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Historic
Airworthy Corsair on loan to museum
Vought F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 97388 will be operated from a museum in Minnesota
Handley Page Type W: The purpose-built airliner family in depth
James Kightly brings us a detailed examination of an airliner family that showed the advantages of purpose-built designs
How US Army Air Forces developed radio countermeasures in the Aleutians
Dave Stern examines how radio countermeasures were created by the US Army Air Forces during the war in the Aleutians
Historic Aviation Quiz: August 25
Test your general historic aviation knowledge with this week's quiz from Key.Aero...
Revealed: the real secret missions of Sidney Cotton's Lockheed 12
As war neared, Sidney Cotton and Lockheed 12A G-AFTL helped change the face of British aerial reconnaissance. But what does fresh evidence, gathered as the aircraft was restored for Fighter Aviation Engineering, tell us about their covert activities?
Military
WATCH: Canada’s debut in Exercise Cobra Warrior
Maple leaves are taking to the air now we are in autumn, however other ‘maple leaves’ are being seen airborne in the UK – namely those worn by Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188A Hornets and a CC-150T Polaris taking part in Exercise Cobra Warrior 23-2
RNLAF 313 Squadrons new Tiger tail anniversary jet
An exclusive first-look at the new 70th anniversary tail art on F-031
UK airpower in crisis amid growing threat of war, MPs say
The state of UK airpower and its inability to counter the growing threat of war has been laid bare in a damning report by an influential group of British MPs
Commercial
BREAKING: NATS reveals root cause of UK ATC failure
NATS’ preliminary investigation has confirmed the root cause that led to last Monday’s air traffic control incident.
How ex-US Army Black Hawks are finding new life with commercial operators
The Black Hawk – the Western world’s most successful military utility helicopter – has served the US Army and other military customers for more than four decades. Now, many H-60s are taking on new duties with other governmental and commercial operators, as Tom Kaminski details
Eurowings Discover renamed amid major rebrand
Lufthansa Group’s leisure airline Eurowings Discover has today (September 5) revealed a new brand identity.
Flight Simulation
Historical Gamer discusses PC Pilot's Falcon 5.0 interview
YouTube channel Historical Gamer discusses PC Pilot's Falcon 5.0 interview with David Lagettie, CEO of MicroProse. In addition, he also talks about updates for B-17 The Mighty 8th, which will launch into Early Access later this year.
Falcon 5 In Development
We invited MicroProse’s CEO, David Lagettie, to talk to us about the company’s reacquisition of the Falcon copyright and also provide us with an update on its other ongoing projects.
Microsoft Flight Simulator lands in Hawaii
iniBuilds has announced Honolulu International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.
