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Cover photos (main image): Friends of Star ghter Norway CF-104D, LN-STF/637. Sindre

Nedrevåg/Team 637. Inset (bottom left): Aurigny ATR 72-500, G-COBO, on approach to

Manchester Airport. AirTeamImages.com/Chris Procter. Inset (bottom right): A United States

Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy. AirTeamImages.com/Olivier Corneloup

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04 Headlines

06 Civil News

11 Military News

16 Preservation News

35 Flight Bag

54 Airshow News

55 Air Events Dates

69 Air Base Movements

70 Airport Movements

74 Register Review

FEATURES

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20 Empress of the Skies:

CP Air’s DC-8 Game-changer

The DC-8 played a pivotal role with Canada’s

second biggest airline for over two decades.

Andrew H Cline details the type’s career with

this carrier.

26 All the Eights

The Shackleton AEW.2-equipped 8 Sqn hosted

a memorable event on Monday 8-8-88.

30 ATR: Propelling Forward

Dave Willis pro les ATR, the successful French-

based company that builds turboprop airliners.

36 Dutch Stars

Dr Kevin Wright examines the Star ghter in Royal

Netherlands Air Force service.

42 Bringing a Starfi ghter Back to Life

Jay Selman goes behind the scenes to hear

the remarkable story of Europe’s only airworthy

Star ghter that is based in Norway.

48 Starfi ghter Operators of the World

We pay a pictorial tribute to the F-104.

58 C-5 Galaxy: Heavylifter Half-century

Nigel Price examines the C-5 Galaxy which  ew

for the  rst time 50 years ago.

64 Back to the Future: Canada’s Flight

Test Centre

James Careless examines Canada’s National

Research Council which operates  xed- and

rotary-wing aircraft for world-class in- ight

research and development.

78 British Eagle: Flying Against

the Odds

Barry Lloyd examines the rise and fall of the airline

British Eagle.

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