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to: Caption Competition, Airliner World,
February 2018, Key Publishing, PO Box 100,
Stamford, Lincolnshire.
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to: Caption Competition, Airliner World, June
2018, Key Publishing, PO Box 100, Stamford,
Lincolnshire PE9 1XQ. Alternatively, you can
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[email protected] with
‘June 2018 Caption Comp’ in the subject box.
shire, PE9 1XQ. Alternatively, you can submit
your entry via email, addressing it to
[email protected]
with ‘February 2018 Caption Comp’ in the
subject box.Closing date for entries is August 17, 2018 at
15:00 GMT. The winner will be notified no
later than August 31, 2018This month's
caption
competition.Thanks to everyone who
entered the February 2018
competition and congratu-
lations to Ted Edmunds
who was selected as the
winner with:“Are you
absolutely
sure this is
the departure
lounge?”Highly commended:“Won’t be the same
around here once those
old Fokkers are gone.”
LEN PRESKOW“George, are you QUITE
sure you put EASTBOURNE
into the satnav?”
PETER GRANTGolden Anniversary
Send your caption, name, address, phone
number and email address (if you have one)
to: Caption Competition, Airliner World,
February 2018, Key Publishing, PO Box 100,
Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Send your caption, name, address, phone
number and email address (if you have one)
Caption Competition, Airliner World, June
2018, Key Publishing, PO Box 100, Stamford,. Alternatively, you can
submit your entry via email, addressing it to
[email protected] with
in the subject box.
shire, PE9 1XQ. Alternatively, you can submit
your entry via email, addressing it to
[email protected]
with ‘February 2018 Caption Comp’ in the
subject box.
Closing date for entries is August 17, 2018 at
15:00 GMT. The winner will be notified no
later than August 31, 2018Thanks to everyone who
entered the February 2018
competition and congratu-
lations to Ted Edmunds
who was selected as the
winner with:“Are you
absolutely
sure this is
the departure
lounge?”Highly commended:“Won’t be the same
around here once those
old Fokkers are gone.”
LEN PRESKOW“George, are you QUITE
sure you put EASTBOURNE
into the satnav?”
PETER GRANTESSEX POLICEJunkers Aircraft Factory Back in Business
Nearly one hundred years after Hugo
Junkers designed and put into series
production the world’s first all-metal
aeroplane, the Junkers F 13, (or rather
a historic replica) has again been
certified for flight.
Dieter Morszeck, the F 13 project
founder and investor, said that long-
forgotten construction skills, such as
using corrugated aluminium, had to be
relearned during the construction of
the replica. Under the careful supervi-
sion of the Swiss Federal Office forCivil Aviation, engineers and
technicians were able to gradually
bring a piece of aviation history back
to life. Seeking a reliable engine led to
a 450hp Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp
Junior radial engine – still in use world-
wide – being installed, and brakes and
hydraulic shock absorbers were added
to the landing gear in another example
of modern technology use. However,
such compromises were made in as
few areas as possible, said Morszeck.
Another major challenge wasachieving the aircraft’s initial flight
because there were no pilots with pre-
vious F 13 experience. However, the
replica’s maiden flight on September
16, 2017 went smoothly, and everyone
involved in the project was surprised
by the benign handling characteristics
of the ‘new’ aircraft.
Morszeck revealed there are plans for
a small-scale production run of the F 13
in response to individual market
demand, using all the experience
gained in constructing the first aircraft.Starliner Restoration Halted
Restoration of a Lockheed L-1649A
Super Constellation, also known
as a Starliner, has been suspended
in the USA due to spiralling costs.
Campaigners are appealing to
Lufthansa to reverse its decision.
The Maine-based newspaper, the Sun
Journal, reports that the project to
return the aircraft to airworthy condi-
tion, which has already cost around
$200m, is to be stopped immediately.
The aircraft will have its wings removed
(an act that will almost certainly mean itwill never fly again) from the fuselage,
with all the parts being boxed up and
shipped to Germany.
Work on the aircraft, D-ALAN (c/n 1018),
began at Auburn-Lewiston Airport in a
purpose-built hangar in 2008 and the
aircraft’s structure has since been com-
pletely overhauled from the ground up.
Aircraft systems and components were
inspected and repaired by FAA certified
specialist workshops both in-house and
off site. Its engines, nacelles, propel-
lers and landing gear had all been over-hauled and were ready to be installed
and flown.
By the end of last year, the Starliner
project was 85% complete. A
campaign, including an online
petition, has been launched to
encourage Lufthansa’s management to
complete the project in Auburn.
For more information: http://www.change.
org/p/support-this-petition-to-lufthansa-
ceo-carsten-spohr-convincing-him-to-
complete-the-restoration-of-the-luf-
thansa-super-connie-in-auburn-maine.http://www.airlinerworld.com 85Caption
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