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Historic
Yorkshire Victor to fire up engines
On Saturday November 25, the Yorkshire Air Museum’s Handley Page Victor will run its engines to celebrate three decades at the Elvington attraction
Historic Aviation Quiz: The Avro Lancaster
With the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre's Avro Lancaster 'Just Jane' in our news this week following its evocative 'Poppy Drop' at East Kirkby, the Historic team ask the question, how much do you know about the ‘Lanc’?
RAF Cosford Air Show announces 2024 return
The popular RAF Cosford Air Show will return to the Shropshire base on Sunday June 9, 2024
Makeover for Spanish Mirage
The former Spanish and Qatar Air Force jet is preserved at the entrance to Lanzarote’s military airport complex
NASA’s experimental jet in line for refurbishment
A Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer once used by NASA is to be restored to static display condition
Military
Indian Navy bids fond farewell to final Il-38SD Sea Dragons
INAS 315 ‘Winged Stallions’ – which has the unique distinction of operating the same aircraft type throughout its entire 46-year history – finally stood down the Indian Navy’s last Ilyushin Il-38SD Sea Dragon maritime patrol aircraft on October 31. Angad Singh reports from INS Hansa in Goa
RAF Shadows conduct ISTAR operations over Eastern Mediterranean
Two RAF-operated Shadow R2s (ZZ418 and ZZ507) deployed via Naples to RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, on October 25 to carry out ISR operations over the Eastern Mediterranean
B-2 vs B-21: What's the difference between the USAF's old and new stealth bombers?
The USAF has officially entered the age of sixth-generation combat aircraft with the B-21 Raider. Combat Aircraft Journal reports on the rollout of America’s second stealth bomber and analyzes what we know so far about this highly classified aircraft
Commercial
What it was like to fly on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner service
In the January 2012 issue of Airliner World, Lee Simonetta recounted his trip to Japan to fly on the world’s first Dreamliner passenger service operated by by All Nippon Airways (ANA)
Concorde captain recalls his first flight
Speaking exclusively to Key.Aero, retired British Airways Concorde captain John Hutchinson recounts his experience training to fly the supersonic airliner for the first time
Concorde Alpha Foxtrot: The final example to be built and last to fly
Airliner World visits Aerospace Bristol to explore G-BOAF, 20 years after her final flight
ULTIMATE MALEV HUNGARIAN AIRLINES QUIZ!
Malev Hungarian Airlines took to the skies for the first time on November 25, 1954. So, to celebrate what would have been its 69th birthday, we thought we’d take a look at the former Hungarian flag carrier. From its early days with an array of Soviet-built airliners to its collapse several years ago, test your knowledge of the iconic airline.
The inside story of how BA made more than £500m profit from Concorde
After six years of losses on the aircraft, Jock Lowe - the former director of operations at British Airways - explains to Key.Aero how he turned around the supersonic airliner’s financial fortunes
Flight Simulation
Local Legends 13: Saab B 17A ready for take-off
The latest Local Legends aircraft to take off in Microsoft Flight Simulator is the Saab B 17A.
McAllen Miller Airport for MSFS released
Airport producer, Fly2High has released McAllen Miller International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
X-Plane touches down in Cairns
TaiModels has expanded its airport offerings in X-Plane with the release of YBCS Cairns International Airport, available for both X-Plane 11 and 12.
