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Historic

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DH104 DOVE/ DEVON

AEROPLANE DATABASE Devon C2 VP959 served with the...

SWAM blossoming at St Athan

Pictured after arriving at St Athan, the first Sea Harrier FRS2,...

Unique Luscombe makes debut

The only surviving Luscombe 4 Sprite, NC1337, over Brodhead with...

Flight Line

Comment Recollections and reflections — a seasoned reporter’s...

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PLANTING THE SUPERSONIC SEED

BEFORE CONCORDE French projects As British manufacturers were...

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Military

Behind the scenes of a 100 squadron hot bombing mission

Recently Key.Aero joined 100 Squadron for Operation Flash Strike at both RAF Leeming, Yorkshire, and the Ministry of Defence’s Donna Nook Weapons Range in Lincolnshire. Operation Flash Strike saw a total of 16 3kg practice bombs dropped from the Hawk T1 at Donna Nook range against fictitious adversary threats provided by the JTACS throughout two sorties

USAF replaces legacy C-130H with Super Hercules in Kuwait

USAF's 779th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) was redesignated as the 61st EAS of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing last week, utilising the new C-130J Super Hercules to replace the C-130H model that has operated out of Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait for the past two decades

RAF Typhoons head to Oman for live fire exercise

Earlier this week RAF Typhoon FGR4s arrived at Thumrait Air Base in Dhofar Governorate, Oman, for the annual bilateral exercise Magic Carpet 21 with the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)

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Commercial

Optionally piloted Black Hawk

Sikorsky recently flew an optionally piloted technology kit on...

Israel’s Cypriot training

MILITARY ISRAEL’s CYPRIOT TRAINING Babak Taghvaee reports...

More AW109s for Sloane Helicopters

Sloane helicopters has been the exclusive distributor of Leonardo...

Turboprop times

According to ATR, more than one third of the world’s commercial...

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Ultra-low Emission Zone Announced at Heathrow

THE UK’S only hub airport has announced tough plans to protect...

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Flight Simulation

Turbo Commander takes flight

Carenado has released the 690B TURBO COMMANDER for FSX and Prepar3D.

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Alabeo C310R

A high performance twin Alabeo has produced a range...

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Cockpit Building

Time to assemble… Trial-fitting the displays in the backing...

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

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NAS Jacksonville - NAS Jax Air Show

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Jacksonville, United States

US Navy airshow

Danish Air Show

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Aalborg, Denmark

The air show website says: "The audience will experience a packed programme, where Danish transport aircraft, helicopters and fighters will perform a tactical demonstration and both Danish and foreign military aircraft will be on show on the ground and in the air."

Duxford Flying Finale

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "In our grand send off for the 2024 Flying Season, Duxford Flying Finale will celebrate the highs of all our flying events from the year".

Shuttleworth Family Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

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Bagotville International Air Show

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Saguenay, Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force airshow