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Historic
Win! Classic Heathrow Propliners Book
Four copies of this tribute to the London Heathrow of yesteryear – worth £25 each – are up for grabs in this competition
Mosaic honouring Gloster Aircraft restored
A brick mosaic - showing the silhouette of an aircraft – incorporated into the road on a residential street in Hucclecote has been restored by Bovis Homes
Lightning fires up at Bruntingthorpe
Paul Johnson and Richard Clarke report from the Lightning Static Reheat Twilight Event at Bruntingthorpe which took place on November 4
Concorde – the greatest feat in aviation?
Flying on the edge of space, faster than a rifle bullet, Concorde was a cliché queen. The epitome of Anglo-French collaboration, it was unlike anything that had come before it and required an unprecedented level of technological innovation – as Stephen Skinner discovers…
Successful year for Spanish Super Saeta
Former Spanish Air Force Hispano Aviación HA-220 Super Saeta is airworthy again after years of restorative work
Military
The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 173
Welcome to the 173rd Monday Military Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your modern military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills here
South Africa eyes C-390 to replace ageing C-130BZ fleet?
At the request of the South African Air Force (SAAF), Embraer Defense & Security will deploy a multi-mission C-390 Millennium to AFB Waterkloof in Pretoria on November 24, where the medium-lift strategic airlifter will demonstrate its capabilities to the air arm, which has long been searching for a successor to its ageing C-130BZ Hercules fleet
USAF receives seventh E-11 BACN from Bombardier
Bombardier Defense has announced that it has delivered another E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the USAF, growing the number of the airborne communications relay and gateway system aircraft in US military service to seven airframes
Commercial
US airlines welcome Amsterdam Schiphol verdict
JetBlue and trade group Airlines for America (A4A) have welcomed the news that the Dutch government has temporarily abandoned plans to cut the number of flights at Amsterdam/Schiphol airport next year.
British Airways launches new African route from Gatwick
British Airways (BA) has celebrated its inaugural service on a new route to Africa from London/Gatwick.
Russia's stretched Il-96-400M makes maiden flight
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) carried out the maiden flight of the prototype Ilyushin Il-96-400M, RA-96115, on November 1.
LOT 787s – Europe’s first Dreamliners
LOT Polish Airlines was the first European operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. In the June 2015 issue of Aviation News, Marco Finelli reported on the carrier’s Dreamliner operations and sampled flying on the airliner
Concorde captain on future of supersonic air travel
Speaking exclusively to Key.Aero in 2020, former BA Concorde captain John Hutchinson weighs in on the future of supersonic air travel
Flight Simulation
FSReborn Unveils the FSR500
Aircraft developer FSReborn has released the FSR500 turboprop for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Orbx releases Idaho's Not So Deadly 3 for MSFS
From the developer that introduced the Deadly 3 scenery, Milo Taylor has now released the ‘Not So Deadly 3’, a set of Backcountry airstrips in Idaho.
Philippines tropical adventure for MSFS relased
Cli4D Designs has announced Philippines Tropical Adventure Vol.1 for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.
