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Historic

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Your Historic Aviation 5-a-day

Another helping of brilliant aircraft shots!

Historic Aviation Quiz

Welcome to the Historic Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your historic aviation? Test your knowledge here!

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Your Historic Aviation 5-a-day

A selection of photos from decades past sourced from our huge archive

First flight of the de Havilland Sea Venom

Two years after the first flight of the de Havilland Venom, its naval variant took to the air...

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Your Historic Aviation 5-a-day

On April 19, 1951 the first example of the Sea Venom got airborne. Here’s a selection of photos from our archives of this naval variant

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Military

Inside RAF VC10 Afghanistan and Iraq operations

In a soon-to-be-released special publication, Stephen Skinner details RAF VC10 Afghanistan and Iraq operations, where the quadjet saw frontline action in both the air-to-air refuelling and transport roles.

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Combat Aircraft Journal August 2022

The full issue in page-turning format

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ILA Berlin 2022: More P-8A Poseidons for Germany?

After the German government signed a contract for the purchase of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft in September 2021 – three months after formally accepting a letter of offer – there is now growing speculation that the order could be topped up with a further seven aircraft

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Commercial

New deflector for Cayman’s ‘groovy’ runway

Construction work on a blast deflector at Owen Roberts International...

Social distancing apps for airports

German engineering firm SICK has developed two new technologies...

Restoring CONFIDENCE

COVID-19 TECHNOLOGYAndy Clarke, aviation director at Costain,...

Trial by NUMBERS

GROUND HANDLING TOW TRACTORSAmsterdam Schiphol is using computer...

Cagliari opens Sardinia’s first fast EV charger

Sardinia’s first public electric vehicle fast charging system...

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Flight Simulation

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Carenado’s SR22 GTSX Turbo

The Sports Car Of the skies!

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Baron’s Combat Corner

‘Angles’ and ‘Energy’ tactics

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Maps2XPlane’s Seychelles XP

The Seychelles in extreme detail

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Light Aircraft Association Rally

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Leicester, United Kingdom

Light aircraft event

CFB Trenton - Quinte International Air Show 2024

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Trenton, Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force airshow

Royal International Air Tattoo

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Fairford, United Kingdom

The themes this year for RIAT are '50 Years F-16', 'NATO 75th Anniversary', '100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force' and 'Pushing the boundaries in Air and Space'. Regarding the final one in the list the RIAT website states: "Our main theme will highlight the important work of Flight Test & Evaluation in modern aviation, looking back at 100 years of British military test flying. We hope to display specialised, modified and instrumented test flight aircraft from organisations from around the world dedicated to Flight Test, Evaluation and Scientific Research."

Columbus AFB - Thunder Over Columbus

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Columbus AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

JB Charleston Airshow 2024 Heroes of Flight

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North Charleston, United States

US military airshow

Guernsey Battle of Britain Air Display

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Guernsey, United Kingdom

The event website states:"Guernsey’s annual air display has been enjoyed by thousands of people for over 60 years, hosting some of Britain’s most historic and treasured military aircraft alongside aerobatic and awe inspiring display teams."