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extended its reach. On May 7, 1966, the 09/27 runway in use today was first opened (as 10/28). Twenty years later the original t ...

engineering and charter services as well as its sister company, Liverpool Flying School, in addition to operating a scheduled Em ...

enplaning of passengers; ultimately helping complete 30-minute turnarounds. It was also designed to maximise revenue opportuniti ...

New routes are being added this year, including easyJet flights to Dalaman in Turkey, Palermo in Sicily and Pula in Croatia. The ...

BUCCANEER CELEBRATION BOOK LAUNCH Join us to mark the 60th Anniversary of the first flight of Blackburn NA.39 XK486, the prototy ...

T he Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum’s arrival as part of NATO’s air defence structure presented a big opportunity for training against t ...

NATO TACTICS MiG-29 pilots trained in NVA tactics, but flying under NATO rules of engagement, experienced initial difficulties. ...

MiG squadron, JG 73, when Oberstleutnant Wolfgang Michalski left in 1995. He too extolled the undoubted superiority of the aircr ...

Red Flag. We were flying as part of Red Air with the callsign ‘Fulcrum’.” On exercise, they went to the northwest of the trainin ...

MiG-29G in the manoeuvring characteristics (Block 50/52 aircraft are much heavier due to their equipment). However, this advanta ...

YANK BOMBER BOYS IN NORFOLK – A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE USAAF IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR Book Written by: Peter W Bodle FRAeS Pr ...

32 Aviation News incorporating Jets April 2018 AEROSPACE BRISTOL HONOURING INNOVATION Bristol is a name synonymous with a large ...

C oncorde is clearly a huge attraction at Aerospace Bristol, but the new museum is far more than just a chronicle of this supers ...

WHAT YOU WILL SEE As you enter the museum, you are greeted by the earliest Bristol aircraft from World War One, albeit replicas ...

space, but Adam Jones, the museum’s marketing manager, explained: “We haven’t cut the rotor blades in half. We still have the fu ...

36 Aviation News incorporating Jets April 2018 CAREER OF A KING COBRA Air Cdre John Mitchell (ret’d), flew more than 1,400 hours ...

J ohn Mitchell started his flying training in Southern Rhodesia during 1949. After graduation during 1950-51 he flew the de Havi ...

refuelling. On September 1, I took XM169 to practise refuelling from the Canberra, but just ahead of me another aircraft slightl ...

warned I might lose reheat or power at too steep an angle of climb. “Fighter Command told us if there were too many early mornin ...

Aberdeen, I couldn’t afford for anyone to get in my way, especially during the afternoon recovery when the skies were much busie ...