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Historic
Airworthy Corsair on loan to museum
Vought F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 97388 will be operated from a museum in Minnesota
Handley Page Type W: The purpose-built airliner family in depth
James Kightly brings us a detailed examination of an airliner family that showed the advantages of purpose-built designs
How US Army Air Forces developed radio countermeasures in the Aleutians
Dave Stern examines how radio countermeasures were created by the US Army Air Forces during the war in the Aleutians
Historic Aviation Quiz: August 25
Test your general historic aviation knowledge with this week's quiz from Key.Aero...
Revealed: the real secret missions of Sidney Cotton's Lockheed 12
As war neared, Sidney Cotton and Lockheed 12A G-AFTL helped change the face of British aerial reconnaissance. But what does fresh evidence, gathered as the aircraft was restored for Fighter Aviation Engineering, tell us about their covert activities?
Military
Saudi Arabia’s Tornado IDS and ADV variants – desert kingdom warriors
Saudi Arabia was the only country outside Europe to buy the Tornado. In 2015, Jon Lake reviewed the service careers of the IDS and ADV variants in the desert kingdom
Tornado’s two-seat teams – insights from the back seat
In the April 2019 issue of AirForces Monthly, Thomas Newdick spoke to two of the final navigators to fly the ‘Tonka’ – Flt Lts Phil McGlone and Sam Baker
Commercial
Why American Airlines chartered an Antonov An-124
Last weekend American Airlines took the unusual step of chartering an Antonov An-124 to fly between New York/JFK and Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT).
Filipino Classics: Planespotting highlights from a trip to the Philippines
Hamburg-based photographer Dirk Grothe shares a selection of images from a recent visit to the Philippines
MIAT Mongolian Airlines accepts maiden Boeing 787 Dreamliner
State-owned flag carrier MIAT Mongolian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
A look back at the 2009 Libyan Aviation Exhibition
The 2009 Libyan Aviation Exhibition was intended to demonstrate a thawing of Tripoli’s once frosty relationship with The West. It wasn’t to be. Within 18 months, Libya had descended into the first of two bloody civil wars. Ralf Kurz looks back at LAVEX 2009
United 777’s plunge towards ocean caused by ‘miscommunication’, NTSB say
The NTSB has concluded its investigation into an incident which saw a United Airlines Boeing 777 dive towards the Pacific Ocean shortly after departing Kahului Airport, Hawaii in December last year.
Flight Simulation
FSDG - Hurghada for Microsoft Flight Simulator out now
Hurghada International Airport in Egypt is one of the top scuba diving locations in Africa. Several hotels and resorts along the approach path provide scenic views when landing on one of the two runways.
Williams H.A Clark Memorial Field for MSFS
Burning Blue Design has announced KCMR Williams H.A Clark Memorial Field for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available.
Cessna 172M takes flight in X-Plane
Thranda Design has announced the next aircraft in the Dynamic Generation Series, the Cessna 172M, is now available for X-Plane 12.
