The November 2011 issue of Scramble has been released this week!
This month's edition features specials about:
- Airfield guide Lajes
Lajes Field on Terceira island is the major military airfield of the Azores, with combined civil use. Strategically positioned,
the distance from here to Lisbon is some 1500 km, to New York some 4000 km. While trans-Atlantic passenger flights
have been doing without fuelstops for decades, military traffic between the USA and Europe (or beyond) often benefits from
a landing in the Azores. Ron and Sean Mak sent us a detailed report about their visit to Lajes, accompanied by photos. We added some own data
and constructed this Airfield Guide of Lajes Field.
- MAKS 2011
The International Aviation and Space salon, also known as MAKS is held every odd year at the Shukovsky airfield near
Moscow. MAKS is the biggest trade show for the Russian aviation industry and can be compared with European
tradeshows like the Paris and Farnborough airshow. We have a full report from Moscow.
- MiG on a stick tour
In August, the airshow at Zhukovsky was a reason for many European aviation enthusiasts to head for Moscow again. As
our hobby is not yet fully understood in Russia, joining an organised tour has its benefits. Therefore about 35-40 men
from all over Europe (and also South Africa) booked a nine day tour with Aeroprints, of which we received a report.
- Bulgarian Navy Panther
On 9 October, the Bulgarian Navy finally received its first AS565MB Panther helicopter during an acceptance ceremony in the old wooden hangar of maritime
helicopter air base “Chaika”, near Varna. Anton Balakchiev reports from Bulgaria.
And much more!
Our monthly returning topics:
- Movements and trips Netherlands, Belgium + Rest of the World, civil and military.
- The latest news, both civil and military.
- Updates on the world's aircraft fleets, civil and military.
- Aircraft mishaps in Dustpan and Brush.
- Wrecks & Relics.
- Warbirds.
- Scramble Intelligence Service.
- Picture Writing
- Triptease
- Showreports
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