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Historic
Hornet completes long road journey to Perth
After finishing a truly epic road journey across Australia, the retired jet has reached its new home
Whirlwind fighter cockpit arrives at Hawkinge
Replica section of twin-engined fighter goes on show at Kent museum
New dual scheme for Duxford Hurricane
Photographer Darren Harbar captures the ‘new look’ Hurricane over Duxford
How the Douglas DC-3 became so successful
In this extracted chapter from a Key Publishing book on the DC-3, Tim McLelland examines what made the DC-3 so successful
Military
HMS Prince of Wales embarks on F-35B sea trials in the US
On October 11, a specially instrumented US Navy-operated F-35B Lightning II (168314/‘68’) landed aboard HMS Prince of Wales (R09) – the second of the Royal Navy’s two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers – thereby kicking off Developmental Test Phase 3 sea trials with the type on the warship
Portugal’s first C-390 enters operational service
After an initial entry into service ceremony was held at Embraer’s facility in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil, on October 16; the first C-390 Millennium for the Portuguese Air Force arrived at Beja Air Base, Portugal, at approximately 1630hrs (local time) on October 19
The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 168
Welcome to the 168th Monday Military Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your modern military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills here
Commercial
Mexican President FINALLY sells Boeing 787
After a long period of trying to sell the jet, it now has a new owner
IN PICTURES: Classic airliners of the 1990s in Caracas
Ian Allan Aviation tour manager Gerry Manning delves into his archives to revisit a trip to Caracas in 1992 full of Mad Dogs (the McDonnell Douglas kind) and Englishmen
The Ultimate Airline IATA Code Quiz (part one)
In the past, we’ve given you IATA code quizzes for airports. But now? Now, it’s the turn of the airlines!
Here are 10 questions to challenge the mind on airline IATA codes.
Flight Simulation
Back to Basics – Series 4, Lesson 9
We continue to turn in circles but this time, we look at some useful tips to help keep you in the holding pattern and understand why new IFR pilots hate them so much.
Gulfstream GLF550 upgraded to v2
AKD Studio has released version 2 of the Gulfstream GLF550 for X-Plane 11 and 12.
Flight Adventure: Daher Kodiak
Most aircraft in this series have enjoyed a long production life and evolved from many earlier models. However, not all aircraft become classics this way. In this issue, we explore one that has become synonymous with Short Take-Off and Landing operations from small and rugged airstrips – the Daher Kodiak.
