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Historic
AFRICAN WARHORSE - Portuguese T-6 in Africa
The T-6 has arguably been the world’s most commonly employed pilot trainer...
Above and Beyond: Robert Cowper
Graham Pitchfork outlines the wartime career of Australian night-fighter ace Bob Cowper
Restoration Scene: Tempting Reality
The ‘carrot’ of an airworthy Hawker Tempest has been dangling for years...
Military
Japanese military pilots to be trained in Italy
In addition to Qatar and Germany, Japan has now agreed to send its military pilots to the Italian Air Force’s and Leonardo’s International Flight Training School (IFTS) for operational training
RAF A400M is air-to-air refuelled for the first time
A RAF Airbus A400M Atlas C1, serial ‘ZM406’, has been refuelled whilst airborne for the first time. This milestone was achieved during recent trials conducted by 206 Squadron. The squadron is the test and evaluation squadron for heavy aircraft of the UK defence stationed at RAF Brize Norton, Oxford
Eielson AFB F-35s take part in air-to-air weapons evaluation
The 356th Fighter Squadron (FS) made history as the first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II squadron in the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) to take part in an air-to-air weapons evaluation
Commercial
Bombardier to end Learjet production this year
Nearly 60 years after first entering service, the ultimate flying symbol of luxury has finally received the chop
Quiz: How well do know your cargo airlines?
This week's Commercial Aviation quiz focuses on the world of cargo airlines. These carriers often get overlooked in favour of their passenger-carrying counterparts so can you identify them? Let us know what score you get!
Loganair boss on how the airline reacted so fast following Flybe's collapse
Within a matter of hours, the Scottish carrier announced it would be picking up a number of routes to ensure essential connectivity was maintained. Speaking to Key.Aero, Jonathan Hinkles, the chief executive of Loganair explains how the Glasgow-based carrier was able to act with such speed
Flight Simulation
Introducing the MilViz FG-1D Corsair
One of the most iconic aircraft from the Pacific theatre of World War Two, the Chance Vought Corsair was also arguably one of the best performing.
