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Historic
Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar: Inside the Spitfire Workshop
With numerous projects on the go, the Heritage Hangar at Biggin Hill is always bustling with activity. Darren Harbar visited the former Battle of Britain airfield to see how plans are progressing…
FlyPast Podcast Episode 35
For this episode we're joined by Peter Neale, one the friendly and knowledgeable volunteers from the Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum based at former RAF Manston...
Simon’s Sircus: The Navy’s Sea Vixen display team
Founded by 892 Naval Air Squadron, Simon’s Sircus was one of many legendary jet display teams to grace British airshows during the 1960s
Military
F-117 Pilot: Nighthawk combat debut in Panama and becoming a squadron boss
In this second article on Greg Feest’s F-117 career, which appeared in the January 2018 issue of Aviation News, among the topics he covered were flying a combat mission to Panama and becoming a squadron commander
B-52Hs versus ISIS
This article on the use of the Stratofortress in the fight against ISIS comes from a bookazine about the B-52H, published this year
The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 110
Welcome to the 110th Monday Military Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your modern military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills here
Commercial
Emirates to restart UK passenger flights
After halting services last week, the UAE flag carrier has revealed when it expects to restart UK services
100 metres from disaster: JAL mid-air incident 20 years on
Exactly 20 years ago today, a Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 narrowly avoided colliding with each other in the skies above Japan. Key.Aero recounts how it happened and what the industry learnt from this close call
Commercial Aviation General Knowledge Quiz
This week's commercial aviation quiz will test your 'general knowledge' of the industry. Let us know what score you get!
Has Boeing missed the bus with its NMA?
After being shelved last year, the firm’s CEO earlier this week hinted that the new mid-market aircraft was still on the table. Key.Aero considers whether the Seattle-based giant has been too slow to get the project going and what impact this has had