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Historic
SR-71 Blackbirds in Britain
Bob Archer celebrates the 50th anniversary of the mysterious black SR-71 arriving in the UK
Canadian Lancaster on loan to new museum
The National Air Museum of Canada (NAMC) has loaned Avro Lancaster B.X KB882 to the evolving Base31 museum at Picton, Ontario.
More Mirage noses for Brustem
The cockpit sections of Dassault Mirage 5BA BA-27 and Mirage 5BR BR-22 have been added to the collection assembled by the Mirage 5 BD-09 Restoration Group, also known as the Mirage Team BD-09, located in Hangar H27 at the former Belgian Air Force air base at Brustem, just east of Sint-Truiden.
Aeroplane October 2024
October 2024 issue of Aeroplane in page-turning format features three heroes of Duxford in a special section commemorating the Cambridgeshire airfield’s centenary as a fighter station
Vintage Aircraft Club offers taildragger scholarship
The Vintage Aircraft Club (VAC) is inviting applicants to apply for its annual Taildragger Flying Scholarship.
Military
US Army Night Stalkers over London
The two US Army MH-47G Chinooks from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) ‘Night Stalkers’, which had arrived at RAF Mildenhall onboard USAF C-17s, transited over London yesterday (September 9, 2024).
The Monday Military Quiz 209
With aircraft starting to arrive in the UK for Exercise Cobra Warrior 24-2 next week test your knowledge on this major training event.
End in sight for French nuclear Boeings
With all the C-135FRs now replaced with Airbus A330 MRTTs, the final three French Boeing KC-135RGs of the 4/31 Sologne Refueling Squadron are all that is left of the mighty Boeing fleet. Frédéric Lert details how their retirement is now planned for 2025
Commercial
New life for the BelugaST
As the Airbus BelugaST celebrates 30 years in the skies, Thomas Haynes travels to Toulouse/ Francazal to visit Airbus Beluga Transport, to find out how the airframes have found a new calling carrying cargo for commercial clients
The intricate process of loading the Airbus BelugaXL
With a BelugaXL making a rare visit to Heathrow today we present a in-depth article on this unusual cargo aircraft that was published in the January 2022 issue of Aviation News...
Mark Broadbent profiles this distinctive airlifter and learns about the intricate process of loading wings onto Airbus’ unique in-house transport jet
The Qatari Amiri Flight
Babak Taghvaee recounts the history and recent activities of the VIP fleet of the Qatar Amiri Flight
JetBlue looks to Long Island
As part of the airline’s network overhaul, JetBlue has announced that it will launch flights from Long Island/MacArthur airport in October.
Flight Simulation
PC Pilot Issue 153
Issue 153 September-October 2024 of PC Pilot in page-turning format features the first in a two-part review of the new PMDG 777 when Peter Stark looks at the fine external model
PC Pilot Issue 152
Issue 152 July-August of PC Pilot in page-turning format features a review of SC Designs’ 1960s fighter F-5E Tiger II for Microsoft Flight Simulator
