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B-17 at 85: Maritime Hunter

Andrew Thomas outlines the significant role played by Boeing’s B-17 Flying Fortress
in Coastal Command’s battle...

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Glory Days: Aerial Battering Rams

Dr Alfred Price was one of the foremost aviation historians...

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Inside Stories: Bartered Bombers

João Paulo Moralez and Marcelo Ribeiro reveal the history and curiosities of the Brazilian Air Force’s first jet – the Gloster Meteor. It’s a story that entails trade deals, exploding canopies and even eradicating spiders…

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Above and Beyond: Hugh James

The efforts of transport pilot Hugh ‘Jimmy’ James to save passengers on his aircraft...

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B-17 at 85: Mediterranean Mud-Movers

Boeing’s B-17 Flying Fortress is most celebrated for its strategic...

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Military

Italy signs up for AIM-9X air-to-air missile

Italy has moved to acquire Air Intercept Missile-9X weapon systems from the US following the signing by the Italian Air Force of a Letter of Offer and Acceptance with the US Government

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The US Navy tests the MQ-25 and its systems aboard an aircraft carrier

The US Navy in mid-December tested its new tanker drone–and, equally importantly, the drone’s control systems–aboard an aircraft carrier.

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AIRCRAFT REPORT: P-8A Poseidon the king of the seas

We chart the ongoing development of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon and details how the maritime patrol aircraft has proven its worth over oceanic skies as orders for the type continue to grow

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Commercial

World’s Biggest Terminal Opens for Business

News Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ N509FZ CHINA’S...

Global Growth for El Al

ISRAELI FLAG carrier El Al has announced its latest long-haul...

Ottawa Secures Lufthansa Link

LUFTHANSA HAS announced it will fly direct to Ottawa for the...

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Nuremberg the smart alternative

Sebastian Schmitz visits Bavaria’s nocturnal gateway, Nuremberg...

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BOUNCING BACK

Three hurricanes battered the island of St Maarten in 2017, damaging...

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Flight Simulation

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Challenging Airports - Manizales, Colombia (SKMZ)

The Cordillera Central is the highest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes with mountains soaring to heights above 17,000ft....

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TrueEarth GB North

A nice rendition of Aberdeen Airport. Plenty to see along...

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Deadstick Bush Flight Simulator

An interview with Chris Cheetham, Managing Director of REMEX Software

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Farnborough International Airshow 2024

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Farnborough, United Kingdom

The famous Farnborough International Airshow trade event will feature a wide variety of aircraft.

MacDill AFB Tampa Bay AirFest 2024

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Tampa, United States

US Air Force airshow

Duxford Summer Air Show D-Day 80

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We will pay tribute to this momentous anniversary by welcoming nine historic Dakotas – the aircraft synonymous with the D-Day landings – to the skies of Duxford for a series of dramatic flypasts over the weekend and a mass historic parachute jump over the historic airfield on Saturday 1 June."

Wings Over Whiteman 2024 Air and Space Show

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Whiteman AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Luke Days 2024 Airshow

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Phoenix, United States

US Air Force airshow

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."