Aviation News – June 2018

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Cover photos (main image): Monarch Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, G-DMCA.

AirTeamImages.com/Chris Sheldon. Inset (bottom left): A North American XB-70 Valkyrie.

Terry Panopalis Collection. Inset (bottom right): One of the Spanish Air Force’s Euro ghter

Typhoons. Marco Papa

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CONTENTS

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04 Headlines

06 Military News

10 Civil News

14 Preservation News

16 Airshow News

17 Air Events Dates

58 Flight Bag

70 Register Review

74 Airport Movements

76 Air Base Movements

FEATURES

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20 Typhoons Reign in Spain

Rodrigo Rodríguez Costa reviews the Euro ghter

Typhoon in Spanish service.

26 Biggin Hill: On the Rise

Rod Simpson reports on developments at London

Biggin Hill Airport.

30 British Airways TriStars: High, Wide

and Handsome

The Lockheed TriStar served with British Airways for

almost 20 years. David Ransted recalls its career with

the airline.

36 Ilyushin Il-62: Soviet Pioneer

Alexander Mladenov and Krassimir Grozev examine

this Soviet long-range jetliner.

42 DC-8: United’s Do-It-All Jetliner

For more than 30 years the DC-8 was an important part

of the United Airlines  eet, as Barry Lloyd explains.

48 DC-10 in Focus

We present a snapshot of the DC-10 in service.

54 Boeing 707: Israel’s Desert Giant

Noam Menashe details the Boeing 707 in Israeli

service.

60 XB-70 Valkyrie: Supersonic Serpent

Peter E Davies examines the innovative XB-70 and

the background to its eventual axing.

66 1st Air Cavalry Brigade Rides

Across Europe

Aaron Paxton of Aviation in Action reports on the

1st Air Cavalry Brigade’s European deployment.

78 He 177 Griffon: Strategic Heavy

Bomber

The He 177 was conceived by Germany before World

War Two as a strategic heavy bomber. Chris Goss

discovers why it never made a telling impact.

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