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Historic
Historic Aviation Quiz: 'The Dambusters'
With Key.Aero honouring the ‘Dambusters’, we dedicate this week's quiz to the squadron, men, and machines of Operation Chastise – the audacious attack against the Great Dams of Germany’s Ruhr on May 16/17, 1943 in what was dubbed the “greatest raid” of the war…
What was it like to fly in ‘The Dam Busters’ movie?
In the middle of a 24-year RAF career Eric Quinney couldn’t believe his luck when he was chosen to fly Lancasters in ‘The Dam Busters’ film…
How much of Guy Gibson’s Dambuster Lancaster survives?
FlyPast’s Jamie Ewan explores how the yoke and throttle quadrant from Guy Gibson’s Lancaster still exists, 75 years after the aeroplane was scrapped
To Hell and Back - Dambusters interviewed
None of the brave men who flew on the ‘Dams Raid’ are alive today. Tom Allett met several veterans and here remembers conversations with two of them
Military
RAF Chinooks take part in Vortex Warrior at El Centro
Chinook HC5/HC6s and air/ground crews from the RAF’s No 27 Squadron at RAF Odiham, Hampshire, recently deployed to Naval Air Facility El Centro in California in August to conduct specialist desert flying training in Exercise Vortex Warrior
Commercial
Qatar Airways and Airbus settle A350 dispute
Airbus and Qatar Airways have settled a legal dispute over the “degradation of surface and paint” and the grounding of the airline’s A350 aircraft.
Celebrating the Boeing 747’s legacy with 20 stunning photos
A chapter of aviation was closed on Tuesday (January 31) when Boeing delivered its last ever 747. Here we celebrate the legacy of the ‘Queen of the Skies’ with a superb collection of images
What is being done to make commercial space market more sustainable?
The commercial space market needs to be more sustainable, but achieving this is anything but straightforward, finds Mark Broadbent
New Australian airline Bonza takes to the air
A new low-cost carrier called Bonza has entered the Australian airline scene flying Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
Flight Simulation
A History of Military Flight Simulation - Part 1
We trace the history of early combat flight simulators from the 1980s to the early 90s and discover how they paved the way for the next generation in simulation technology.
Back to Basics – Series 4, Lesson 8
In this lesson, we wrap up exploring the various uses of the VOR radio navigation aid by learning to fly in circles or follow the DME arc.
Ontario for MSFS out now
Scenery developer Verticalsim has released KONT – Ontario International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
