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Historic
The incredible engineering of the DH.88 Comet
Just 14 years after de Havilland was founded, they made a wooden aircraft that flew from England to Melbourne in just over 70 hours. As this video shows, the design was a thing of beauty.
The de Havilland Tiger Moth
De Havilland started the 1930s with a reliable training aircraft that would have military use right until the end of the ’50s.
Tiger Moth pilots used bricks for bomb training!
It was an unlikely way to prepare a pilot for combat – and, as this video shows – it didn’t quite have the desired outcome…
The story of Bill Lawford
Hayden K Lawford relates the experiences of his father, Royal Flying Corps pilot, Lt E H ‘Bill’ Lawford AF
Military
F-111E exercises and weapons detachments
Lt Col Nick Frasca (ret’d) recalls the exercises and weapons detachments he participated in while flying with the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing
Ukraine ‘appreciates’ Turkish defence support, calls out earlier German reluctance
A senior Ukrainian official has praised the contribution that Turkey has in providing support to the country’s armed forces, before calling out Germany's earlier reluctance
Flying the F-111E in the UK, roles and memorable sorties
Lt Col Nick Frasca (ret’d) recalls what it was like flying in the UK and describes a typical F-111 low-level training sortie
Commercial
Distance flown out of UK’s airports drops by 84 million miles a month because of COVID-19
Incredible data reveals the true scale of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial aviation.
Airports of the World Issue 89 - May-June 2020
Welcome to Airports of the World Issue 89 - May-June 2020
Are Airports the Next Smart Cities?
Airports globally are recognized as being similar to smart cities, as they focus on delivering improvements to operations, sustainability, experience and business vitality.
Embraer’s E-Jet E2 family: The next generation
Soon to come under Boeing’s wing, the popular Embraer E-Jet series of regional airliners has been refreshed...
Flight Simulation
PC Pilot Issue 124 Downloads
Specially selected freeware and videos of flight sims reviewed in the November-December 2019 issue.
A2A Simulations - T-6A Texan II
Interview with Scott Gentile from A2A Simulations on the T-6A Texan II.
