AIR PICTORIAL DEC 2001_FAIREY FIREFLY_BRITISH MIDLAND_NIMROD MR.2_SOVIET AF AFGHANISTAN

INCLUDES AVIATION NEWS. PERIODICAL / TITLE PUBLISHED IN THE UK BY HPC PUBLISHING

FEATURED ARTICLES INCLUDE:

UK & IRISH AIRLINES SINCE 1945-PART 23: BRITISH MIDLAND

WORKING TOGETHER IN FLORIDA - KEITH SAUNDERS DESCRIBES THE WORK OF THE DIVERSE AIRCRAFT USED BY LEE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL, AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

ANCIENT GREECE'S MODERN AIRPORT - ERYL CRUMP REPORTS FROM THE NEW ATHENS ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS AIRPORT LOCATED AT SPATA ON THE OUTSKIRTS OT THE CITY. REPLACING THE HELLENIKON AIRPORT, IT HAS HIGH HOPES OF BECOMING A MAJOR HUB IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE.

FIREFLY - FAIREY'S FAMILY REMEMBERED - THE EDITOR EXAMINES THE MANY VARIANTS OF ONE OF THE ROYAL NAVY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL CARRIER-BORNE AIRCRAFT, WHICH FOUGHT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND CONTINUED IN USE UNTIL THE LATE 1950S.

FAR EAST SHOWCASE - THE MALAYSIAN LIMA 01 AEROSPACE AND MARITIME SHOW AT LANGKAWI HAD SOME INTERESTING AIRCRAFT ON SHOW. PETER FOSTER REPORTS WHAT THERE WAS TO SEE AND WHAT NEWS EMERGED FROM THIS INDUSTRY EXHIBITION.

AFGHAN ASSIGNMENT - FORMER SOVIET AIR FORCE PILOT DIMITRY SERYOGIN, IN COLLABORATION WITH PAUL THOMPSON, LOOKS BACK AT THE HAZARDS FACED FLYING MISSIONS OVER AFGHANISTAN DURING THE SOVIET OCCUPATION.

NIMROD - THE VERSATILE HUNTER - ASSISTANT EDITOR DINO CARRARA LOOKS AT HOW THE RAF'S NIMROD MR.2 MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT HAVE HAD TO ADAPT TO NEW CHALLENGES SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR.

RECOGNISING THE SYMPTOMS - THE WORK OF THE RAF CENTRE OF AVIATION MEDICINE AT RAF HENLOW AND BOSCOMBE DOWN IS INVESTIGATED BY PETER FOSTER,