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June 2018
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DC-10 in Service
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United Airlines DC-8s
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British Airways TriStars
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Il-62: Soviet Pioneer
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Israel’s Boeing 707s
EXCLUSIVE
LONDON
BIGGIN HILL
AIRPORT
On the Rise
XB-70 VALKYRIE
Supersonic
Serpent
EUROFIGHTER
TYPHOON
Reigning in Spain
CONTENTS
FEATURES
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Typhoons Reign in Spain
Rodrigo Rodríguez Costa reviews the Euro ghter
Typhoon in Spanish service.
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REGULARS
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Headlines
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Military News
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Civil News
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Preservation News
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Biggin Hill: On the Rise
Rod Simpson reports on developments at London
Biggin Hill Airport.
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British Airways TriStars: High, Wide
and Handsome
The Lockheed TriStar served with British Airways for
almost 20 years. David Ransted recalls its career with
the airline.
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Airshow News
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Air Events Dates
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Flight Bag
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Register Review
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Airport Movements
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Air Base Movements
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Ilyushin Il-62: Soviet Pioneer
Alexander Mladenov and Krassimir Grozev examine
this Soviet long-range jetliner.
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DC-8: United’s Do-It-All Jetliner
For more than 30 years the DC-8 was an important part
of the United Airlines eet, as Barry Lloyd explains.
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DC-10 in Focus
We present a snapshot of the DC-10 in service.
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Boeing 707: Israel’s Desert Giant
Noam Menashe details the Boeing 707 in Israeli
service.
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XB-70 Valkyrie: Supersonic Serpent
Peter E Davies examines the innovative XB-70 and
the background to its eventual axing.
See pages 52
and 53 for details.
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1st Air Cavalry Brigade Rides
Across Europe
Aaron Paxton of Aviation in Action reports on the
1st Air Cavalry Brigade’s European deployment.
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He 177 Griffon: Strategic Heavy
Bomber
The He 177 was conceived by Germany before World
War Two as a strategic heavy bomber. Chris Goss
discovers why it never made a telling impact.
Cover photos (main image):
Monarch Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, G-DMCA.
AirTeamImages.com/Chris Sheldon. Inset (bottom left):
A North American XB-70 Valkyrie.
Terry Panopalis Collection. Inset (bottom right):
One of the Spanish Air Force’s Euro ghter
Typhoons.
Marco Papa
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Embraer E190-E2 Makes
Commercial Debut
HEADLINES
Widerøe completed the very rst scheduled
passenger ight of the new Embraer E190-E2
on April 24. The aircraft, registered LN-WEA
and operating as ight WF622, departed
Bergen, Norway, at 7
.56am and arrived at
Tromsø, also in Norway, at 9.39am local time.
The event marked the official entry into
service of the rst of three new E-Jets E2s
developed by Embraer to succeed its rst-
generation E-Jets. Deliveries of the larger
E195-E2 are planned to start next year, and
The rst Embraer E190-E2 in Widerøe livery,
wearing its Brazilian test registration PR-EFL.
Widerøe
in 2021 for the smaller E175-E2.
“This is a truly historic day for the E-Jets
programme and for Embraer,” said John
Slattery, President and CEO, Embraer
Commercial Aviation. “The rst revenue ight
is the crowning achievement of years of hard
work and planning.”
Stein Nilsen, Widerøe’s President and
CEO, spoke after the ight landed. “Today,
we’re celebrating the beginning of a new era
for Widerøe. It’s the rst jet in our eet, and
we’ll always have the distinction of being the
rst airline to y the E2. We see a bright
future with our new E2 jets.”
Widerøe will receive two more E190-E2s
this year and holds purchase rights for an
additional 12. The total value of the order
is approximately $873m if all rights are
exercised.
Massive Grant for de Havilland Museum
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has
awarded a grant of nearly £2m to the de
Havilland Aircraft Museum. The centre,
at Salisbury Hall in London Colney,
Hertfordshire, applied for the money three
years ago to build a large new hangar that
will provide covered space for its exhibits
and a range of community and education
facilities.
After learning of the lottery funding
decision, the museum Chairman Alan
Brackley said: “The trustees of the museum
are delighted the HLF has awarded them
£1.9m to build the new hangar. Thanks to the
money raised by the national lottery players
An artist’s impression of the redeveloped de Havilland Aircraft Museum.
via DHAM
the project will not only safely display several
important aircraft exhibits inside the new
building, away from the rigours of the British
weather, but it will offer the local community
an exciting venue for meetings, conferences,
parties, learning and other social events.”
The funding allows the museum to move
on to the next phase of its development
programme, and construction work on the
new hangar is expected to begin in July this
year and be completed in 2019. Planning
permission for the project was granted by
Hertsmere Council in 2016.
“The Museum needs to fundraise a
further £250,000, before we get the national
lottery’s permission to start the building
works,” added Mr Brackley, “so all support is
very welcome and donations [can be] made
through our website or at the museum.”
