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Festival Spirit

Steve Beebee reports from Duxford’s Air Festival, a two-day...

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Canuck Collection

Post-war Canadian aviation is the subject of this month’s Glory...

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Tin MOSSIE

Tony Buttler examines the last Vicker s fighter – the technically...

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Sycamore helicopter visits ‘birth’ place

The Flying Bulls’ Bristol Sycamore OE-XSY arriving at Weston....

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Helldiver to fly again in Minnesota

The fuselage of Helldiver SB2C-5 83393 is taking shape in Granite...

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Military

Have Glass: Making the F-16 less observable

You can’t turn an F-16 into a stealth fighter, it will always show up on enemy radar, but by reducing its radar signature, you can make it a lot less visible. We explain how the USAF has set about doing just that

Saudi Arabian National Guard orders additional UH-60Ms

Sikorsky has been awarded a US$99.89m contract modification to produce and deliver 25 additional modified UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters to the Saudi Arabian National Guard

Ilyushin’s Il-112V transport resumes flight testing

Russia’s Ilyushin Il-112V light military transport has resumed flight testing after the first prototype took to the air again from the VASO Aviation Plant airfield in Voronezh on March 30

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Commercial

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Ontario’s Secret Is Out

Ralph Olson puts Ontario International Airport under the microscope...

Point Blank

Ian Harding reports on the latest UK-based exercise that’s...

E-2D’s digital upgrade

US Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes will receive a digital upgrade...

Juno and Jupiter: all systems go

A number of Defence Helicopter Flying School Juno HT1s were active...

Marineflieger Sea Lion delivery nears

Airbus Helicopters expects to deliver the first NH90 Sea Lion...

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Flight Simulation

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MCAS Cherry Point Air Show

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, United States

US Marine Corps airshow

Duxford Flying Day: 19 Squadron

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "Uncover the story of the legendary 19 Squadron, the fighter pilots who made Spitfire history at Dunkirk and throughout the Battle of Britain at Flying Days: 19 Squadron. 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."

Light Aircraft Association Rally

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Leicester, United Kingdom

Light aircraft event

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Royal International Air Tattoo

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Fairford, United Kingdom

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."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow