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Historic
US Navy and Marine Corps aviation in World War One
A chapter from Key Publishing’s new book “Contact! Early US Naval and Marine Corps Aviation, 1911-1918” by Alan C Carey
Former Italian Harvard flies in France
North American T-6 Harvard F-AZOJ has recently arrived at a new home, Haguenau airfield in Alsace, France
Catalina engine recovered from Milford Haven
A radial engine and propeller, recovered from the Milford Haven waterway in Pembrokeshire, is likely to have come from a wartime Catalina flying boat, it has been revealed
Military
Boeing eliminated from USAF's 'Doomsday Plane' replacement competition
Boeing has announced that the USAF has eliminated it from the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) competition – an $8bn programme that aims to procure a successor for the air arm’s fleet of E-4B Nightwatch (or so-called ‘Doomsday Plane’) advanced airborne command post aircraft
Checkered Flag brings Tyndall-based F-35As closer to combat readiness
The 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall AFB, Florida, is well into its transition from an air dominance training and F-22A conversion mission towards being a fully combat-capable fighter wing equipped with more than 70 F-35A Lightning IIs and this was furthered during Exercise Checkered Flag 24-1
Commercial
A look back at the 2009 Libyan Aviation Exhibition
The 2009 Libyan Aviation Exhibition was intended to demonstrate a thawing of Tripoli’s once frosty relationship with The West. It wasn’t to be. Within 18 months, Libya had descended into the first of two bloody civil wars. Ralf Kurz looks back at LAVEX 2009
United 777’s plunge towards ocean caused by ‘miscommunication’, NTSB say
The NTSB has concluded its investigation into an incident which saw a United Airlines Boeing 777 dive towards the Pacific Ocean shortly after departing Kahului Airport, Hawaii in December last year.
Wizz Air adds flights to new Egyptian destination from Luton
European low-cost airline Wizz Air has announced that it is adding a third Egyptian destination to its roster from London Luton.
Boeing bosses on the aerospace giant's 'new beginning'
Certification issues, quality problems, delivery delays and a lack of visionary designs – Boeing has a full agenda to tackle, writes Andreas Spaeth from Charleston
Flight Simulation
Shorts 330 takes flight in MSFS
Black Box Simulation has released the Shorts 330 for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Famous Flyer 7: Mitsubishi MU-2 ready for take-off
The latest aircraft to join the Famous Flyer fleet for Microsoft Flight Simulator is the Mitsubishi MU-2.
The passing of Tony Radmilovich
It is with great sadness that the staff and contributors of PC Pilot magazine learnt of the recent passing of long-term contributor and good friend, Tony Radmilovich.
