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CONTENTS p10

FEATURES REGULARS

10 Spectacular RIAT 04 Headlines
Peter R Foster reviews this year’s Royal International Air
Tattoo. 06 Military News
22 Concorde: The Legend and the p14 14 Civil News
Innovations
Robin Evans investigates how the unique problems 18 Preservation News
posed by the development of Concorde required 52 Airshow News
exceptional solutions, many of which are now
commonplace in modern aircraft. 53 Aviation Events Calendar
28 Shackleton AEW.2: Cold War 56 Flight Bag
Sentinel
Group Captain David Greenway (ret’d) talks to Dr Kevin 69 Air Base Movements
Wright about the Shackleton AEW.2 in RAF service. p18
70 Airport Movements
36 Ben Gurion Airport: Israel’s
International Gateway 73 Register Review
Noam Menashe describes the fascinating history and
recent developments of Israel’s biggest airport.
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Rod Simpson examines the different variants of See pages 34
Gulfstream business jets, some of which are used for the and 35 for details.
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64 Mustangs vs Yaks: Korean Duels
Warren Thompson details three USAF Mustang pilots’ Cover photos (main image): An RAF Shackleton AEW.2 of 8 Sqn and a E-3D Sentry AEW1 from the
same unit. Geoff Lee. Inset (top): British Airways Concorde G-BOAC. AirTeamImages.com/Derek
accounts of air combat in the Korean War.
Pedley. Inset (bottom left): US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-103 ‘Jolly Rogers’. Rich Cooper/
78 The Aircraft of Norman Thompson COAP. Inset (bottom right): A Gulfstream G500. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
Although little known today, the aeroplanes built by Overseas cover (main image): US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-103 ‘Jolly Rogers’. Rich
Norman Thompson’s company made a vital contribution Cooper/COAP. Inset (top): British Airways Concorde G-BOAC. AirTeamImages.com/Derek Pedley.
to Britain’s maritime and military ying history. Pete Inset (lower right): An RAF Shackleton AEW.2 of 8 Sqn and a E-3D Sentry AEW1 from the same unit.
London explains. Geoff Lee. Inset (bottom right): A Gulfstream G500. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.

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