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Low-Level Swallow

STORY BEHIND THE SCENE Gareth Hector reveals how he researched...

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UNARMED GUNN

A SUPER-RARE PR. IV FLOWN BY A PILOT WHO TOOK PART IN THE GREAT...

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Skytrooper makes first post-restoration flight

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095 is flying again after many years...

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Briefings

Further to the news item in the December 2018 edition on Supermarine...

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Halberstadt replica takes shape in Holland

SB] ROGER SOUPART A full-scale replica of a Great War-era...

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First six Spanish PC-21s in flight testing

Pilatus is continuing to make progress with the Spanish Air Force's PC-21 acquisition programme, which will ultimately replace the service’s 61-strong fleet of aged CASA C-101EB Aviojet jet trainers

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Jordanian C295Ms in storage at Seville

Both of the CASA (now Airbus) C295Ms previously operated by the Royal Jordanian Air Force’s 3 Squadron have appeared in open store outside the Airbus Defence and Space facility at Seville-San Pablo Airport, Spain

Colombia receives first two T-6C Texan IIs

The Colombian Air Force has taken delivery of its first two Beechcraft T-6C Texan II single-engine turboprop training aircraft

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Retail Boost at Prague

A NEW 23,680sq ft (2,200m2) retail zone has opened at Prague’s...

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Alaska Feels the Paine

ALASKA AIRLINES has pushed back the launch date for its flights...

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Resurgent Keflavík

KEF ICELAND I820304AOW2019 Jessica Bannister-Pearce finds...

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How To Make Flying More ReLAXing

9 LAX USA I820304AOW2019 As the fifth busiest airport in the...

The end of a legacy 1983-2019

Pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron 34 (VFA-34) ‘Blue Blasters’...

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The themes this year for RIAT are '50 Years F-16', 'NATO 75th Anniversary', '100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force' and 'Pushing the boundaries in Air and Space'. Regarding the final one in the list the RIAT website states: "Our main theme will highlight the important work of Flight Test & Evaluation in modern aviation, looking back at 100 years of British military test flying. We hope to display specialised, modified and instrumented test flight aircraft from organisations from around the world dedicated to Flight Test, Evaluation and Scientific Research."

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