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Historic
Handley Page HP113 - the biz-jet concept based on the Canberra
Could this executive transport have been Handley Page’s saviour? Perhaps not, but the HP113 was a highly advanced design — even if it borrowed from, of all things, the Canberra
The amazing story of Lancaster Just Jane’s flight from Australia to the UK
Nobody told the Historic Aircraft Preservation Society it couldn’t have a Lancaster flown back to the UK from Australia, and operate it in private hands — so, it did. It left an outstanding legacy, for the ‘Lanc’ now known as Just Jane
Inside the five-year Italian Beechcraft C-45 restoration
A five-year-long restoration effort to return a former Italian Air Force Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor to its former glory has recently been completed at the Guardia di Finanza Air Service Museum at Pratica di Mare, Italy. Daniele Mattozzi reports for Aviation News
Have you heard of the other Loch Ness ‘monster’?
In the very first issue of FlyPast, it was described as the “most ambitious aviation archaeological project ever undertaken”. Jamie Ewan recounts the quite incredible story of 'R-for-Robert' – the bomber that finally came home...
Former NASA Boeing 747SP goes ‘undercover’
NASA’s retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft has been moved under cover at Tucson, Arizona’s Pima Air & Space Museum
Military
Greece welcomes first two M-346 Masters to Kalamata
Greece formally welcomed the first two of ten Leonardo M-346 Master advanced jet trainers, which it is acquiring in partnership with the Israeli government, during a ceremony held at the new Elbit Systems-run International Flight Training Centre at Kalamata Air Base on May 17
How the A-10’s awesome GAU-8 Gatling gun works
An overview of the General Dynamics 30mm GAU-8 Gatling gun, the weapon around which the A-10 Thunderbolt II was designed.
Leonardo secures Azerbaijan as latest C-27J Spartan customer
Azerbaijan has become the latest nation to join the global family of C-27J Spartan operators, after Leonardo revealed on June 8 that a contract for the delivery of an unspecified number of examples of the tactical transport had been inked in Italy
Commercial
Firefighting C-130 in fatal Australian crash likely stalled
A Lockheed C-130 tanker aircraft that crashed while conducting aerial firefighting in Australia likely stalled when flying in hazardous conditions, an official report into the incident has concluded.
Air Europa poised to become maiden Spanish MAX operator
This development comes following a recent lease agreement. Find out more on Key.Aero…
Why the SOFIA Boeing 747SP is so unique
NASA’s SOFIA airborne laboratory is set to retire more than a decade earlier than originally planned. In the first of a two-part feature, Bernd Sturm shines the spotlight on this unique aircraft and explores its unrivalled capabilities.
Oslo Gardermoen: the evolution of Norway's most important airport
Matteo Legnani travels to the Norwegian capital to learn more about the continuing evolution of the country’s most important airport
Flight Simulation
Memphis for Microsoft Flight Simulator released
Developed by BMWorld and AmSim, the package for Microsoft Flight Simulator is an accurate recreation of the actual airport with high-resolution ground textures and custom ground markings.
Dolomites for X-Plane 12 out now
The package for X-Plane 12 covers a large area of the Dolomites mountains in Italy and Austria with more than 64 mountain groups reconstructed in 3D with photographic 4K textures and custom mesh.
Flight Planning for Airliners
In this tutorial, we take a look at one of the more important aspects of airliner operations, flight planning. We will also learn how to interpret a typical route and list some useful utilities for creating a realistic flight plan.
