Aircraft Illustrated

UK Airlines 2009
At the start of what’s likely to be a difficult year for the airline business, Aircraft’s annual supplement, listing all the UK’s carriers and their aircraft, is your exclusive and comprehensive guide to the industry. It’s free inside this issue!

Editorial and Contributors

Hero of the Hudson
SPECIAL REPORT on the remarkable US Airways A320 ditching in New York

Civil News
Go-ahead for third Heathrow runway • Airbus beats Boeing in 2008 order battle • US carriers post losses • AirAsia plans own airport

A400M hit by severe delays
SPECIAL REPORT on the latest problems for the troubled Airbus Military transport

Military News
India orders P-8 • Israeli offensive in Gaza • RAF prepares GR4 for Afghan mission • Eurocopter eyes ARH deal

Preservation News
Hangar 11’s Hurricane flies • HFL’s latest Spitfire projects • Hampden damaged in Canada • ‘Hawk One’ Sabre resplendent

A350: brave new world
Airbus puts important lessons to good use with its new wide-body

The Aircraft Defence Review
PART ONE: The Ministry of Defence’s spending plans have been thrown into disarray, and cuts are being demanded which will affect the UK’s air arms. In the first half of a two-part feature, we examine the background to the debate

A greener future?
The airline industry finds out whether new generation biofuels offer answers to big environmental questions

KLM celebration
Exclusive air-to-airs of KLM’s 90th anniversary ‘retrojet’ Boeing 737

Concorde: 40 years on
Remembering the maiden flight of the British Concorde – by six men who were there

‘Blacksnakes’ of Indiana
A P-47 unit’s legacy lives on in the Indiana ANG’s F-16 squadron – PLUS! Exclusive air-to-airs of the 163rd Fighter Squadron’s specially-painted ‘Viper’

The hills are alive...
The changing scene at Salzburg Airport, where the winter brings a mass of tourism from East and West

Nuclear power
EXCLUSIVE! Revealing the Soviet Air Forces’ Cold War nuclear capabilities in Eastern Europe

Flight Sim Reviews
Book Reviews
Serbia’s Stars display team in profile
Airshow Calendar
Airshow News