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Historic
Historic Aviation Quiz
This week's historic aviation quiz is here! Have a go and let us know how you get on!
Glory Days in New York: JFK in the 1960s
The terraces at New York’s Idlewild Airport, renamed John F Kennedy International in December 1963...
Twin Otter: Part 1 – The de Havilland Canada Years
The Twin Otter has many claims to fame, but one fact stands out...
Military
Poland's NATO Baltic Air Policing mission report
Poland’s Military Contingency Orlik 10, deployed to Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, is midway through the 58th rotation of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission. Bartosz Głowacki reports
In pictures: MiG-21 action at Croatia’s Zagreb-Pleso
Chris Lofting caught up with some MiG-21 action in the winter sun at Croatia’s Zagreb-Pleso in January
Flying different variants of the F-111
In the second part of our interview with Lt Col Nick Frasca (ret’d) he details his flying career and the main differences between variants of F-111
Commercial
Flybe Fiasco: An undignified end
Even before the full scale of the coronavirus crisis became clear,...
Airliner World 250: Fourteen years at the helm
Airliner World’s first editor, Tony Dixon, recounts some of the more interesting trips...
United Airlines' UK and Ireland boss interview
In recent years United Airlines has reinvented itself by investing in its fleet, people, and background infrastructure. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak,Airliner World’s Gordon Smith visited the carrier’s UK headquarters to chat with Bob Schumacher, the company’s managing director for UK & Ireland.
COVID-19: View from the Middle East
Dominated by the ‘big three’ of Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad, the region’s aviation industry has not escaped the global COVID-19 crisis....
Flight Simulation
New UK Destination for X-Plane
Orbx has announced EG20 Clench Common is available as freeware for X-Plane 11.
Airbus A300-200 in Development
Just Flight has released additional details on the A300B4-200 for Prepar3D version 4 currently in development.
Microsoft Launches Feature Discovery Series
The Microsoft Flight Simulator development team has announced the first episode of the Feature Discovery Series is out.