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Historic
Historic Aviation Quiz
Test your historic aviation knowledge in this instalment of the weekly quiz... it's fiendishly tricky!
Filton museum to celebrate Britannia’s 70th
A cavalcade of vintage Bristol buses and Bristol cars will travel from the Aerospace Bristol museum to Cotswold Airport at Kemble, Gloucestershire, on Tuesday 16 August, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first flight of the Bristol Britannia.
What it's like to fly in Flying Bulls’ B-25J Mitchell
Luke Bimm looks back at the legendary ‘Doolittle Raids’ and experiences what it was like to fly one of the machines responsible for the United States’ first bombing raid of World War Two
Pembroke Dock museum wins heritage award
The Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust has become the first Welsh recipient of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Heritage Award.
Caproni WW1 bombers: your ultimate guide
Luigino Caliaro examines the Italian pioneer’s 1914-18 biplane and triplane giants – and untangles their destinations
Military
Brazil marks 50 years of C-95 Bandeirante ops
The Brazilian Air Force’s airlift community marked a major milestone on February 9, when the air arm’s fleet of Embraer C-95 Bandeirante light transport/liaison aircraft celebrated 50 years of operational service
Saab eyes GlobalEye AEW&C as NATO E-3A successor
In response to a Request for Information from NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency regarding the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control project, Saab has offered a solution based on its GlobalEye multi-domain AEW&C aircraft
What are the NATO ISR aircraft really doing on Ukraine's border?
NATO nations regularly fly a plethora of signals intelligence aircraft close to Ukraine’s western and southern borders. What are these aircraft doing? Thomas Withington explains all…
Commercial
BREAKING: Headaches for British Airways as Russia bans UK aircraft from its airspace
There are new headaches for British Airways this morning as Moscow has banned UK aircraft from its airspace. Key Aero examines the importance of Russian skies to UK operators and investigates the alternatives
Ukraine crisis: airliner storage
With the threat of invasion looming, Ukraine's airlines began flying their aircraft into storage and out of harm's way... but where are they?
Ukraine Crisis: Antonov An-225 reported safe
Antonov Design Bureau's chief pilot has confirmed via Facebook that the world's largest cargo aircraft has not been destroyed
Ukraine Crisis: Airports Overview
With the ongoing events, Key.Aero provides an overview of some of the most important commercial airports – along with any joint military assets stationed there – from across the country, which has a population of roughly 44 million residents.
Ukraine Crisis: Airlines respond to flight ban
Uncertainty surrounds hundreds of passenger flights after Ukraine and Moldova closed their airspace to civilian aircraft following the Russian military invasion in the early hours of today (February 24).
Flight Simulation
Stick & Rudder Studios Releases X-KeyPad 1.5
X-KeyPad enables you to create virtual keyboards with configurable keys and labels that can interact with and display data from X-Plane 11 and 12.
sim-wings Anchorage Now Available
Scenery developer, sim-wings has announced Anchorage for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.