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Cover (main image): Aer Lingus Commuter BAe 146-300, EI-CLG. Key Collection.

Inset (bottom left): An RAF Tornado GR4  ying through a valley at low level. Brian

Hodgson. Inset (bottom right): One of the Boeing E-6B Mercury aircraft operated by the

US Navy. AirTeamImages.com/Jesus Moreno

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CONTENTS

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04 Headlines

08 Civil News

12 Military News

20 Preservation News

55 Airshow News

56 Aviation Events Calendar

60 Flight Bag

69 Air Base Movements

70 Airport Movements

74 Register Review

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05 Fantastic Farnborough

The main news to emerge from the Farnborough

International Airshow.

16 Vintage RIAT

Nigel Price reviews the Royal International Air Tattoo.

24 UK Low-level Flying: Hiding

Behind Hills

Tim Davies, makes a compelling case for ongoing

low-level training in a post-Cold War world.

32 TAP Air Portugal: Triumph

Over Adversity

TAP has triumphed over adversity to become one of

Europe’s leading airlines, as Barry Lloyd details.

38 Lions That Roared: British

Caledonian VC10s

Barry Lloyd charts the history of the Vickers VC10 in

British Caledonian service.

42 Viscount: Turboprop Aristocrat

Bob O’Brien pro les the Vickers Viscount.

48 BAe 146 Family: Last in Line

The lineage of the BAe 146/Avro RJ family is

analysed by Stephen Skinner.

62 Singapore Showcase

A photospread of interesting aircraft types from the

Republic of Singapore Air Force Museum.

64 E-6B Mercury: Messenger of

the Gods

Tom Kaminski assesses the E-6B Mercury.

78 Danish Super Sabres: F-100s on the

Front Line

The F-100 is remembered with affection by Danish

pilots, despite the fact it had a high accident rate.

Doug Gordon  nds out what the attraction was.

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