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,
SAIF
SAREEA II -EXERCISING FOR ACTION - DENIS CALVERT AND BALLANTYNE REPORT ON THE
UK'S LARGEST EXERCISE FOR SOME YEARS, WHICH RECENTLY TOOK PLACE IN OMAN