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SPECIAL ISSUE
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AUGUST 2016
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Life with the Lightning
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SR-71 Blackbird Pilot Insights
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Starfighters on the Prowl
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Fearsome
Foxbat
VICKERS VIKING
JUNGLIE MERLINS
A New Era
Stopgap Propliner
NEXT-GEN L 410
GLACIER LANDINGS
Building on Success
Mount Cook Ski Planes
UNITED
CARAVELLES
French Flair Stateside
CONTENTS
FEATURES
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United Caravelles
Charles Kennedy discusses the Caravelle’s service with
United Airlines.
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REGULARS
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Headlines
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Civil News
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Military News
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Preservation News
COLD WAR WARRIORS
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Blackbird Tales
Lt Col Bredette C Thomas (Ret’d) tells Dino Carrara
about his extensive career ying the SR-71 Blackbird.
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Naval Starfighters – Prowling
the Baltic
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Flight Bag
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Airshow News
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Aviation Events Calendar
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Air Base Movements
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Airport Movements
The career of the West German Navy’s Star ghters is
examined by Doug Gordon.
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Flying and Fighting the
MiG-25PD
Foxbat
Alexander Mladenov looks back at the service of the
MiG-25PD with a seasoned pilot of this big ghter.
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Life with the Lightning
Wing Commander Mike Streten (Ret’d), a former
Officer Commanding 5 Sqn had an eventful career.
Dino Carrara hears about his time ying the legendary
English Electric Lightning.
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Mount Cook Ski Planes – Glacier
Experiences
Junglie Merlins
Geoff Jones experiences the thrill of landing on a glacier.
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Lewis Gaylard discusses the arrival of the Merlin with the
Commando Helicopter Force.
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Vickers Viking – Stopgap Propliner
The Vickers Viking was an interim solution that sold in
substantial numbers at home and overseas. Charles
Woodley traces its story.
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New Generation L 410
Alexander Mladenov examines the latest version of the L
410, which builds on the success of earlier models.
Cover (main image):
An English Electric Lightning F.6 of 5 Sqn.
Geoff Lee. Inset (middle):
A Merlin of the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force.
Lewis Gaylard. Inset (bottom
right):
United Airlines Caravelle N1020U climbing away.
Robert Polanesczky
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HEADLINES
Lightnings Arrive in the UK
The rst F-35 Lightning IIs to land in the UK were greeted
by a rainbow at RAF Fairford on June 29.
Lockheed Martin
The rst of Britain’s new Lockheed Martin
F-35B Lightning II jets landed at RAF Fairford,
Gloucestershire, shortly after 8pm on June 29.
The RAF Lightning II was accompanied
during its transatlantic crossing by two United
States Marine Corps F-35Bs from MCAS
Beaufort, South Carolina. This is the rst
time the F-35 has visited the UK and the jets
ew across speci cally to appear the Royal
International Air Tattoo and Farnborough
International Airshow.
Speaking shortly after their arrival Air
Commodore Harv Smyth, Lightning Force
Commander said: “The arrival of Lightning
in the UK is an important step towards our
delivery of operational capability with the UK’s
rst ever stealth ghter aircraft. Operating from
land bases or our new aircraft carriers, the
F-35B Lightning will provide next-generation
advanced sensor capabilities which, when
combined with its low observable, stealthy
design, allow the pilot to see more, know
more and act faster than the enemy. Our
Lightning Force is developing very quickly
and we are well prepared for the arrival of
our rst operational squadron (617 Sqn ‘The
Dambusters’) at RAF Marham in 2018.”
They were followed the next day into RAF
Fairford by three F-35A Lightning IIs of the
51st Fighter Wing at Luke AFB, Arizona.
First C Series Delivered
The Bombardier CS100 was awarded Type
Validation by both the European Aviation
Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) on June 15.
This followed Type Certi cation awarded by
Transport Canada in December 2015.
On June 3, a CS100 HB-JBA ew 100
passengers from Dublin to Zurich after the 2016
Annual General Meeting of the International
Air Transport Association (IATA). Among
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The rst CS100 for Swiss, HB-JBA, receiving
a water cannon welcome at Zurich Airport.
Swiss International Air Lines
the passengers were senior executives from
almost 20 Star Alliance member airlines.
Bombardier claimed the airliner, complete with
fuel, passengers and their baggage, consumed
20% less fuel than competing single-aisle
aircraft currently ying the 1hr 50min route.
Aircraft HB-JBA is the rst example to be
delivered to Swiss International Air Lines which
has named it
Canton of Zurich.
