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Historic

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Sharpening its Claws

The Panther in the Korean War Warren E Thompson tells how...

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Fuselage mould paves the way for UK-built Mosquito

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Plans to restore the first...

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Globe-trotting Wessex back on display

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Westland Wessex 60 G-AVNE...

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El Salvador’s Stearman and Dornier projects make progress

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE The restoration to flying...

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STYLISH ELIZABETHAN

GLORY DAYS AIRSPEED’S ELEGANT AMBASSADOR WAS ECLIPSED BY...

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Military

USAF receives airborne laser weapon for AC-130J testing

Lockheed Martin announced on October 6 that it has completed the factory testing process for the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) weapon that is bound for the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) fleet of AC-130J Ghostrider fixed-wing gunships

RAF Poseidon performs first overseas visit to Iceland

As part of increased cooperation between the UK and Iceland, a detachment of RAF personnel visited Iceland with an Airbus A400M Atlas C1 heavy-lift tactical transport and a Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft

53WRS Hurricane Hunters conclude Hurricane Sam operations

The US Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (WRS), named Hurricane Hunters from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, completed its final flight into Hurricane Sam on October 2

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Commercial

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Fiji Airways Selects the A350 XWB

FIJI AIRWAYS has revealed that is adopting the Airbus A350 XWB...

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In brief

Airlines that do not offer in-flight entertainment on board their...

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Virgin’s A350 Revolution

As Virgin Atlantic prepares to launch its Airbus A350-1000 later...

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Airliner Deliveries

The latest commercial aircraft deliveries from manufacturers...

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Retro Livery? Something Like DAT

NOT TO be outdone by British Airways and Garuda Indonesia, each...

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Flight Simulation

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Flight Sim Labs A320-X

The A320 is an incredibly complex aircraft and to try to replicate that inside FSX is insanely difficult. Working backwards to produce a flyable aircraft is rather like herding cats – potentially fantastic, but probably a bit fruitless. Flight Sim Labs however like fruitless. The question is, how good is its A320?

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Worldflight 2016

Team Jet Sim took on a challenge to virtually circumnavigate the globe in a full-sized Boeing 737-800 simulator in seven days

Gazelle out now!

For helicopter fans out there, MP Design Studio has released the Aerospatiale Gazelle SA342 for FSX and Prepar3D.

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Upcoming Events

Helitech Expo

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London, United Kingdom

Helicopter trade show.

ILA Berlin

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Schönefeld, Germany

The event website states: "ILA Berlin features the entire value chain and every tier of the aerospace industry, from Aviation, Space and Defence & Support, to Advanced Air Mobility and the Supplier sector."

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Duxford Summer Air Show D-Day 80

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We will pay tribute to this momentous anniversary by welcoming nine historic Dakotas – the aircraft synonymous with the D-Day landings – to the skies of Duxford for a series of dramatic flypasts over the weekend and a mass historic parachute jump over the historic airfield on Saturday 1 June."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow

Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "our Race Day Air Show celebrates the passion Richard Shuttleworth had for racing, both on the ground and in the air...
[and] brings together icons of the aviation and the motor vehicle industry for a dramatic day of full action both on our grass runway and the Bedfordshire skies."