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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.
REVEALED: Electronic Intelligence gathering Chipmunks over Berlin
Cold War Berlin, and the RAF Gatow Station Flight’s Chipmunks are a familiar sight over the city, carrying out photographic ‘spy’ sorties that brought back imagery of the highest value. But sometimes they undertook another, even more clandestine task, one that’s not been publicly documented until now: the gathering of electronic intelligenc
Historic Aviation Quiz
How good is your knowledge of the historic aviation? Test your knowledge here...
SR-71 Blackbirds in Britain
Bob Archer celebrates the 50th anniversary of the mysterious black SR-71 arriving in the UK
Canadian Lancaster on loan to new museum
The National Air Museum of Canada (NAMC) has loaned Avro Lancaster B.X KB882 to the evolving Base31 museum at Picton, Ontario.
Military
US Army Night Stalkers over London
The two US Army MH-47G Chinooks from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) ‘Night Stalkers’, which had arrived at RAF Mildenhall onboard USAF C-17s, transited over London yesterday (September 9, 2024).
The Monday Military Quiz 209
With aircraft starting to arrive in the UK for Exercise Cobra Warrior 24-2 next week test your knowledge on this major training event.
End in sight for French nuclear Boeings
With all the C-135FRs now replaced with Airbus A330 MRTTs, the final three French Boeing KC-135RGs of the 4/31 Sologne Refueling Squadron are all that is left of the mighty Boeing fleet. Frédéric Lert details how their retirement is now planned for 2025
Commercial
American Airlines returns to Edinburgh and adds four new European routes
American Airlines is expanding its long-haul network in 2025 with new daily services to Europe for the summer season.
KLM takes delivery of its first Airbus A321neo
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, part of the Air France-KLM Group, has received its first Airbus A321neo as part of its fleet modernisation programme.
Southampton Airport’s fact-finding fly-in to be more “GA-friendly”
Southampton Airport held a special event for the General Aviation (GA) community on Sunday, September 1, attracting dozens of pilots and aviation enthusiasts from across the UK.
New life for the BelugaST
As the Airbus BelugaST celebrates 30 years in the skies, Thomas Haynes travels to Toulouse/ Francazal to visit Airbus Beluga Transport, to find out how the airframes have found a new calling carrying cargo for commercial clients
The intricate process of loading the Airbus BelugaXL
With a BelugaXL making a rare visit to Heathrow today we present a in-depth article on this unusual cargo aircraft that was published in the January 2022 issue of Aviation News...
Mark Broadbent profiles this distinctive airlifter and learns about the intricate process of loading wings onto Airbus’ unique in-house transport jet
Flight Simulation
UK2000 Aberdeen & Carlisle
SCENERY REVIEW FOR MSFS 2020. Two airports in the north from the renowned scenery makers.
PA-38 Piper Tomahawk
AIRCRAF T ADD-ON FOR MSFS 2020. The classic Tommy gets the Just Flight treatment.
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.
