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Historic
How the Gloster Meteor became the RAF’s 1st jet night fighter
Tony Buttler AMRAeS details the development of the Meteor night fighter
Meteors vs Vampires: When British fighter jets clashed over Middle East
Shlomo Aloni describes the combat career of Israel’s first jet fighter
Starfighters bound for European skies!
It has been nearly two decades since the skies of Italy were beaten into submission by the howling roar of a Lockheed Starfighter’s General Electric J79-GE-19 turbojet…
The Reno Air Races will end in 2023 — but why?
Announcement spells end for Nevada venue as host of National Championship
Gloster's Meteor F.8 - the last of its kind?
Tom Spencer outlines the service of the final Meteor day fighter – the incredibly elegant F.8...
Military
US approves sale of more MQ-9A Reaper drones to the Netherlands
US State Department approval has been granted for the possible Foreign Military Sale of four General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper UCAVs and related equipment to the Netherlands for an estimated cost of $611m
INTERVIEW: What it takes to be Belgium's F-16 'Viper' display pilot
Benoît Denet meets Belgium’s F-16 Dream Viper demo pilot, Captain Steven De Vries, callsign ‘Vrieske’, to find out what it takes to put his aircraft through its paces at air shows across Europe
Commercial
Korean Air A330 runway overrun: what we know so far
A Korean Air Airbus A330-300 overran the runway after landing at Mactan/Cebu International Airport in bad weather.
The ultimate Jet2.com quiz!
This week saw Jet2.com double down its commitments with Airbus for dozens of new aircraft, but how much do you know about the UK’s largest leisure carrier? Here's your chance to put your knowledge of Jet2 ‘2’ the test! Good luck!
Air Nostrum: ahead of its time
It may be a regional airline, but Air Nostrum has big plans, not least those involving the Airlander 10 airship
Heathrow to gain new direct flights to Africa
The Rwandan flag carrier is poised to replace its previous indirect routing to the UK capital shortly. Read more here…
Why Boeing flew an un-delivered 787 around the UK
Why has a Boeing 787 destined for Vietnam Airlines been operating from various UK airports? Mark Broadbent reports
Flight Simulation
AOA Simulations’T-6A Texan II review
Complementing its existing range of military aircraft, AOA Simulations T-6A Texan II for X-Plane 11 is arguably its most sophisticated release to date.
Orbx’s Dublin City Pack review
This review is based on the capital of the Republic of Ireland as depicted by Orbx in its Dublin City Pack. This is one of many such products from the company that highlights a city or region, adding high-resolution PBR textures and more than 60 handcrafted points of interest. On top of that, you have more accurate terraforming of the city and its surrounding areas....
BlueMesh H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose review
In this review, we take a closer look at the 1947 Hughes H-4 Hercules, also commonly known as the 'Spruce Goose' or 'Flying Lumberyard'.