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Boeing 757

This week on Key.Aero we’re celebrating the venerable Boeing 757 as it marks its 40th year of commercial service. In a series of special features, we highlight some of the type’s more unusual roles and explore what has made it such a capable and hard to replace airliner.

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Eurofighter Typhoon HX Challenge Update

Amid a strategy that sets out new capabilities in a bid to garner potential new sales, Combat Aircraft Journal evaluates the latest developments for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

USAF E-11A BACN crashes in Afghanistan

A US Air Force (USAF) operated E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) - registration 11-9358 (c/n 9358) has crashed in Afghanistan.

Dynetics’ X-61A Gremlin completes first flight

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Dynetics have announced the successful first test flight of the X-61A Gremlin.

UK orders additional H145 training helicopters

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has ordered an additional four new Airbus Helicopters H145 Jupiter HT1 training helicopters.

F-35s depart RAF Marham for Exercise RED FLAG

Five Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightnings from the RAF’s famed No 617 Squadron ‘Dambusters' have departed the UK to take part in Exercise Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada.

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Commercial

Southwest reveals 737 MAX return plans

Following the decision by the FAA to un-ground the jet, the American low-cost carrier set out its approach to getting the type back in the sky

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The only airline in North Korea

Dubbed the “worst airline” in the world, Air Koryo’s reputation as the North Korean flag carrier is formidable just by its association with the country. Key.Aero recounts the history of this very unique operator

Why Wizz Air A321 aborted take-off at V1

An AAIB report finds that pitot probes had become blocked by something the size of a grain of rice…

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Historic

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Soviet Spitfire flies ‘bombed-up’

 A sight not seen over the UK since the end of the war, as Peter...

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IN SERVICE

One of the most outstanding pilot trainers of all time — for...

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Lockheed 12A UK-bound

Lockheed 12A Electra Junior NC25628, seen at Oshkosh in 2016,...

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Flight Simulation

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Just Flight TB-10 TOBAGO & TB-20 TRINIDAD

The Caribbean Family of Aircraft

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Back To Basics - Stage 1, Lesson 2

Understanding Trim Controls

X-Plane 11.0 Public Beta

Laminar Research has announced the release of the public Beta...

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