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Above and Beyond: John 'Joe' Dalley

Graham Pitchfork recounts the experiences of a Spitfire reconnaissance pilot based in Malta...

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MILLIONAIRES AT WAR

Kathleen Hanser reveals how privileged Yale University students formed the first US naval aviation unit during World War One

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LET’S MAKE A MUSEUM…

Assistant editor Jamie Ewan visits the fledgling South Wales Aviation Museum...

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FlyPast reviews our pick of the things to spend your money on...

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Belgium’s Multi-Role Mirages

Gen Michel Mandl (ret’d), former Chief of Staff of the Belgian Air Force and a Mirage 5 pilot, recounts the type’s service with the air arm, which included helping British preparations for the Falklands War

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Military

UK MOD announces recovery of crashed F-35B

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has officially announced that the British F-35B which crashed on take-off from HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) on November 17 has been recovered from the Mediterranean Sea

Indian defence chief killed in helicopter crash

India's Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat, has been killed after an Indian Air Force Mi-17V5 helicopter in which he was travelling crashed on the morning of December 8

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AirForces Monthly January 2022

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Commercial

777-200 becomes next ecoDemonstrator

A Boeing 777-200 is the sixth ecoDemonstrator testbed following...

On trial: Network for the Sky

The Network for the Sky concept is designed to provide secure...

Italy’s CAEW not just an airborne radar

MILITARY E-550A CAEW Riccardo Niccoli describes the Aeronautica...

Record sales at Paris Air Show

LEONARDO HELICOPTERS announced various sales for its AW139 and...

Flying further

SINGLE-AISLE narrowbody airliners able to fly long haul are not...

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Flight Simulation

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Flight Adventure - Kangaroo Service in a Connie

Flying the L-049 Super Constellation between Sydney, Australia...

A new King Air takes flight

Flight1 has announced that its Super King Air B200 version 2...

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Orbx’ Eagle County Regional Airport

Orbx spread its wings for Aerofly FS 2 ADD-ON SCENERY FOR...

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