The centre concentrates on the many
types of aircraft and engines built by
de Havilland at its Hat eld factory in
Hertfordshire. It is based in the grounds
of Salisbury Hall, which was used during
World War Two by the company as its
secret design centre for the Mosquito. The
prototype ‘Mossie’ is one of three examples
of the type on display at the museum.
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National Museums Scotland has acquired a
Hawk T.1A, XX308, which was flown by the
RAF’s Red Arrows. The jet trainer has been
donated by the Ministry of Defence through
RAF Heritage, and went on permanent static
display at the National Museum of Flight in
East Fortune on April 25. It is the only Red
Arrows Hawk on show in any UK museum.
Built in 1980, the aircraft was used by the
display team from 1985 until 2012.
It will sit alongside Concorde G-BOAA,
an aircraft type with which the Red Arrows
Red Arrows Hawk Preserved
displayed on many occasions, most notably
when they flew in formation over Edinburgh
on July 1, 1999 to mark the opening of the
Scottish Parliament. The museum’s Hawk
was flown on that day by the team leader,
‘Red 1’ Wg Cdr Simon Meade.
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Dr Gordon Rintoul, Director of National
Museums Scotland said: “The National
Museum of Flight is home to one of the
best and most varied aviation collections in
Europe, and the Hawk used by the famous
Red Arrows is a terrific addition. We are
grateful to the Ministry of Defence for this
generous donation which is sure to be
hugely popular with our visitors.”
ACM Sir Steven Hillier, Chief of the
Air Staff, said: “The RAF in Scotland has
excellent links with National Museums
Scotland. In this, the RAF’s 100th year,
we seek to commemorate, celebrate and
inspire. I can think of no better place than
the National Museum of Flight for a Red
Arrows Hawk to be displayed and help
promote these themes.”
Spectacular Scheme
for Belgian F-16
Fighting Falcon FA101 in its new ‘Dark Falcon’ markings.
Mick Balter
Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon
FA101 has gained spectacular markings
for the 2018 airshow season. The Belgian
Air Force jet was rolled out in its new
‘Dark Falcon’ livery at Florennes Air Base
on April 23. It has also been announced
that Snr Capt Stefan Darte – known as
‘Vador’ – will be the Belgian F-16 solo
display pilot for the next three years.
Mick Balter
After an absence of three years, the RAF’s
617 Dambuster Sqn re-formed at a special
ceremony in Washington DC on April 17
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The unit – established in 1943 to attack
the Ruhr dams – is the first frontline RAF
squadron to be equipped with the Lockheed
Martin F-35 Lightning II.
The ‘stand-up’ commemoration event in
the USA featured the squadron standard
being paraded before the Chief of the Air
Staff, ACM Sir Stephen Hillier, and 617
Sqn OC, Wg Cdr John Butcher asking for
permission to re-form the unit. No. 617 will
be based at RAF Marham in Norfolk later
this year, after personnel from the squadron
have completed training in the USA. (See
last month’s Dambusters special issue for
an exclusive interview with Wg Cdr John
Butcher, and more on 617 Sqn.)
Dambusters
Return
West Atlantic, the East Midlands Airport-
based cargo specialists, has received the
world’s first 737-800 Boeing Converter
Freighter (BCF). Boeing 737-800s are used
by many airlines for short-haul passenger
flights, but with a new generation of
commercial aircraft coming onto the market,
Boeing is converting existing 737-800s into
cargo carriers. West Atlantic is leasing four
of the new 737-800s; the other three will be
added to the fleet in coming months.
West Atlantic relocated its UK operation
from Coventry Airport to East Midlands last
November. The express freight company
leases hangar space close to its key
customers DHL and the Royal Mail. The
new 737-800BCF will initially operate the
twice-nightly East Midlands to Belfast route
on behalf of Royal Mail.
Neil Robinson, Corporate and Social
Responsibility Director at EMA, said: “We’re
delighted that West Atlantic is leading the
way by leasing Boeing’s new freight aircraft.
We work closely with all our airline partners
to ensure that everything is being done
to minimise the impact of our operations
on the local community. While we want to
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First 737-800BCF Delivered
West Atlantic’s Boeing 737-800BCF G-NPTA at a special ceremony at East Midlands Airport on
April 20.
Rob Edson/West Atlantic
grow the business and attract more airlines
to give a greater choice to passengers and
businesses who need goods transporting
all over the world, we’re very focused
on sustainable growth in line with our
commitment to be a good neighbour.”
West Atlantic’s Chief Executive, Fredrik
Groth, commented: “We’re excited to be
the first operator of the 737-800BCF. The
additional capacity and next-generation
efficiency offered by this new aircraft will
deliver real benefits to our customers
and we’re delighted to be at the forefront
of delivering this new technology. This
aircraft, and the additional three being
delivered to us within the next 11 months,
will be operated for one of the most
recognised global integrators within their
European Network. With the 800BCF,
we expect to improve reliability, lower
aircraft operating costs, and leave a better
environmental footprint.”
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