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Historic
Filton museum to celebrate Britannia’s 70th
A cavalcade of vintage Bristol buses and Bristol cars will travel from the Aerospace Bristol museum to Cotswold Airport at Kemble, Gloucestershire, on Tuesday 16 August, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first flight of the Bristol Britannia.
What it's like to fly in Flying Bulls’ B-25J Mitchell
Luke Bimm looks back at the legendary ‘Doolittle Raids’ and experiences what it was like to fly one of the machines responsible for the United States’ first bombing raid of World War Two
Pembroke Dock museum wins heritage award
The Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust has become the first Welsh recipient of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Heritage Award.
Caproni WW1 bombers: your ultimate guide
Luigino Caliaro examines the Italian pioneer’s 1914-18 biplane and triplane giants – and untangles their destinations
Scotland’s Strutter due to make debut flight
The Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland has completed its potentially airworthy reproduction of a Sopwith 1½ Strutter.
Military
USAF's Big Safari Program receives TC-135W, prepares to divest last NC-135W
On February 14, a USAF-operated Boeing TC-135W departed Offutt AFB, Nebraska, for Greenville-Majors Airport, Texas, where it will be reassigned to the air arm’s Big Safari Program and redesignated as an NC-135 platform
What weapons can the F-35 carry? Global armaments list
The ever-increasing bite of the Lockheed Martin F-35 makes it a fearsome system. Gerard Keijsper looks at its armaments and the developments to come
Commercial
QUIZ: Think you know your ICAO codes?
You've proven your planespotting prowess with IATA codes, now it's time to turn things up a gear. Do you have what it takes to take on our ICAO code
Finnair reveals A321 retirement plans
This spring, Finnair is retiring four of its oldest jets. All of those leaving the fleet will be Airbus A321 examples, three of which are officially the oldest aircraft in the Finnish flag carrier’s current roster. Key Aero reveals where they're heading next
BREAKING: Headaches for British Airways as Russia bans UK aircraft from its airspace
There are new headaches for British Airways this morning as Moscow has banned UK aircraft from its airspace. Key Aero examines the importance of Russian skies to UK operators and investigates the alternatives
Ukraine crisis: airliner storage
With the threat of invasion looming, Ukraine's airlines began flying their aircraft into storage and out of harm's way... but where are they?
Flight Simulation
Stick & Rudder Studios Releases X-KeyPad 1.5
X-KeyPad enables you to create virtual keyboards with configurable keys and labels that can interact with and display data from X-Plane 11 and 12.
sim-wings Anchorage Now Available
Scenery developer, sim-wings has announced Anchorage for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.