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Historic
WIN A Spitfire Flight worth £2975!
Flypast, Aeroplane Monthly and Britain at War magazines have teamed up with Spitfires.com to give one lucky reader the chance to win a flight in a Spitfire.
Canberra nose arrives at Stoneykirk
Following an epic restoration, the nose section of English Electric Canberra WK124 has gone on display at the Stoneykirk Aviation Museum.
IWM key airframes heading outside
The Imperial War Museums plans to move three significant, four-engined aeroplanes out of IWM Duxford’s AirSpace building as part of a masterplan that will see it repurposed as a Cold War exhibition.
ALCONBURY PHANTOMS - WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Peter R Foster details the life and times of the 10th TRW RF-4Cs that once graced the skies over Cambridgeshire
Was Alberto Santos Dumont the true father of flight?
The heady days of early aviation are described by Rodrigo Moura Visoni, who makes the case that it is Alberto Santos Dumont rather than the Wright brothers who should be remembered as the true father of flight
Military
More B-21 Raider bases announced
The next Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider bases will be Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and Dyess Air Force Base in Texas.
Iraq Orders Airbus Helicopters H225Ms
A contract for Airbus Helicopters H225Ms for Iraq was announced by the manufacturer on September 6, 2024.
Thailand Selects Gripen E/F
The Royal Thai Air Force has announced its selection of the Saab JAS 39E/F Gripen to replace Lockheed Martin F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.
Commercial
BA announces record North America schedule for 2025
British Airways is set to operate its busiest ever flight schedule to North America in the summer of 2025, with more than 400 direct flights a week across the Atlantic.
Wizz Air to base Airbus A321XLR at Gatwick
Wizz Air will base its first Airbus A321XLR aircraft at Gatwick Airport, using the aircraft to operate a new direct route from London to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
First Icelandair A321LR Rolled Out
Airbus rolled out Icelandair’s first A321LR from its Hamburg factory on September 9, 2024.
Widerøe’s Dash 8-400 lease
The Norwegian airline Widerøe is leasing two De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft from TrueNoord, a specialist regional aircraft lessor.
Delta A330 landed short at Schiphol
ADelta Air Lines Airbus A330-323 touched down in the grass, 11m before the runway threshold, an investigation by the Dutch Safety Board has found.
Flight Simulation
UK2000 Aberdeen & Carlisle
SCENERY REVIEW FOR MSFS 2020. Two airports in the north from the renowned scenery makers.
Parallel 42 Sim FX
Normally, my PC Pilot assignments fall into one of two categories, reviewing aircraft addons or reviewing scenery addons. Today however, we look at something slightly different a visual effects package for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
