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Historic

Toronto Lancaster heading for BC?

The part-restored nose of Lancaster X FM104, currently stored...

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DUTCH MASTERS

As it approaches its half-century, what is now the Royal Netherlands...

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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy

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Archive MAKING of the MASTER

Miles’ Kestrel-powered advanced trainer prototype was not just...

Indian ‘Dak’ departs

DC-3 ‘VP509’/N347DK wearing the name Parashurama on its nose...

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Military

AeroVironment to supply Puma 3 AE drones to NATO

US-based unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer AeroVironment of Simi Valley, California, has received four contracts from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency for its Puma 3 tactical UAS

USAF officially names the F-15EX

The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) newest multi-role fighter and latest incarnation of the Boeing F-15 Eagle family, the F-15EX, will be officially known as the ‘Eagle II’ in operational service

Contract awarded for Galaxy avionics upgrade

Key avionics upgrades to the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy strategic transport fleet are to be carried under a US$92.8m contract, which was recently awarded to the Tyonek Native Corporation

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Commercial

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J-20As Display at Zhuhai

MILITARY NEWS A pair of People’s Liberation Army Air...

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Stuka Restoration Project on Display

PRESERVATION The fuselage, wings and wheel fairings...

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HINDS STILL IN DEMAND

The long-established Russian Mil Mi-24/35 family of assault helicopters...

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A Gift to Latvia

AIRBALTIC HAS ‘gifted’ an Airbus A220-300 to Latvia, as part...

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A Century Within a Century

AEROFLOT AIMS to celebrate a century of operations by carrying...

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Flight Simulation

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Upcoming Events

International Sanicole Airshow

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Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium

Established in 1977, the airshow returns in 2024 for its 44th edition.

NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days

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Mošnov, Czechia

The event website states: "The main programme, taking place at Ostrava Leos Janacek Airport, features heavy military hardware, police and rescue equipment, dynamic displays of special forces’ training, flying displays and presentations of armaments, equipment and gear of individual units."

NAS Oceana Air Show

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Virginia Beach, United States

US Navy airshow

MCAS Miramar AirShow

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San Diego, United States

The event website states it will provide "static displays, and daytime shows that feature military demonstration teams, civilian aerobatic teams, aerial solo acts, vintage aircraft and warbirds."

Helitech Expo

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London, United Kingdom

Helicopter trade show.

Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "our Race Day Air Show celebrates the passion Richard Shuttleworth had for racing, both on the ground and in the air...
[and] brings together icons of the aviation and the motor vehicle industry for a dramatic day of full action both on our grass runway and the Bedfordshire skies."