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Historic

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Sharpening its Claws

The Panther in the Korean War Warren E Thompson tells how...

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Fuselage mould paves the way for UK-built Mosquito

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Plans to restore the first...

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Globe-trotting Wessex back on display

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Westland Wessex 60 G-AVNE...

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El Salvador’s Stearman and Dornier projects make progress

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE The restoration to flying...

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STYLISH ELIZABETHAN

GLORY DAYS AIRSPEED’S ELEGANT AMBASSADOR WAS ECLIPSED BY...

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Military

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What lies ahead for EEA 1/54 'Dunkirk' and France's covert ISR assets?

We look at the platforms that have served the French Air and Space Force’s secretive Airborne Electronic Squadron 1/54 ‘Dunkirk’ and detail the new intelligence-gathering assets that are set to enter service in the coming years

FPDA nations plan commemorative 50th Anniversary display

The Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) member nations will participate in a mixed force flypast and naval display over and in the waters off Marina South, Singapore, on October 18 to celebrate 50 years of the defence pact

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Inside the US Air Force's Kabul Airlift operation

Broadly considered an operational success, the Kabul Airlift was also a record-breaking effort by the US Air Force. Babak Taghvaee reports

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Commercial

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Aeroflot Sukhoi SuperJet Crash

Air Safety Reports and details of recent incidents. An...

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Titan Debuts New Cabin

LONDON/STANSTED-based Titan Airways has rolled out a new interior...

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Three New Routes for S7

Russia’s largest domestic carrier, S7 Airlines has announced...

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Out with the Gold

UNITED AIRLINES has rolled out a revised livery on one of its...

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AirAsia’s First A330neo

AirAsia’s first Airbus A330-900neo has left the paint shop...

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Flight Simulation

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Flight Sim Labs A320-X

The A320 is an incredibly complex aircraft and to try to replicate that inside FSX is insanely difficult. Working backwards to produce a flyable aircraft is rather like herding cats – potentially fantastic, but probably a bit fruitless. Flight Sim Labs however like fruitless. The question is, how good is its A320?

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Worldflight 2016

Team Jet Sim took on a challenge to virtually circumnavigate the globe in a full-sized Boeing 737-800 simulator in seven days

Gazelle out now!

For helicopter fans out there, MP Design Studio has released the Aerospatiale Gazelle SA342 for FSX and Prepar3D.

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Upcoming Events

Helitech Expo

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London, United Kingdom

Helicopter trade show.

ILA Berlin

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Schönefeld, Germany

The event website states: "ILA Berlin features the entire value chain and every tier of the aerospace industry, from Aviation, Space and Defence & Support, to Advanced Air Mobility and the Supplier sector."

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Duxford Summer Air Show D-Day 80

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We will pay tribute to this momentous anniversary by welcoming nine historic Dakotas – the aircraft synonymous with the D-Day landings – to the skies of Duxford for a series of dramatic flypasts over the weekend and a mass historic parachute jump over the historic airfield on Saturday 1 June."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow

Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "our Race Day Air Show celebrates the passion Richard Shuttleworth had for racing, both on the ground and in the air...
[and] brings together icons of the aviation and the motor vehicle industry for a dramatic day of full action both on our grass runway and the Bedfordshire skies."