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Historic
“A damned interesting trip, but I wouldn’t want to do it again”
The verdict of one Lancaster pilot sums up Operation ‘Paravane’ well. In fact, September 1944’s strike on the German battleship Tirpitz, mounted from the USSR, did rather more damage than first thought — though Nos 9 and 617 Squadrons would have to attack it again
GROUND TRIALS AND PRESERVATION
DATAFILE XD145 was released to the Rocket Propulsion Establishment...
Military
UAE to equip A330 MRTT fleet with Israeli self-protection systems
Elbit Systems has announced that its UAE-based subsidiary, Elbit Systems Emirates, will supply Israeli-developed airborne self-protection systems for the UAE Air Force and Air Defence’s five-strong Airbus A330-243MRTT fleet
South Korea grounds F-35A fleet following belly landing
The Republic of Korea Air Force has grounded its Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fleet after one example was forced to perform an emergency belly landing following an avionic system issue on January 4
Is retiring the RAF's Tranche 1 Typhoons the right move?
In March 2021, the UK announced plans to retire the RAF's fleet of Tranche 1 Eurofighters by 2025. We explore the decision to prematurely withdraw roughly one quarter of the air arm's Typhoon force and the ramifications this will bring
Commercial
Airbuses from Toulouse for Virgin
News Review AIRLINER WORLD’S COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF WORLDWIDE...
Flight Simulation
Getting Started
To mark the redesign of PC Pilot, we took the opportunity to explain to newcomers what they will need to get into the world of flight simulation....