The C Series have been marketed
speci cally for their fuel efficiency, low
emissions and low noise footprint. Swiss is
the rst airline to operate the new airliner and
it was due to y its initial passenger revenue
service on July 15 from Zurich to Paris Charles
de Gaulle Airport. In Swiss con guration the
CS100 will accommodate 125 passengers.
Aviation News incorporating Jets August 2016
MC-21 Roll-out
EDITORIAL
This is an exciting time for
the magazine as we welcome
readers from our sister title
Jets.
Those of you who are perhaps
reading
Aviation News
for the
rst time will nd that we cover the same areas
of modern and historic aviation as
Jets.
We also
set out to present our subject matter in a similarly
entertaining and enlightening fashion.
This issue focuses on the Cold War and includes
articles on such classic types as the Lockheed
SR-71 Blackbird and the English Electric
Lightning. However, as regular readers will know,
our aim at
Aviation News
is not just to provide
information on the aircraft and its capabilities,
but also to bring you fascinating stories from the
people who ew these mighty machines. In both
of the features mentioned the pilots have some
extraordinary tales to tell from their time in the
cockpit.
Like
Jets,
each issue of
Aviation News
incorporates a mix of military and civil topics. If
you’re a fan of commercial aviation our British
Airways special issue next month is not to be
missed. We’ll be including an interview with one
of the airline’s Concorde captains and detailing the
career of the Lockheed Constellation with British
Airways’ predecessor BOAC.
We are also pleased to welcome
the Editor of
Jets,
Stephen
Bridgewater, onto the
Aviation
News
team as Contributing
Editor. We’ll be working closely
together to bring you a
magazine that combines
the best of both titles.
I hope you enjoy this issue.
The MC-21-300 at the roll-out ceremony.
Piotr Butowski
Russia’s new MC-21-300 airliner was rolled
out at the Irkutsk Aircraft Plant production
facility on June 8. The Russian Prime Minister
Dmitry Medvedev attended the ceremony. The
manufacturer claims the MC-21 (or Mainline
Aircraft for the 21st Century) will be 12-15%
cheaper to operate than an Airbus A320 or 5%
more cost effective than an A320neo. The two-
class con guration MC-21-300 will carry 163
passengers over 3,278 mile (5,275km) routes.
This is the base version for a future family of
aircraft that will include the shorter MC-21-200
and, possibly, a longer MC-21-400. The rst
example is scheduled to y early in 2017 and
the initial delivery to Aero ot is planned for the
last quarter of 2018. Piotr Butowski
Solar Impulse 2 Follows
Lindbergh’s Path
Solar Impulse 2, the ‘zero-fuel’ aeroplane,
became the rst solar-powered manned
aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it
landed in Seville, Spain, on June 23.
The team had hoped the 70-hour ight
from New York would land in Paris, France
– to mirror Charles Lindbergh’s historic rst
solo crossing of the Atlantic in 1927 – but
weather conditions saw Swiss explorer/pilot
Bertrand Piccard divert to Spain.
This is the 15th leg in the Solar Impulse
team’s effort to circumnavigate the globe
and the mission managers are now
planning the nal route to Abu Dhabi,
where the adventure began in March
2015. Piccard’s Swiss compatriot André
Borschberg is likely to be at the controls for
the nal, historic sector of the ight.
Solar Impulse 2 is making the ight to
raise awareness of the potential of clean
technologies and is propelled entirely by
energy collected in its 17,000 solar cells.
Dino Carrara
Editor
Aviation News
incorporating
Jets
Polish M-346
Unveiled
The Polish Air Force’s rst M-346 (7701)
was rolled out at Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s
facility in Venegono-Superiore, near Varese,
Italy, on June 6. Seven other M-346 lead-
in ghter trainer aircraft are destined for
Poland, and 7701 will now undergo a ight
test programme to certify bespoke systems
chosen by its air force, including a brake
parachute.
Deliveries of all eight will be
completed by November 2017 and
the type will enter service with the 4th
Skrzydlo Lotnictwa Szkolnego (4th
Training Wing Squadron)/41st Baza
Lotnictwa Szkolnego (41st Air Base
School) at Deblin-Irena to replace the
veteran PZL TS-11 Iskra.
Meanwhile, Leonardo-Finmeccanica
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The rst Polish Air Force M-346, 7701, at the rollout ceremony on June 6.
Leonardo-Finmeccanica
delivered the last of 30 M-346 Lavis to the
Israeli Air Force (IAF) on June 9 – less
than two years after the rst delivery. The
IAF is now the lead operator of the M-346,
having made more than 10,000 ights and
amassed some 7,500 ight hours.
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