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Historic

Hawker Typhoon to Coningsby

The RAF Museum’s Hawker Typhoon Ib MN235 after reassembly in...

Wg Cdr Tom Neil

14 July 1920-11 July 2018 The ever-stylish Tom Neil, a regular...

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504 REBORN

At the aptly named Rotary Farm workshops of Flying Restorations...

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AEROPLANE meets MATTHEW BODDINGTON

As an accomplished pilot and engineer, this stalwart of the vintage...

ANOTHER Bf 109G FLIES AT HERINGSDORF

Bf 109G-14 D-FMGV on the Heringsdorf apron. RICHARD PAVER ...

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Military

US donates first of two C-130Hs to Chile

A pair of USAF-operated Lockheed C-130H Hercules tactical transports are being transferred to the Chilean Air Force to supplement the air arm’s current airlift fleet

RAF celebrates 40 years of Chinook ops with special scheme

The Royal Air Force has applied a special Union Jack-themed scheme to one of its Boeing Chinook HC6A heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters in celebration of the type’s 40 years of operational service

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New orders down, revenues up for Leonardo's helicopter business

Defence and aerospace prime Leonardo registered new orders in Q1 2021 worth €3.42bn, the same as declared during the same period last year, despite its helicopters business segment recording a €631m downturn in terms of new orders compared to the first three months of 2020

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Commercial

Claws on show

CHENGDU J-20 Four Chengdu J-20 fighters performed during Airshow...

The legacy continues

BELL 407GXi Ian Frain profiles the Bell 407GXi, the latest...

Boeing launches BBJ 777X

BOEING ANNOUNCED at the biannual Middle East and North Africa...

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Production H160 Flies

CIVIL NEWS The first production H160 bears the signatures...

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Boeing Delivers 787th 787 Dreamliner

CIVIL NEWS Boeing has delivered the 787th 787 Dreamliner...

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Flight Simulation

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Upcoming Events

Helitech Expo

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London, United Kingdom

Helicopter trade show.

ILA Berlin

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Schönefeld, Germany

The event website states: "ILA Berlin features the entire value chain and every tier of the aerospace industry, from Aviation, Space and Defence & Support, to Advanced Air Mobility and the Supplier sector."

19 Wing Comox Air Show

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Comox, Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force airshow

Duxford Summer Air Show D-Day 80

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We will pay tribute to this momentous anniversary by welcoming nine historic Dakotas – the aircraft synonymous with the D-Day landings – to the skies of Duxford for a series of dramatic flypasts over the weekend and a mass historic parachute jump over the historic airfield on Saturday 1 June."

McConnell AFB - Frontiers in Flight Open House and Airshow

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Wichita, United States

US Air Force airshow

Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "our Race Day Air Show celebrates the passion Richard Shuttleworth had for racing, both on the ground and in the air...
[and] brings together icons of the aviation and the motor vehicle industry for a dramatic day of full action both on our grass runway and the Bedfordshire skies."