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The World’s Strangest Airline Liveries
Airline liveries can sometimes be a bit dull - but not this selection. Here are nine eye-catching schemes that turned heads wherever they went.
US Army signs for more MH-47G Block II Chinooks
On July 31, Boeing announced that it had been awarded a US$265m contract to build and deliver nine more MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters for the US Army’s Special Operations Aviation Command.
Commercial Aviation General Knowledge Quiz
This next instalment of the Saturday Commercial Aviation quiz follows a general knowledge theme. Test yourself on a wide range of subjects and let us know what score you got!
Decommissioned RAF bases: photographer captures the remains of RAF bases that have been left in the past
A photographer has travelled to the sites of old RAF bases, hoping to capture their intriguing histories from behind the camera
Announcing the next TrueEarth region - Balearic Islands
Orbx has announced its next TrueEarth region for X-Plane - the Balearic Islands on the archipelago off eastern Spain.
Denmark's first F-35A takes shape
The Danish Ministry of Defence announced that the nation’s first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II had passed through the Electronic Mate and Alignment Station (EMAS) in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 6.
Air India Express Jet Crashes on Landing
An Air India Express Boeing 737 has reportedly skidded off the runway after landing at Kozhikode/Calicut airport in southern India.
Boeing completes first QF-16 conversion at Arizona facility
Boeing announced that it had completed the first conversion of a QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) at its modification facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona, in June 2020.
The theories behind one of aviation’s strangest tales
On November 23, 1944 a B-17 Flying Fortress crash landed in Belgium. While normally a non-event, this one left many across the world perplexed. Although nobody knows the true story of the ‘Phantom Fortress’, the theories behind it come in abundance…
Ukrainian Su-27s used as chase planes for missiles
Incredible pictures show pair of Flankers following new R-360 anti-ship missiles at high subsonic speeds during recent tests.
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