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Historic
The Last Viking NASA’s S-3B
Tom Kaminski examines the NASA career of the final Lockheed S-3B Viking in service...
Air New Zealand: From southern skies to the world
Celebrating 80 years of operation this year, Air New Zealand traces its lineage...
Battle of Britain Fighter Squadrons: Five of the few
The RAF’s Fighter Command fielded 66 squadrons during the Battle of Britain, but their fortunes were very different. Tom Spencer explores the part that five of them played in the historic campaign.
East German MiG-21s: Cold War Fishbeds - Part 2
The East German Air Force’s MiG-21s were key to the defence of the GDR...
Military
Final WTD61 Transall flight
German Luftwaffe (Air Force) Transall C160D 50+86, the last of the type operated by Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 (WTD61, Bundeswehr Technical Center for Aircraft and Aeronautical Equipment) at Manching, has made its final flight
Canada future fighter contest now a two-horse race
The department of Public Services and Procurement (PSPC) of the Canadian Government announced on December 1, that its future fighter capability project (FFCP) is down to only two remaining bidding companies
Last TLP flying course of 2021
The last flying course of the Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP) 2021 commenced on November 15 and is due to conclude on December 3
Commercial
The only remaining division of the original Pan Am still operating today
Since its bankruptcy in 1991, the iconic American carrier has been missed by many. But there is one last remaining division that survived and is still operating to this day, as Key.Aero details
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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