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Historic

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Invader’s return to flight draws nearer

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE The fuselage of Reevers’...

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Living and Breathing

MUSEUMS One of the finest aviation museums of its kind...

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Completing Bill’s dream

WARBIRDS Frank Mormillo profiles Planes of Fame’s North...

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Vulcan refurbishment starting at Newark

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Newark Air Museum has...

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Mirage F1 being prepared for display in Spain

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Dassault Mirage F1 C.14-66/462-15...

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Military

Why the RAF’s latest Poseidon has a unique grey nose cone

The Royal Air Force took delivery of its sixth Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 last month, but this one is different from rest. We reveal the reason for this very noticeable ‘modification'

VMFA-225 become latest USMC F-35 squadron

Marine fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225 ‘Vikings’ of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, performed its first flight with the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma on September 25

RAF Typhoons fly with Egyptian Air Force after two decades

RAF Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s currently deployed as part of the 903 Expeditionary Air Wing at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus flew with Egyptian Air Force F-16 Block 52s during Exercise Bright Star 21 over Egypt

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Commercial

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AirAsia’s First A330neo

AirAsia’s first Airbus A330-900neo has left the paint shop...

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Final Neo Variant Makes Maiden Flight

AIRBUS HAS flown the last of its A320neo family variants following...

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Crowded Out: The Cunliffe-Owen CONCORDIA

Britain’s post-war civil aircraft industry saw many successes,...

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Another Tax on UK Air Travel?

THE UK is considering introducing a ‘flight protection scheme’...

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Bruegel’s Airlines

BRUSSELS AIRLINES has unveiled its sixth Belgian Icon special...

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Flight Simulation

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Flight Sim Q&A

You’ve got the questions?We’ve got the answers! ...

DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. IX

Eagle Dynamics has announced that DCS: Spitfire LF Mk IX is available...

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Flight Sim Labs A320-X

The A320 is an incredibly complex aircraft and to try to replicate that inside FSX is insanely difficult. Working backwards to produce a flyable aircraft is rather like herding cats – potentially fantastic, but probably a bit fruitless. Flight Sim Labs however like fruitless. The question is, how good is its A320?

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Royal International Air Tattoo

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Fairford, United Kingdom

The themes this year for RIAT are '50 Years F-16', 'NATO 75th Anniversary', '100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force' and 'Pushing the boundaries in Air and Space'. Regarding the final one in the list the RIAT website states: "Our main theme will highlight the important work of Flight Test & Evaluation in modern aviation, looking back at 100 years of British military test flying. We hope to display specialised, modified and instrumented test flight aircraft from organisations from around the world dedicated to Flight Test, Evaluation and Scientific Research."

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The event website states:"Guernsey’s annual air display has been enjoyed by thousands of people for over 60 years, hosting some of Britain’s most historic and treasured military aircraft alongside aerobatic and awe inspiring display teams."