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Historic
PERSONAL ALBUM: Abingdon Airlifters
The 1967-68 period was one of transition for the RAF’s air transport force...
Lancaster - Nuclear Bomber?
Of the many tasks the Avro Lancaster carried out during its career, nuclear bomber was not one of them. In 1943, however, the Lancaster’s name appeared on a list of aircraft that could potentially carry the United States’ first atomic bomb. Was it ever a truly practical proposition?
WORKSHOP: GOING THE EXTRA MILES
It was testament to the excellent work done by the Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre...
AIRLINE HISTORY: 'BROTHER, IT’S JUST SWELL'
That was an American passenger’s reaction to a very British aircraft...
Military
USAF risks bearing costs of future KC-46 delays
The US Government Accountability Office has recommended that the US Air Force fully test the KC-46A tanker programme’s remote vision system before the technology enters service in order to address previously highlighted deficiencies
Sri Lanka to get King Air 360ER for maritime surveillance
Kansas-based Textron Aviation has been awarded a $11.44m firm fixed price contract under the Fiscal Year 2022 US Foreign Military Sales programme to provide a Beechcraft King Air 360ER turboprop aircraft to the Sri Lanka Air Force
Commercial
Ilyushins on Ice
Felix Reimann was granted privileged access to join the crew of an Ilyushin 76 from Cape Town to Antarctica
JetBlue Eyes Norwegian Partnership
JetBlue signs a letter of intent with Norwegian for an interline agreement
Flight Simulation
Challenging Airports Annecy - France (LFLP)
Tucked away in the eastern corner of France, the city of Annecy is on the doorstep of the high Alps to the east, with the gorgeous namesake Lake Annecy to the southeast.
