With wildfire seasons now overlapping in the northern
and southern hemispheres, and a shortage of firefighting aircraft, will we ever see a seaplane successor to the Martin JRM Mars?
DAVID HONAN
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ANA’s last of three Airbus A380s, dedicated to the airline’s Hawai’i routes, carries an orange version of the sea turtle “Flying Honu” livery.. LINDNER FOTOGRAFIE/AIRBUSANA’s last of three Airbus A380s, dedicated to the airline’s Hawai’i routes, carries an orange version of the sea turtle “Flying Honu” livery.. LINDNER FOTOGRAFIE/AIRBUSPolish airline LOT is acquiring Condor, the German leisure carrier owned for nearly 20 years by the now-defunct Thomas Cook. DAVID HONANBell Boeing delivered the first CMV-22-B Osprey aircraft for the US Navy’s aircraft carrier fleet on 10 February. The tiltrotor aircraft will replace the C-2A Greyhound. BELL BOEINGTechnology has moved beyond the cherrypicker — the RAAF Amberley C-17A Globemaster hangar offers teleplatforms that descend from the roof. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCEDassault’s Rafale is one of five contenders to replace Finland’s F/A-18 Hornet fleet by 2025 in its HX Fighter campaign. Also in the running are newer Boeing Hornets, the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed Martin’s F-35, and Saab’s Gripen. PAUL MERRITTWith jetstream tailwinds from a winter storm, British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-CIVP set the New York-London subsonic speed record overnight on 8 February, at 4h56m, beating Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 G-VPOP by one minute. CLEMENT ALLOING / PAUL DENTONAirbus’ Beluga XL is now in service, with the A330-derived supercargo jet offering 30 percent more capacity than the 1990s’ A300-600ST original Beluga. AIRBUS/J-V REYMONDONWith jetstream tailwinds from a winter storm, British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-CIVP set the New York-London subsonic speed record overnight on 8 February, at 4h56m, beating Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 G-VPOP by one minute. CLEMENT ALLOING / PAUL DENTONFabian Behr snapped a shot of his World of Aviation app from the flight deck with Mont Blanc in the distance. Where’s your WOFA been?The UK’s first P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft, named Pride of Moray, arrived at RAF Kinloss in February. The UK has ordered nine of the 737NG-derived aircraft. CROWN COPYRIGHT – MODWith wildfire seasons now overlapping in the northern and southern hemispheres, and a shortage of firefighting aircraft, will we ever see a seaplane successor to the Martin JRM Mars? DAVID HONAN
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