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Historic
de Havilland 100: School of Excellence
To be able to say you were trained by the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School...
IN PICTURES: The early days of BOAC's Comet 4
In the de Havilland Comet 4, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) had an aircraft able to rejuvenate a bit of national pride in commercial aviation, and to consign to history memories of the disasters that befell the original Comets. In conducting pre-delivery and route-proving flights, BOAC’s new flagships demonstrated their excellent performance to the full — and The Aeroplane was there to document these occasions
Memories of The Blitz, 80 years on
At 4.56pm on September 7 1940, London’s air raid sirens signalled the start of a nine-month bombing offensive by the Luftwaffe. Including one lady’s recollections from the time, Key.Aero looks back at a hugely destructive campaign – for both sides
Military
USMC and US Navy perform simultaneous manned and unmanned operations
The USMC’s Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and the US Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed up to conduct development in integrating manned and unmanned rotary-wing aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, on March 10
Ukraine claims air successes as war enters fourth week
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth week following Russia’s invasion on February 24, Ukrainian forces are still claiming to have caused significant casualties in the past 96 hours
Why has Russia failed to project airpower over Ukraine?
Russia was expecting to dominate the skies over Ukraine early into the conflict. However, while the air arm boasts significant advantages when compared with its Ukrainian counterpart, it has seemingly failed to project airpower effectively in the opening weeks of its invasion, as former fighter pilot turned aviation researcher, Sqn Ldr (Ret’d) Fahad Masood (MRAeS) at MCBS, Oman, explains
Commercial
A330-800 Receives Regulatory Greenlight
The European Aviation Safety Agency and the US Federal Aviation Administration have awarded the Airbus A330-800 a joint type certificate.
AtlasGlobal Halts Flights Again
Turkish airline AtlasGlobal has suspended operations for a second time, less than two months after it restored services.
Air Italy in Voluntary Liquidation
Air Italy ceased operations with immediate effect on February 11 after its shareholders, Alisarda and Qatar Airways through AQA Holding, chose to liquidate the company citing “persistent and structural market problems”.
Middle of the market: the Boeing NMA conundrum
Hundreds of Airbus A321XLRs have been sold for the so-called ‘middle of the market’. With airlines decisively backing the European aircraft, Mark Broadbent questions where this leaves Boeing’s plans for an all-new alternative.
Do airlines dream of electric fleets?
With the world becoming increasingly conscious of its ecological...
Flight Simulation
Edinburgh for P3D and X-Plane Released
Orbx has announced EGPH Edinburgh for Prepar3D version 4 and X-Plane 11 is out now.
TerraFlora for X-Plane 11 Released
Orbx has announced TerraFlora XP for X-Plane 11 is now available.
Microsoft Flight Simulator Episode 2 – Weather
The Microsoft development team has released the second episode of the Feature Discovery Series covering the atmospheric modelling in the upcoming flight simulator.
