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Historic
Failed to return
Flying the unarmed Spitfire PRIVs of No 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit on sorties over occupied Europe was a hazardous job, especially when the mark was outclassed by the latest opposition. Several pilots found out the hard way, such as Wallace Devereux, shot down — and rescued — in August 1942
News from May 1940
Ben Dunnell looks back 80 years to see how The Aeroplane covered momentous events of 1940...
How the YF-12 interceptor was revealed in secret to the UK
When US President Lyndon Johnson announced the existence of a high-speed, high-flying Lockheed interceptor...
Military
100 ARW receives Block 45 KC-135
The 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, has received its first KC-135R Block 45 Stratotanker
First Spanish Air Force A330-200 is delivered
The first of three Airbus A330-200 (local Spanish designation T-24) aircraft ordered by the Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force) was delivered on November 30
Poland takes over Air Policing in Lithuania
Poland has taken over responsibility for NATO's Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania
Commercial
Bolivian Lifelines
Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) connected Bolivia’s biggest cities and most remote towns and villages using an eclectic mix of vintage airliners. Bernd Sturm recalls a visit to the South American nation during the carrier’s heyday
Turbulence at Technik: How Lufthansa's MRO division is handling the pandemic
After a year bedevilled by uncertainty, Lufthansa Technik is resetting its expectations – and there are green shoots. Ian Harbison discovers more from CEO Johannes Bussmann
Eastern Bloc Party: Part two
Keith Otto continues to peer over Berlin walls and through Iron Curtains as he takes in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Albania and East Germany in this two-part article profiling the airlines of the Eastern Bloc
Flight Simulation
DCS Flight Planning
CombatFlite is a new utility that makes mission planning in DCS faster and easier. You can plan the entire mission, either single or multi player, and it export it to DCS.
New Ultralight fox X-Plane Takes Flight
vFlyteAir has announced the Comco-Ikarus C42C for X-Plane 11 has been released.
