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Historic
Restoration Scene: From Submerged to Stunning
FlyPast presents photographs taken during the renovation of a combat veteran...
PATAGONIAN PIONEERS
Ramiro S Piacenza reveals how the pioneering French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry...
Restoration Scene: From Medway to Malta
Robin Brooks relates the life of a much-travelled Meteor F.8, whose restoration has been completed at Malta Aviation Museum Foundation
Military
A deep look into special forces aviation
The daring missions of multiple nations special operations forces behind enemy lines are invariably dependent on airlift – fixed or rotary wing – to get them safely to their targets and then successfully bring them home. AFM investigates the can-do mindset and unique skills of special forces aviators
USMC Harriers arrive for major exercise
Ten US Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers IIs of VMA-223 arrived at Bodø Main Air Station in Norway on March 3 to participate in Exercise Cold Response 2022 (CR 22). The exercise is to run from March 14 to 31 for which the USMC has deployed a sizeable force to the Scandinavian country
Inside the US Special Forces mission that eliminated Haji Abdullah
We describe the US Army Special Forces’ mission to track down and eliminate the so-called Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Commercial
The Skye’s the Limit
Tony Mallett goes airside at Heathrow to spend a busy morning with Skye Hester...
The women leading a flying revolution
Louise Rose Jones takes a look at the female aviators who forged the way for today’s women of the skies...
Big, bold and very blue
JetBlue Airways has risen from an innovative start-up to one of the largest carriers in the US...
Sleepless in Seattle: an in-depth analysis of the 737 MAX grounding
Two Boeing 737 MAX crashes within five months, both involving newly delivered aircraft, claimed the lives of 346 people and threw the world’s then-biggest aircraft manufacturer into turmoil. Airliner World’s Martin Needham charts the path that led to Boeing’s annus horribilis and considers how the grounding has affected the wider aviation industry.
British Airways Breaks Record
British Airways has made history by flying the quickest subsonic flight between New York/John F Kennedy and London/Heathrow.
Flight Simulation
Spokane for X-Plane Now Available
The latest release from scenery developer Vertical Simulations is KGEG – Spokane International Airport for X-Plane 11.
Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Now Available
The Simworks Studios’ Nimitz Class Vol. 1 aircraft carrier pack for Prepar3D version 4 is now for sale on the Just Flight website.
