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Historic
Return of the Blackjack
The Tupolev Tu-160 is the world’s largest combat aircraft and the fastest bomber in operational service, but was only built in small numbers. The Russian Air Force is modernising its existing fleet and returning the type to production, as Aviation News explains
THE AEROPLANE News from June 1940
Ben Dunnell looks back 80 years to see how The Aeroplane covered the momentous events of 1940...
SECRET PROJECTS: French jet hydro-fighters
Seaplane jet fighters were largely a blind alley, and France’s post-war concepts were no exception...
British Fokkers: Highland fling
Built for KLM but brought to Britain just in time as hostilities broke out...
PERSONAL ALBUM: Battle of Britain Filming
Even now, new photos of the Battle of Britain filming continue to surface...
Military
The state of the Ukrainian Air Force before 2014 revolution
From the May 2014 issue of AirForces Monthly, Dr Séan Wilson/Prime Images, assisted by Vladimir Trendafilovski, reports on the status of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as it was before the revolution
History of Ukrainian military aviation in Crimea pre-annexation
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea has been an important part of Ukraine’s defence structure since the break up of the Soviet Union. Ivan Voukadinov relates the history of Ukrainian military aviation in the region following the demise of the Warsaw Pact up until the Revolution of Dignity in February 2014
REVEALED: Why Italian Tornados visited RAF Coningsby last year
A recent press release from Leonardo states that the reason for Italian Air Force Tornados and a Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon visiting RAF Coningsby last October was for trials relating to the BriteCloud electronic countermeasure.
Commercial
UK and Italy Join Virgin Space Programmes
An RAF pilot will be seconded to the civilian company Virgin...
Flight Simulation
FSFlyingSchool for X-Plane 10 and 11
FSFlyingSchool has been reviewed in PC Pilot over the years in its various iterations for FSX but did you know that it also supports X-Plane?
