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Historic
Sturmovik repainted as work continues at Pima Air Museum
THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE The always impressive...
Military
Lockheed Martin confident in Czech Republic fighter effort
As the Czech Air Force starts to weigh up a possible replacement for its fleet of Saab 14 Gripen C/Ds, Lockheed Martin has revealed that both the F-35 and F-16 Block 70/72 have been offered, with the two-squadron requirement in the region of 18-24 aircraft
Pakistan Navy inducts first Lineage 1000 maritime patrol aircraft
An induction ceremony was held at Pakistan Naval Station Mehran, Karachi, on September 2 for the Pakistan Navy’s first modern long range maritime patrol twin-jet aircraft, the Embraer ERJ-190ECJ Lineage 1000
The Air Warrior Podcast Episode 17
With defence shows and exhibitions opening up again to members of the public, we take a look at the recent Slovak International Air Festival to detail all the news from the event and analysis of the state of the country’s key procurement programmes
Commercial
No time Toulouse: The rapid rise of Airbus
Half a century since the Airbus consortium was founded in December...
SET UP TO FAIL?
In its initial guise, the Trident was a world beater set to steal Boeing’s thunder and rob the US manufacturer of 727 sales. Sent back to the drawing board by British European Airways, the world’s first trijet airliner was deprived of performance and passengers making it a financial flop. Stephen Skinner details its development and early variants in the first of two instalments
Polynesian propliners
Commercial aviation has been a difficult nut to crack in Tonga since the first domestic flights took off in 1972. Bernd Sturm recalls a visit to the South Pacific kingdom and the brief period when Chathams Pacific connected the island nation with Convair classics
Flight Simulation
Xtreme Prototypes GATES GLJ MODEL 25
Xtreme Prototypes has reworked one of its earlier products: the Learjet Model 25. Fasten your seatbelts as we take one of the original pocket rockets for a ride…
