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WW2's Shadow factory raids
Birmingham’s aircraft shadow factories may have been in the Luftwaffe’s bombsights, but there was no serious interference to production. Why were its efforts so ineffective?
Soviet Spitfire flies ‘bombed-up’
A sight not seen over the UK since the end of the war, as Peter...
AUSTIN’S MAESTROS: FILLING THE PRODUCTION GAP
Workers at the Marston Green factory pose in front of the final...
NZ Warbirds gets Canberra
English Electric Canberra B(I)8 WT346 arrived at the New Zealand Warbirds Association hangar at Ardmore, just south of Auckland, on 20 February following a 750-mile road trip north from Christchurch.
What was the RAF’s Exercise ‘Northern Venture’?
In 1997 the RAF’s Exercise ‘Northern Venture’ recognised the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the DHC-1 with a round-the world tour. An attempt to complete the exercise in 1996, the actual year of the 50th anniversary, had been obliged to turn back for reasons beyond its control...
Leonardo to pitch AW149 for UK’s New Medium Helicopter requirement
Leonardo plans to offer its AW149 multi-role utility helicopter as a solution for the UK MoD’s New Medium Helicopter requirement, adding that its bid will also support the British defence industry going forward
Why easyJet is orange (and what it was nearly called)
In just over 25 years, the low-cost carrier has grown into one of the world’s largest airlines. But how did it acquire its colour and what name did it nearly get instead? Key.Aero speaks to Tony Anderson, the firm’s first marketing director, to find out
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