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Historic

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Brooklands Museum Hawker Hurricane restoration

Andrew Critchell describes the 20-year restoration of Brooklands Museum’s Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIa Z2389

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Battle of Britain Memorial Flight CO interview

One year in, the commander of the RAF’s famous Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Sqn Ldr Mark Discombe, spoke to FlyPast’s deputy editor Steve Beebee about plans for the 80th anniversary and why he’ll always fight for funding

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Bavarian Beauties

Assistant editor Jamie Ewan experienced the unique atmosphere...

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GRIM REAPER

The brief career of Gloster’s F.9/37 is greatly overshadowed...

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Somerset Whirlybirds

Darren Harbar meets Andrew Whitehouse, who is driving an amazing rotary revival courtesy of his Historic Helicopters collection.

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Military

RAAF bids farewell to the Classic Hornet

After over three and a half decades of service, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has farewelled the F/A-18A/B Hornet via an end of era event hosted on November 29

The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 71

Welcome to the 71st Monday Military Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your modern military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills here

RAF to carry out ACE deployment in Outer Hebrides

Commencing November 29, the RAF will deploy both aircraft and personnel to Stornoway Airport on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, for a training exercise to develop the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept

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Commercial

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Improvements in brief for Airbus A220 Family

AIRBUS HAS revealed performance improvements to its latest single-aisle...

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Aviation Training

The latest training aids available for the aviation professional...

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The BA Fleet

British Airways (BA) and it’s subsidiaries operate a fleet...

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Airbuses from Toulouse for Virgin

News Review AIRLINER WORLD’S COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF WORLDWIDE...

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Chair-O-Planes

(Photo AirTeamImages.com/Christian Galliker) ZÜRICH-BASED...

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Flight Simulation

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Pilot2ATC

More than just an ATC program UTILITY ADD-ON FOR FSX, PREPAR3D...

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Back to Basics - Stage 1, Lesson 8

We are now getting to the business...

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Quality Wings Ultimate 787 Collection

The Electric Jet AIRCRAFT ADD-ON FOR FSX AND FSX: STEAM...

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Upcoming Events

MCAS Cherry Point Air Show

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, United States

US Marine Corps airshow

Duxford Flying Day: 19 Squadron

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "Uncover the story of the legendary 19 Squadron, the fighter pilots who made Spitfire history at Dunkirk and throughout the Battle of Britain at Flying Days: 19 Squadron. Enjoy a special themed display, providing an afternoon of over an hour of scheduled flying, on top of your great day out at IWM Duxford."

Light Aircraft Association Rally

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Leicester, United Kingdom

Light aircraft event

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Royal International Air Tattoo

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Fairford, United Kingdom

The themes this year for RIAT are '50 Years F-16', 'NATO 75th Anniversary', '100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force' and 'Pushing the boundaries in Air and Space'. Regarding the final one in the list the RIAT website states: "Our main theme will highlight the important work of Flight Test & Evaluation in modern aviation, looking back at 100 years of British military test flying. We hope to display specialised, modified and instrumented test flight aircraft from organisations from around the world dedicated to Flight Test, Evaluation and Scientific Research."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow