‘BEAR’ BAITING
In the intelligence war between the Cold War superpowers, the Nimrods were at the forefront of a secret operation to monitor Soviet Navy ‘Bear-Fs’
GUERRILLA HUNTER: FMA IA-58A Pucará
It was one of Argentina’s most prominent weapons during the 1982 Falklands War, but how good, exactly, was the FMA IA-58A Pucará twin-turboprop attack aircraft?
Aeroplane meets PAUL BENNET
He’s one of the busiest people in the Australian airshow scene — and, having started out in aerobatics, a wide range of warbirds plays a big part in that
‘Dickie’ Cork - There was none better
Fleet Air Arm pilot ‘Dickie’ Cork was part of the Battle of Britain. Killed in a Corsair crash in Ceylon that cast over him a shadow that has only now lifted
A LESSON FROM HISTORY - Antoinette replica
Antoinette replica “Like flying on top of a jelly in a wind”. What made it so bad compared with what we know of the original? Virgin Galactic’s chief pilot investigates
Playing the Enemy
Davide Daverio goes behind the scenes with VFC-204 ‘River Rattlers’ in New Orleans to discover how the ‘aggressor’ unit operates
A final top-up with 57 Squadron
Malcolm English was privileged to join 57 Squadron for an air-to-air refuelling sortie just before the unit retired its long-serving Handley Page Victor K.2s
Airliner World Octubre 2024
El número de octubre de 2024 de Airliner World es un número extraordinario que incluye una Guía Mundial de Aerolíneas GRATUITA de 40 páginas con datos de ch-aviation, el especialista líder en información sobre aerolíneas.