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Historic
Fairey Barracuda engine breaks the surface
THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE The Barracuda’s engine...
Relatives of Great War aces visit Bristol replica
THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Pete and Jan Absolom...
Military
Inside the US Air Force's Kabul Airlift operation
Broadly considered an operational success, the Kabul Airlift was also a record-breaking effort by the US Air Force. Babak Taghvaee reports
US Navy completes back-to-back BQM-177 test flights off Japan
NAVAIR has revealed that the US Navy recently completed three back-to-back test flights off the coast of Japan with its newest subsonic aerial target – the BQM-177A – in preparation for the type achieving full operational capability later this year
USAF releases 5,000lb Penetrator bomb for the first time
A USAF F-15E Strike Eagle of the 96th Test Wing flew over the Eglin Air Force Base test range in Florida and released a GBU-72 Advanced 5,000Ib Penetrator bomb from 35,000ft on October 7
Commercial
Flight Simulation
Flight Sim Labs A320-X
The A320 is an incredibly complex aircraft and to try to replicate that inside FSX is insanely difficult. Working backwards to produce a flyable aircraft is rather like herding cats – potentially fantastic, but probably a bit fruitless. Flight Sim Labs however like fruitless. The question is, how good is its A320?
Worldflight 2016
Team Jet Sim took on a challenge to virtually circumnavigate the globe in a full-sized Boeing 737-800 simulator in seven days
