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Historic
Lightning fast taxi run postponed
Due to the rapidly developing repercussions of the coronavirus outbreak, the Anglo American Lightning Organisation (AALO) has decided to postpone its planned fast taxi run of English Electric Lightning T.5 XS422.
Mustang flights over Pearl Harbor
The Erickson Aircraft Collection is offering passenger flights over Pearl Harbor in its Mustang.
Coningham’s travelling circus
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham must be counted among the greatest architects of tactical air power...
Military
Cold War fast jet pilot Ian Black on flying Bosnian night CAP missions
In the second of a two-part feature, noted Cold War fast jet pilot Ian Black takes us back into the war-torn skies of Bosnia as he battles the darkness, deteriorating weather, St Elmo’s Fire and flooded runways
Flying with the Germans on a live-fire exercise over Sweden
We joined the German Air Force Weapons School as it carried out part of the instructor course at the Vidsel Test Range in Sweden, where crews trained in the employment of missiles, bombs and guns
Inside Ukraine's extensive but ageing air defence system
As Russian military forces maintain their strong presence along the Ukrainian border and tensions continue to rise, we provide an in-depth overview of Ukraine's extensive air defence system - which was strengthened significantly since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014, but still faces a crisis with its ageing fighter fleet
Commercial
Flight Simulation
Spitfire A Flight Simmer’s Guide - Part 1
In the first instalment of this two-part guide to Spitfire simulations, we examined the essential features of each of the products under discussion, namely: Aeroplane Heaven’s Mk I, A2A Simulations’ MK I and II, DCS’ Spitfire LF Mk IX, Cliffs of Dover’s Mk I and II and RealAir Sim’s Mk IX and XIV.
