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BUILDING BRIDGES

CINEMA CLASSICS The Bridges at Toko-ri The Bridges at Toko-ri...

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SEEKING THE ELEGANT SOLUTION

AEROPLANE ARCHIVE A highly cultured man as well as a brilliant,...

Big homecoming for Miss Montana

News September 2019 One of the most popular aircraft to...

NEWS IN BRIEF

HOWARD HEELEY NEWARK ‘BUCC’ COMPLETED The application...

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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

MRJ becomes the SpaceJet

PARIS INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW 2019 The SpaceJet M90 is...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Unsurprisingly, given the significance of the story, there has...

Qatar requests more Apaches

The US State Department has approved a potential sale of 24 Boeing...

A220’s performance boost

Airbus recently announced significant payload and range enhancements...

Il-80 and Il-82 command post upgrades

Russian News Agency TASS reported on May 30, that initial experimental...

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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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Selfridge Air Show and Open House

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Sywell 2024

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Northampton, United Kingdom

The event website states: "Sywell 2024 will be a quite remarkable airshow combined with ground attractions including classic cars and much more. Showcasing multiple classic aircraft from across Europe alongside modern jets, the flying line-up will include formation and unique display acts, some of which will be UK firsts. Added to that will be a host of special photographic opportunities for the enthusiasts, stalls, children's fun fair and many more things to do."

EBACE 2024

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Geneva, Switzerland

The event website says: "The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) is a premier event and the annual meeting place for the European business aviation community."

Hill AFB Warriors over the Wasatch Air Show

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Hill AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Duxford Flying Evening

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "Evening flying featuring warbirds, pyrotechnics and more. Enjoy after-hours entry to IWM Duxford for this very special vintage aircraft flying display. Witness the aircraft that still call Duxford home take to the skies as the sun goes down and dusk turns to dark across this historic Second World War airfield."

Northern Ireland International Airshow

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