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Historic
Top Gun 'T-Bird'
Highly polished and immaculate in every respect, Top Gun Voltige’s Canadair CT-133...
Forever young: Portuguese Chipmunks
With the type approaching its 75th anniversary, it is remarkable that Portuguese Air Force student pilots are still going solo on the DHC Chipmunk...
The Streetcar Line of the Virgin Islands
Beautiful flying boats serving sun-drenched Caribbean islands and a dash of Hollywood glamour - Antilles Air Boats seemed to have it all,...
Hooks' Tours: Tupolev Tu-154
The Tu-154 was an important long-range addition to the Aeroflot fleet...
Military
Swiss Hornets arrive at RAF Leeming for Yorknite 2021
Multiple Schweizer Luftwaffe/ Swiss Air Force Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornets touched down at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire on November 15 with a four-week air-to-air and night operations training deployment ahead
RPAS to potentially deliver critical supplies to the frontline
The UK Ministry of Defence has initiated an agile procurement approach undertaken via a collaboration between DE&S FCG, the Royal Navy's OCTO, and the Royal Navy’s 700X Squadron with an objective to identify a RPAS to be used to transport critical cargo to the front line
Super Mushshak bonanza fleet size upgrades for multiple nations
While the Sino-Pak JF-17 Thunder might not be at Dubai Airshow, the evergreen MFI-17 Super Mushshak is once again present, being exhibited by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra with many nations eyeing up fleet quantity upgrades
Commercial
West Atlantic ATP swerved off runway after bungled crosswind landing
In strong gusty winds, the crew failed to apply the correct flying technique resulting in a runway excursion
Lufthansa Group reveals future fleet strategy
As it reports a near €7 billion loss for 2020, the airline group shares its plan for simplifying and modernising its roster
Qantas launches ‘mystery flights’ to combat ‘border blues’
As the country’s vaccine rollout continues at pace, the airline is offering a trio of exclusive travel experiences in the meantime