The Charles de Gaulle at War Richard Cooper and Henri-Pierre Grolleau were fortunate to spend time aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during Operation Harmattan—the French participation in the NATO mission to protect civilians in Libya’s ongoing civil war. Australian Piper Society’s “Top End Tour” Each year, the Australian Piper Society holds numerous flyaways and trips around the amazing red continent. ...

Article by Rob Neil. In the early 1980s, when Piaggio Aero named its new aircraft Avanti (“forward”), the name couldn’t have been more appropriate. Today, the beautiful sleek Avanti II is still futuristic, and is still simultaneously the world’s fastest civil turboprop and, arguably, its “greenest” business aircraft. It is as “modern” today as it was when it first flew, and ...

Avanti II—the Next Step Forward The Piaggio Aero P180 Avanti was born 25 years ahead of its time. Today, quarter of a century later, the time has come for the Avanti II—still the world’s fastest civil turboprop and still its greenest business aircraft—to step forward and claim the recognition it deserves. Rob Neil reports. Britain’s Tornado F.3 Retires Peter Cooper was at RAF ...