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wingspan of 74ft 8in (22.76m). Similarly, the fuselage retained the rectangular cross- section of the Skyvan, but lengthened to ...
proli c user of Shorts aircraft, with a eet of ve 330s and three that the aircraft was in service with 11 out of the top 50 ...
for the role by Field Aviation at Calgary, Canada, and had the rear loading ramp deleted. Production of all the 330 variants tot ...
Midland Airways group which ordered ve (some being used by subsidiaries Manx Airlines and Loganair) while Aer Lingus Commuter ...
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C hannel Islands Air National Guard (ANG) Station, in Ventura County, California sits on the Paci c coast and is home to the Ca ...
Service aircrew and honed their skills in the mountainous terrain of Southern California. While the aircrew practised over simul ...
which is a combination of United Aeronautical and Blue Aerospace. Older versions of the MAFFS equipment required the water to be ...
RETARDANT BOMBING According to Lt Col Dougherty: “ ying re ghting missions requires a very different skill set to our normal ...
“We can be called in immediately to drop our load but more often we approach at altitude and hold while ying left-hand rectang ...
RISKY BUSINESS No matter how exciting these missions sound, the dangerous nature of MAFFS operations should not be forgotten. On ...
32 Aviation News incorporating Jets March 2017 LIGHTNING SPECIAL 32-39_lightning_saudiDC.mfDC.mf.indd 32 06/02/2017 13:25 ...
Hugh Trevor chronicles Lightning operations in the Royal Saudi Air Force and spoke to a British pilot and an engineer that serve ...
the replacement of the 250 Imp gal (1,137 lit) ventral fuel tank with one of 610 Imp gal (2,773 lit) capacity, introducing stren ...
But he was surprised to nd the LCU almost deserted as most of the instructors were in dispute with the company and had gone on ...
F.53s in ground attack or reconnaissance t departed Dhahran for Khamis. Phil Isaac recalls: “At Khamis we armed the aircraft u ...
“It took a lot of time and effort before a clean bomb release could be assured.” RELOCATING TO RIYADH “At the end of Course No.1 ...
Lightning Force and credit must go to the commanding officer of the LCU who arranged the whole thing and ew the lead on the da ...
a lot of attention and practice. I enjoyed 35mm photography and got permission to take colour slides so I could put together a b ...
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