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PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

If ever you needed proof of aviation’s role in providing lifelines...

NEWS IN BRIEF

C-97 TO FLY The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation’s Boeing...

Firebombing Neptunes retired

64-year-old P2V-5 N96278 carries out a water-dropping demonstration...

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VULCAN ROUND THE WORLD

It was quite a way to end an operational tour: fly a Vulcan round...

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Adapting a winning design

TECHNICAL DETAILS CAC AVON SABRE The metal frame mock-up used...

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Military

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How many countries operate the F-35 Lightning II?

Key.Aero outlines who currently operates the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and explores how many examples of the fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighter have been delivered so far

UK funds next-gen AESA radar for RAF Typhoons

On September 3, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had awarded BAE Systems and Leonardo a £317m contract to develop a next-generation radar for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.

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Commercial

RAF Chinooks fully operational in Mali

The three Chinook HC5 helicopters deployed by the Royal Air Force...

All Nippon A380 rolls out

Airbus A380 JA381 (msn 262) rolls out from the Toulouse inal...

An unmanned fire-fighter

The UK start-up company Faradair is working on an autonomous...

Master mudmover: in the making?

By February 2019, the RAF’s Tornado GR1 and Tornado GR4 variants...

Flying to Antarctica by Hercules

Ernesto Blanco Calcagno tells the story of the Uruguayan Air...

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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."

McConnell AFB - Frontiers in Flight Open House and Airshow

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Wichita, United States

US Air Force airshow

Danish Air Show

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Aalborg, Denmark

The air show website says: "The audience will experience a packed programme, where Danish transport aircraft, helicopters and fighters will perform a tactical demonstration and both Danish and foreign military aircraft will be on show on the ground and in the air."

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."

Shuttleworth Flying Proms

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We are thrilled to announce that the spectacular Flying Proms will return for another exciting evening of entertainment, both in the air and on ground. Enjoy a full symphony orchestra, accompanied by a gracefully choreographed air display and the unique climax of a firework display and airborne pyrotechnics to music."

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow