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Historic

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‘Raspberry Ripple’ Tornado completes move to St Athan

Tornado GR.1P ZA326 shortly after arriving at St Athan on October...

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New home – and ambitious plans – for Lancaster

The main wing spar and wheels of Lancaster B.X FM104 arriving...

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Briefings

The Vulcan Restoration Trust continues to repaint Vulcan XL426...

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Scale Snakes

FlyPast editor Chris Clifford explores model kits of the Airacobra...

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For Valour

A third of 84 Squadron’s Great War victories fell to just one...

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Military

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RAF marks 50 years of Puma ops with national flypast

The RAF has marked the 50th anniversary of its Westland Puma medium-lift tactical transport helicopter fleet by conducting a nationwide flypast, involving ten examples of the type, on July 7

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Germany orders five P-8A Poseidons

The German Federal Ministry of Defence signed a letter of offer and acceptance on June 30 for the purchase of five Boeing P-8A Poseidons through the US government’s Foreign Military Sales programme

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Marshall returns first overhauled KC-130J to USMC

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has completed and redelivered the first USMC Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules tactical tanker-transport to undergo a planned maintenance interval at its maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Cambridge, UK

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Commercial

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De-icing Takeover Receives Warm Reception

MENZIES AVIATION has been granted approval by the UK Competition...

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Superjumbo Summer for Glasgow

SCOTLAND’S SECOND busiest airport will welcome a daily A380...

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First Fully Automated Jetway

NEW ZEALAND’S Wellington Airport has become the first in the...

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Birmingham Bus Funding Just the Ticket

BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT is to upgrade its fleet of landside buses,...

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Jet-setting Around Europe

Martyn Cartledge recounts a day’s photography on the Continent...

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Royal Canadian Air Force - Cold Lake Air Show

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Cold Lake, Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force airshow

Bristol International Balloon Fiesta

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Bristol, United Kingdom

The event website states: "The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is a free to attend, three-day event that celebrates the city and its heritage links to the remarkable world of hot air ballooning. From Friday 9th to Sunday 11th August, the rolling hills of Ashton Court on the outskirts of the city of Bristol are home to a temporary playground of entertainment, and a stage set ready and waiting for over 100 hot air balloons to take flight."

Duxford VE Day Flying Day

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: Enjoy our first event of the 2024 Duxford Flying Season! Flying Days: VE Day celebrates the role aviation made in the path to victory during World War Two." Regarding the IWM Duxford Flying Days it says: "Enjoy a special themed display, providing an afternoon of over an hour of scheduled flying, on top of your great day out at IWM Duxford."

Abbotsford International Airshow

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Abbotsford, Canada

The airshow website says: "The Abbotsford Airshow was born in 1962 as a partnership between the Abbotsford Flying Club and the Abbotsford Rotary Club to promote aviation at the Abbotsford Airport. Since then, the event has grown to become one of the Fraser Valley’s largest and most exciting annual events."

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Virginia Beach, United States

US Navy airshow

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