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Historic

Fresh hope for last flying Alizé

Privately owned naval sub-hunter given temporary home by French Air Force

Flying Bulls acquire rare Sikorsky S-58

Airworthy historic helicopter joins Salzburg-based fleet

RAF Museum opens new Bomber Command exhibitions

Updated displays at Hendon and Cosford inaugurated on Ruhr dams raid anniversary — Aeroplane’s Tony Harmsworth was there

‘Razorback’ P-47 flies

Superb restoration of combat-veteran fighter completed by AirCorps Aviation

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Memphis Belle: sorting fact from legend

On the same day as the Ruhr dams raid ended, the captain of B-17F Flying Fortress Memphis Belle completed his 25th mission. The famous bomber itself did so two days later. How did the two reach those milestones — and did any other 8th Air Force ‘heavies’ get there first?

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Military

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RNLAF 313 Squadrons new Tiger tail anniversary jet

An exclusive first-look at the new 70th anniversary tail art on F-031

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UK airpower in crisis amid growing threat of war, MPs say

The state of UK airpower and its inability to counter the growing threat of war has been laid bare in a damning report by an influential group of British MPs

Ex-USAF AT-6E Wolverines join the US Naval Test Pilot School

The US Naval Test Pilot School – a component of US Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR’s) Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) – has welcomed two newly acquired AT-6E Wolverine light attack aircraft to NAS Patuxent River in Maryland

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Commercial

BREAKING: Air India closes HUGE 500+ airliner deal

The Indian flag carrier has announced bumper orders with Airbus and Boeing

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Transavia in 2023 – a year of big change

It’s shaping up to be a significant year for Transavia and Transavia France, as the long-time Boeing 737 operators introduce their first Airbus A320neo Family jets, as Richard Schuurman reports from The Netherlands

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Behind the scenes of TAP’s maintenance and engineering operations

In the second half of his two-part report from Lisbon, Gordon Smith goes behind the scenes at the headquarters of TAP Maintenance and Engineering

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KlasJet spreads its wings

Lithuanian charter provider to support ACMI leasing market with new aircraft

The Ultimate Lufthansa History Quiz (Part One)

Today the Lufthansa Group is one of Europe’s largest aviation companies, with a wealth of investments and subsidiaries reaching far beyond Germany, but it wasn’t always this way. For this week's quiz we’re putting your knowledge of Lufthansa’s formative years to the test. Good luck!

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Flight Simulation

Microsoft Flight Simulator City Update II: France out now

The Microsoft Flight Simulator team has released its second City Update, this time covering France.

Isles Of Scilly for Microsoft Flight Simulator released

Real VFR releases the Isles Of Scilly for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Oslo Gardermoen for Prepar3D released

JustSim has announced Oslo Gardermoen Airport for Prepar3D v5 is out now.

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