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Historic

Swiss ‘Connie’ to Germany

During July Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation HB-RSC Star of Switzerland was being dismantled at Basel Airport following acquisition by a group of German investors, and will soon arrive at its new home at Bremgarten, south-west Germany.

Veterans present as ‘Lanc’ gains turret

SPECIAL REPORT Two former Royal Canadian Air Force Avro Lancaster...

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Settling a score

CINEMA CLASSICS Battle of Britain music So famous has the...

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BRIEFING FILE

Under the skin of aviation technology and tactics BATTLING...

Iraqi Fury airborne in Belgium

News September 2019 On 18 July former Iraqi Air Force...

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Military

50th KC-46A delivery is one of first two for McGuire

A further milestone in the US Air Force KC-46A Pegasus programme has been reached with delivery of the first two aircraft to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL), New Jersey, for the 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings (AMWs). These were the 49th and 50th KC-46A deliveries

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The story of Boeing's problematic KC-46 Pegasus programme

Over budget and besieged with problems, Boeing’s KC-46 Pegasus continues to come under scrutiny. Tom Kaminski provides a timely update

Belgium deploys A400M for first international exercise

The Belgian Air Component conducted its first international A400M exercise during October 11-25, this is after a detachment of 148 military personnel and two Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft from the 15th Airlift Wing participated in the Airlift Block Training (ABT) at Pisa Air Base, Italy

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Commercial

Hunting SAMs over Mount Olympus

MILITARY EXERCISE INIOCHOS Babak Taghvaee visited Andravida...

Bell 429 record sales

BELL ANNOUNCED at European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition...

NASA’s CHEETA

University of Illinois via NASA RESEARCH IS to get underway...

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US Infrastructure Grants for 381 Airports

THE FEDERAL Aviation Administration is set to award $830m in...

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Miami Receives Latest 3D Scanners

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY Administration (TSA) officers at Miami...

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Flight Simulation

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Prepar3D Version 4

Preparing for the future Ever since Lockheed Martin...

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Back to Basics Stage 1 – Lesson 6

This issue we start a discussion on landing techniques…

Prepar3D version 4-ready

Over the past few months, a number of major publishers and developers...

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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."