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Historic
The young black woman who changed aviation
Nearly 100 years ago, an ambitious African American woman from Chicago headed to France to become a pilot. She ended up being a trailblazer for her race and gender
Amazing warbird display marks VJ Day
Watch our 8-minute video with incredible footage of historic aircraft honouring the landmark 75th anniversary of the war’s end
80 years of the North American P-64
Celebrating the P-51 Mustang’s lesser-spotted cousin, which had a production run of just 13
Californian Dream
American aviation legend Steve Hinton has recently brought his F8F Bearcat back to life...
Military
Sri Lanka to get King Air 360ER for maritime surveillance
Kansas-based Textron Aviation has been awarded a $11.44m firm fixed price contract under the Fiscal Year 2022 US Foreign Military Sales programme to provide a Beechcraft King Air 360ER turboprop aircraft to the Sri Lanka Air Force
Inside the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s Cougar operations
Carlo Kuit and Paul Kievit of Bronco Aviation delve into the world of Royal Netherlands Air Force’s Aérospatiale Cougar operations with 300 Squadron out of Gilze-Rijen Air Base
The SAS mission to destroy Exocets during Falklands War
Described by experienced SAS members as a 'suicide mission', Operation Mikado was an unsuccessful plan by British special forces which involved striking Argentine air bases in a bid to wipe out the threat posed by the country's Exocet anti-ship missiles and the Super Etendard jets carrying them. Key Aero recounts the details of this daring plan
Commercial
Tour de Force: The British Airtours Story
In the first of a two-part feature, David Ransted looks back at the early days of British Airtours...
The 757 conundrum: why this airliner is not easily replaceable
The multi-purpose Boeing 757 remains peerless four decades after its first flight. Mark Broadbent charts the history of the ‘Swiss army penknife’ of aviation and considers operator options to replace the enduring all-rounder.
Flight Simulation
REVIEW: Mad Flight Studio’s Spectr-Aero SP-30
It has been a good year for us fans of bush and utility aircraft with many releases for both Prepar3D and X-Plane. Earlier in the year, new X-Plane developer Mad Flight Studio released its unique Spectr-Aero SP-30.
Lukla Extreme Prepar3D
The latest airport from Aerosoft is Lukla - Mount Everest Extreme for Prepar3D version 4.
