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Historic
PILOT-MAKER GERMAN-STYLE
Among some 50 surviving Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz trainers, just five original Bremen-built airframes remain...
VERTICAL LEAP - VAAC Harrier
It might seem a huge step from 1969-vintage Harrier to 21st-century Lightning II, but one very historic aircraft links them.
WORKSHOP: BRISTOL FASHION
Aerospace Bristol’s Bolingbroke project has so far proceeded somewhat out of the limelight...
BEETLE MANIA
For any manufacturer an annular-wing vertical take-off and landing jet was a step into the unknown...
Military
617 Squadron fly with Indian AF Jaguars and SU-30s
October 27, exercise Konhan Shakti 21 saw one of the RAF’s F-35B units, 617 Squadron, operating from HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) flying with Indian Air Force Su-30s and Jaguars, plus Indian Navy MiG-29K
M28 Special Operations Multi-Role Aircraft unveiled
PZL Mielec and Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) unveiled the first prototype of its newest M28 Special Operations Multi-Role Aircraft (SOMA), also known as the MC-145B Coyote on October 26
Seymour Johnson F-15s head to Romania and Bulgaria
USAF Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, arrived at Borcea Air Base, Romania, and Graf Ignatievo AB in Bulgaria on October 18, all in support of operation Castle Forge
Commercial
Finnair to dismantle A319 at Helsinki Airport
The narrowbody flew for the airline from October 1999 until it was withdrawn from use in September last year
Loganair boss on being the UK's largest regional airline
Last March, Loganair assumed the position of Britain’s largest regional carrier. In the third part of our exclusive interview with Jonathan Hinkles, the firm’s chief executive, Key.Aero finds out how the Scottish carrier plans to break the mould created by those who have previously held the title
Flight Simulation
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