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FEATURES p10 REGULARS

14 Germany’s Eurofi ghter Plans 04 Headlines
Germany is considering buying more Eurofi ghters to
serve a number of roles. Jon Lake analyses the latest 06 Civil News
developments.
10 Military News
22 Top Ten Aviation Trips 2020
Aviation News picks ten of the most intriguing aviation 18 Preservation News
tours on o er this year.
24 Flight Bag
26 Tales of the Trislander p22
Barry Lloyd examines the Britten-Norman Trislander that 70 Register Review
was developed from the successful Islander.
74 Airport Movements
32 Enthusiasts’ UK Route Guide
Editor Dino Carrara, Ashley French and Martin Davidson 78 Air Base Movements
list the most interesting passenger airline routes to the
UK from an enthusiast’s perspective.
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Dr Kevin Wright examines the airborne element to See pages 48 and 49 for details.
gather intelligence on missiles that uses the Boeing RC-
135s codenamed Cobra Ball.
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58 Breguet Alizé: Multirole Maritime
Turboprop Cover (main image): One of the three
Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball aircraft in
Henri-Pierre Grolleau describes the Alizé maritime aircraft.
service with the USAF. Ashley Wallace.
64 NF Meteors: The RAF’s First Jet Inset (lower left): Liverpool John Lennon
Night-Fighters Airport is in our Enthusiasts’ UK Route
Guide as it receives Widerøe Dash
Doug Gordon remembers the career of the early night- 8-Q400s which fl y in from Bergen.
fi ghter Meteors, the NF.11 and NF.13. p58
AirTeamImages.com/HAMFive. Inset (lower
79 Rhodesian Eagles: 266 Sqn’s middle): Iraqi Airways A320s operate
Typhoon Years services to Manchester and Gatwick
The mostly Rhodesian-manned 266 Squadron fl ew the airports. Ashley French. Inset (lower right):
A German Air Force Eurofi ghter from
Hawker Typhoon from 1942-45 and was engaged in
some of the major battles of the war, as Tom Spencer TaktLwG 73 climbing out. AirTeamImages.
recounts. com/Jan Ostrowski

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