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Historic
A century of Arctic flying
The Arctic gave aviators their first taste of polar operations and yielded many surprises, as Robin Evans reveals
Five form a display team
With the intention of forming a display team using variants of the North American T-6 family, five pilots and their aeroplanes descended on Italy’s San Martino Gusnago – as Simone Bovi discovered...
What was the 'Watussi' Incident?
South Africa relied on the assets of its national airline to carry out its first aerial action of World War Two, explains Andrew Thomas...
Bodney, Beans and Biggin on the Bump
In this week's MyPast, Kevin Korterud details his trip to the UK, where he wasn't sure whether to be more blown away by baked beans at breakfast or his once in a lifetime experience flying a Spitfire...
Military
Final 130th AW C-130J delivered
Delivery of US Air Force C-130J-30 Super Hercules 19-5940 to McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, West Virginia, on May 26 marked the arrival of the eighth and final C-130J-30 for the West Virginia Air National Guard/130th Airlift Wing’s (AW’s) 130th Airlift Squadron.
Crowdfunding in Lithuania raises €5m to buy Bayraktars for Ukraine
In just three-and-a-half days, Lithuania has raised €5m ($5.4m) through a crowdfunding campaign among its citizens to help Ukraine buy more Baykar Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs for use against invading Russian forces
Ten Maryland ANG A-10Cs complete deployment to Europe
Maryland A-10C Thunderbolt IIs have completed a multi-week deployment to various locations In Europe, ten aircraft completed the deployment visiting multiple locations in Eastern Europe
Commercial
Virgin Atlantic to Launch Flights to Pakistan
Crawley-based Virgin Atlantic has announced its plans to launch services to Pakistan for the first time from December this year.
Nautical Aviation Adventures
Husband and wife Barry and Bridget Fitzgerald travel to the Pacific Northwest...
Flight Simulation
Challenging Airports - Pasto, Colombia (SKPS)
Chris Frishmuth takes a look at Antonio Nariño Airport (a 5,951ft elevation airport) situated at the southern end of the Cordillera Central mountain range in Colombia.
Microsoft Flight Simulator - Developer's Diary
Since our previous status report, Asobo Studios has released a series of updates on the ongoing development of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
