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Industry Themed Articles

AUG102010
London-Stansted Airport air traffic - from the top of the tower Gareth Stringer spent an afternoon at London-Stansted Airport for a close look at their air traffic operation - from the top of the impressive tower itself. Images as credited.
JUL272010
Down To Business - FIA 2010 Gareth Stringer reports from the biennial Farnborough International Airshow - one of the world's most famous aerospace events. Images as credited.
MAY252010
Zulu Glasstek Swift Aerobatic Display Team aside, the gliding sphere is one element of aviation that has been slightly overlooked on GAR. Karl Drage redresses the balance with a report from Pete Wells' Zulu Glasstek operation.
MAY112010
EBACE 2010 The European business jet community gathered at Palexpo Geneva, Switzerland 3-6th May for the 10th anniversary edition of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE). Paul Dopson was there to report for GAR.
MAR022010
HAL Heritage Centre, Bangalore Best known for building other people’s designs under license, India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is also increasingly designing and building its own products. The company is headquartered in Bangalore and maintains a small heritage centre at its home base. Paul Dunn visits for GAR.
JAN262010
Queen of the Skies at 40 Boeing’s Queen of the Skies recently notched up an incredible 40 years of airline service. GAR’s Paul Dunn is a huge fan of the 747. But then, he is unashamedly rather biased! Images as credited.
NOV082009
Launch of a New Generation - ATR 72-600 Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR has unveiled its latest machine, Tony Osborne takes a closer look at the new ATR 72-600 for GAR.
SEP232009
Helitech 2009 With Helitech, the largest dedicated European-based helicopter exhibition once again making its biennial visit to Duxford, Karl Drage made the short journey to Cambridgeshire to see what was on display.
SEP122009
Panavia at 40 With two RAF aircraft specially marked to commemorate the 40th birthday of the consortium from which they came, Gareth Stringer takes a look at Panavia, the tri-national group that gave us the Tornado.
JUL302009
Marsh Aviation's TurboTracker Every year in the state of California, wildfires cause widespread destruction to forestry assets and property and cause multiple deaths. Aircraft make up part of the arsenal employed by the California Department of Fire and Forestry (CDF or CAL FIRE) to fight these wildfires, and one of the most important aircraft is based on a 1950s vintage anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Paul Dunn reports for GAR.
JUN232009
Saudi Typhoon Deliveries Commence After more than ten years in the offing, the Royal Saudi Air Force have received the first of their 72 Eurofighter Typhoons that are on order. John Higgins was at BAe Warton to report on the handover ceremony and delivery for GAR.
MAY052009
Twenty-First Century Puma Based at Cape Town International Airport, in South Africa’s beautiful Western Cape region, Thunder City is well known throughout the world as an operator of classic British jets. There is, however, now another side to the operation at Thunder City, with the company putting its expertise in restoring and maintaining classic jets to a new use in refurbishing and updating the Aerospatiale Puma helicopter. Paul Dunn reports from Cape Town, with additional photography by Karl Drage.
APR162009
The Future of Fire Tankers? After a couple of fatal crashes in the last two years involving P-2 Neptunes the project that Minden Air Corp are working on could seem all the more relevent. Paul Filmer reports from Nevada.