aviation News incorporating Jets May 2018 Seen in a typical pose for its work as a zero-gravity trainer is DC-9-32 N932NA, wh ...

Airlines System (SAS) and Swissair being just three of the many European customers. In March 1966 it had been reported in the av ...

carrier Aeronaves TSM had -10 XA-UVR, and in Africa, two -30s were believed to be operational with African Express Airways, and ...