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Historic
Mosaic honouring Gloster Aircraft restored
A brick mosaic - showing the silhouette of an aircraft – incorporated into the road on a residential street in Hucclecote has been restored by Bovis Homes
Lightning fires up at Bruntingthorpe
Paul Johnson and Richard Clarke report from the Lightning Static Reheat Twilight Event at Bruntingthorpe which took place on November 4
Concorde – the greatest feat in aviation?
Flying on the edge of space, faster than a rifle bullet, Concorde was a cliché queen. The epitome of Anglo-French collaboration, it was unlike anything that had come before it and required an unprecedented level of technological innovation – as Stephen Skinner discovers…
Successful year for Spanish Super Saeta
Former Spanish Air Force Hispano Aviación HA-220 Super Saeta is airworthy again after years of restorative work
Yorkshire Victor to fire up engines
On Saturday November 25, the Yorkshire Air Museum’s Handley Page Victor will run its engines to celebrate three decades at the Elvington attraction
Military
Argentina issues airworthiness certificate for re-engined Pucará Fénix
Argentina’s General Directorate of Joint Military Airworthiness of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (DIGAMC) issued the airworthiness certificate for the newly upgraded IA-58H Pucará Fénix counterinsurgency (COIN) aircraft on December 29, after the type received new Pratt & Whitney PT6A-62 turboprop engines
Italian Tornados relieve Eurofighters on deployment in Kuwait
The Italian Air Force has deployed an unspecified number of Panavia Tornado IDS ground attack/strike aircraft to Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait as part of its latest Task Group Devil detachment to the Middle East region
Back to the future: was the US Navy’s latest aircraft carrier trying out Cold War tactics?
During the recent maiden operational cruise of the USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), the aircraft carrier was sighted in a Norwegian fjord. Key.Aero’s Editor At Large, Dino Carrara, examines how the US Navy may be dusting off an ingenious Cold War tactic for carrier air wing operations.
Commercial
Concorde’s record-breaking Australian flights
In a special Key Publishing magazine on Concorde, aircraft charterer Norman Gilham recalls his experience on one such flight from London to Sydney and back during which a number of world records were achieved
Why a Boeing 757 landed on the wrong runway
Authorities in the United States have concluded their investigation into an incident involving a FedEx Boeing 757 at Tulsa Airport in Oklahoma.
Concorde – the story behind starting airline operations
Concorde's path to its service entry was not an easy one. In 1976, it reached its conclusion. In the February 2016 issue of Aeroplane, Bruce Hales-Dutton talked to the last surviving flight crew member from British Airways’ inaugural flight
Ultimate Turkish Aviation Quiz!
In keeping with our feature in this month’s edition of Airliner World, looking at the new Istanbul airport and neighbouring Sabiha Gökçen International airport, this week’s quiz focuses on the booming aviation market in the Turkish capital and its big three operators - Turkish Airlines, AndoluJet and Pegasus Airlines.
MRO Services 2023
MRO Services 2023 - a special publication by Airliner World in page-turning format
Flight Simulation
Tatenhill Airfield for Microsoft Flight Simulator out now
The latest UK scenery from Burning Blue Design is EGBM Tatenhill Airfield for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Microsoft Flight Simulator lands in Bermuda
Scenery developer SLHsimdesigns has released TXKF L.F. Wade International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
World Update XV: Nordics & Greenland now available
The Microsoft Flight Simulator team has announced World Update XV: Nordics & Greenland is out now.