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Historic
Bizarre schemes of US assembly bombers
The skies of eastern England contained a number of rather colourful aircraft in 1944 – Roger Freeman explained the reason in the May 1996 issue of FlyPast
Handley Page Hampden night-fighters
A desperate measure to combat the German night raiders of late 1940 saw Handley Page Hampdens being pressed into use as improvised fighters
Farman Goliath - bomber turned airliner
Farman’s Goliath started out as a design for a bomber, was turned into an airliner — and then became a bomber again
Military
Greek F-4E Phantom II crashes into the Ionian Sea
An Hellenic Air Force-operated McDonnell Douglas F-4E (AUP) Phantom II crashed in the waters of the Ionian Sea, some 25nm (46km) south of Andravida – the type’s home base – on January 30
BAE Systems: RAF’s Tranche 1 Typhoons could be upgraded and retained
BAE Systems has told MPs that the RAF’s ageing fleet of Tranche 1 Typhoon FGR4s – which is slated to be phased out of UK military service in 2025 – could be upgraded and retained for operational use
Boeing extends support contract for Australian Chinook fleet
Boeing Defence Australia will extend its support to the Australian Army Air Corps’ 14-strong fleet of CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters after a contract extension was signed with the Australian Department of Defence on January 20
Commercial
Meet Hans Airways: Britain’s newest long-haul scheduled carrier
Key.Aero has all you need to know about this hugely ambitious new airline which looks set to become Britain's newest long-haul carrier
What’s happening with transatlantic air travel?
What’s happening with transatlantic air travel? What are the secrets to success and the challenges for carriers? Could it be the latest long-haul offerings from Airbus? Mark Broadbent reports
Trident at 60: The first airliner with autoland
Sixty years ago today the Trident took to the air for the first time. Unfortunately, it failed to garner the large number of orders achieved by Boeing’s competitor trijet – the 727. Dene Bebbington and Bruce Hales-Dutton look back and detail the development of the Trident and its three main variants
Quiz: Airline ATC callsigns
Can you identify these airlines' ATC callsigns? Let us know what score you get!
Flight Simulation
Carenado’s C337 Skymaster
We take a look at Carenado's Cessna 337H Skymaster for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
X-Plane 12: Seaplanes and helicopters
X-Plane's creator, Austin Meyer explains how real seaplanes and helicopters work and how they are simulated in X-Plane 12.
