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“On the 7th inst., our
aeroplanes bombed some
German
hutments,
apparently with
good effect. As a
result of a protracted air fight
on the same day a German
machine was overturned and
fell inside the enemy’s lines
from a height of 7,000 ft. In
another fight near Douai we
lost an aeroplane.”A Herculean effort
Greek bombers, presumably
Blenheims, have bombed
aerodromes at
Koritza and
Argyrokastro and
are claimed to
have destroyed several enemy
aircraft on the ground, and
they have also dropped
bombs on Italian batteries
and concentrations of other
troops.A Darling idea
A tracking and telemetry
station for use with NASA’s
coming
Applications
Technology
Satellites is to be
established at Cooby Creek,
16 miles north of Toowoomba
in the Darling Downs,
Queensland, and 80 miles
west of Brisbane.New Fokker jet
Fokker is poised to launch a
130-seat derivative of the
Fokker 100 twinjet
airliner early next
year. The company
says there is
“considerable interest” from
Fokker 100 operators USAir
and American as well as
several other major US
airlines.Antonov“Anastasia’s a lovely suggestion, but could you get us down?”Name that plane
from Ukraine
Fancy making a name for
yourself in the Ukrainian
aerospace industry? Antonov is
running a contest on Facebook
to come up with a moniker for
the An-178 freighter – which
debuted at Paris and will be on
show in Dubai also.
This will be the programme’s
official and permanent name,
not just a ceremonial tag to slap
on one fuselage.
Antonov reminds us that
most of its famous types include
the letters “An” following a
style set by Oleg Antonov (such
as An-2 Annushka, An-22
Antaeus and An-124 Ruslan).
NATO, of course, knew them by
other names, as Antonov points
out – the An-2 Colt, An-22 Cock
and An-124 Cossack (C standing
for cargo). The name with the
most likes on facebook.com/
antonov.company.ua by the
closing date of 19 December will
win. And, no, suggesting Tincan
is not constructive.
Have I got Neos
“Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines
to power new operator Neos”.
Has the engine maker made a
quicker-than-expected return to
the narrowbody market, we
mused, when this release from
Derby arrived – and has Airbus
decided to offer a third engine
option on its new-generation
A320s as it ramps up to rate 60?
Sadly, it refers not to
Toulouse’s Neos but, somewhat
more mundanely, to Italian
airline Neos, which has chosen
the Trent for its Boeing 787-8s.
business jets; the sturdy, yet
nimble, King Air; the awesome
V-22 Osprey; the fearsome
AH-1Z attack helicopter; or a
device for transporting middle-
aged men wearing lurid trousers
and pastel-coloured sweaters
around a golf course? Nope, we
can’t decide either.Winging it
We suspect a bit of errant cutting
and pasting on this feature in
BA’s High Life in-flight magazine
(left). Did someone lift the
details from the previous A380
article? An A320 with wings
bigger than a 747’s: now that
we’d like to see.
Thanks to Peter Davison and
others for pointing it out.You had one job
Somebody will be kicking him
or herself following this spelling
blunder that emblazoned every
roller banner at the recent
Airborne ISR conference in
London (right). Unless their
intent was to offer some indirect
marketing for the namesaked
Eastbourne air show, that is.Par for course
Textron, owner of brands such
as Cessna, Beechcraft and Bell,
is a curious beast in that as well
as its portfolio of stylish aircraft,
it also owns EZGO and
Jacobsen, that manufacture golf
buggies and mowers.
On a recent earnings call one
analyst was heard to moan that
“no-one ever talks about golf
carts”. Let’s think, would you
rather focus on the glamorous“Now you’re just getting things out of proportion”
“Oh, you shouldn’t have”