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Historic
Amazing warbird display marks VJ Day
Watch our 8-minute video with incredible footage of historic aircraft honouring the landmark 75th anniversary of the war’s end
80 years of the North American P-64
Celebrating the P-51 Mustang’s lesser-spotted cousin, which had a production run of just 13
FlyPast Classics: Griffon-engined Seafires
Marrying the Rolls-Royce Griffon powerplant with the already successful Merlin-engined Supermarine Seafire...
Californian Dream
American aviation legend Steve Hinton has recently brought his F8F Bearcat back to life...
Military
Inside the US Special Forces mission that eliminated Haji Abdullah
We describe the US Army Special Forces’ mission to track down and eliminate the so-called Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
What we know so far about Sikorsky's Raider X helicopter
Following our coverage last month of Bell’s 360 Invictus offering for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft programme, Khalem Chapman details the platform’s competitive rival, which comes in the form of Sikorsky’s Raider X light attack/scout helicopter
Inside Travis AFB: Gateway to the Pacific
In light of Air Mobility Command’s outstanding work during the evacuation of Kabul, Scott Cuong Tran and Nick Tran visited its busiest hub, Travis AFB in California, to find out how the US provides effective global transport
Commercial
Do airlines dream of electric fleets?
With the world becoming increasingly conscious of its ecological...
Boosting engine performance
Keeping aircraft engines fit for action is key to the global airline industry...
Fuelling change in aviation
As scrutiny over the global aviation industry’s impact on the environment intensifies...
Blended-Wing Breakthrough for Airbus MAVERIC Team
Airbus has unveiled its “blended wing body” prototype, the basis of which could offer significant fuel savings versus existing technology and overhaul the onboard passenger experience.
Flight Simulation
Imaginesim Cancels KLAX Development
Scenery developer imaginesim has announced they have ceased development of the KLAX Los Angeles project.
New UK Destination for X-Plane
Orbx has announced EG20 Clench Common is available as freeware for X-Plane 11.
Airbus A300-200 in Development
Just Flight has released additional details on the A300B4-200 for Prepar3D version 4 currently in development.