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Historic

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Blackburn Beauty

PILOT’S PERSPECTIVE BLACKBURN B.2 Dave Unwin gets his hands...

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’SAINT-EX’: WORDS AND WINGS

AERIAL RECCE ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY FAMOUS GLOBALLY FOR...

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Fw 190 airborne again in Germany

Hanger10’s FW 190 D-FWAA is airworthy again in Germany. HANGAR10...

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Shooting Star’s new colours revealed

The Warbird Heritage Museum in Waukegan, Illinois has completed...

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Midwestern Magic

OSHKOSH • USA Kev Baxter reports from the ever-impressive...

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Military

Lockheed Martin awarded $10.8bn F-22 contract

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $10,8bn indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on November 5 by the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Centre for Advanced Raptor Enhancement and Sustainment (ARES) for the F-22 Programme Office

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Incredible C-130J image among winners of 2021 RAF photo competition

After receiving nearly 1,500 submissions, judges of the 2021 Royal Air Force Photographic Competition have chosen their winners.

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Lockheed RB-69A: the spy plane the CIA used over China

The little-known RB-69A was used by the CIA and Republic of China Air Force to mount covert overflights across mainland China. Dr Kevin Wright explores the career of the USAF type that never was

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Commercial

The Guild of Aviation Artists’ 2019 Exhibition

UK F-35B Lightnings, by Alex Hamilton GAvA, two UK F-35Bs operated...

Airbus at 50

Airbus recently marked 50 years since it was established with...

Malaysia and Philippines seek additional capabilities

ASIA Now in the twilight of its service with the active-duty...

Finland's 21st Century fighter

MILITARY FINLAND’S FUTURE FIGHTER Finland is about halfway...

German government ACJ350s

AIRBUS CORPORATE Jets announced at the European Business Aviation...

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Flight Simulation

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Fly Virtual

“Any Aircraft, Any Airline, Any Route, Any Time… No B.S.”...

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Flight Sim World

Dovetail starts up its new simulator FEATURE Over the years...

Turbo Commander takes flight

Carenado has released the 690B TURBO COMMANDER for FSX and Prepar3D.

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Upcoming Events

MCAS Cherry Point Air Show

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, United States

US Marine Corps airshow

Duxford Flying Day: 19 Squadron

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "Uncover the story of the legendary 19 Squadron, the fighter pilots who made Spitfire history at Dunkirk and throughout the Battle of Britain at Flying Days: 19 Squadron. Enjoy a special themed display, providing an afternoon of over an hour of scheduled flying, on top of your great day out at IWM Duxford."

Light Aircraft Association Rally

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Leicester, United Kingdom

Light aircraft event

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Royal International Air Tattoo

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Fairford, United Kingdom

The themes this year for RIAT are '50 Years F-16', 'NATO 75th Anniversary', '100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force' and 'Pushing the boundaries in Air and Space'. Regarding the final one in the list the RIAT website states: "Our main theme will highlight the important work of Flight Test & Evaluation in modern aviation, looking back at 100 years of British military test flying. We hope to display specialised, modified and instrumented test flight aircraft from organisations from around the world dedicated to Flight Test, Evaluation and Scientific Research."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow