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Historic

Brooklands Hurricane Unveiled

Hurricane IIa Z2389 was unveiled at Brooklands Museum after its...

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’Experience’ The Dams Raid

Ian Bott ‘steps aboard’ Guy Gibson’s Lancaster for a visceral...

New Spirit of St Louis Reproduction Flies

Replica Ryan NYP ‘Spirit of St Louis’ N211XX. Kristopher...

RAF Museum concludes Lysander restoration

The Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum at RAF Cosford, Shropshire, has restored a Westland Lysander III (S.D.), the only surviving special duties variant.

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Military

Three more F-35Bs delivered to RAF Marham

A further three F-35B Lightning IIs have been delivered to RAF Marham, Norfolk, with the aircraft, ZM156 ‘022’ (c/n 2BK.0022), ZM157 ‘023’ (c/n 2BK.0023) and ZM158 ‘024’ (c/n 2BK0024), arriving at the base on October 28

Portuguese F-16s perform anti-surface warfare exercise

Força Aérea Portuguesa/Portuguese Air Force (FAP) F-16 MLU Fighting Falcons currently deployed at Siaulial Air Base, Lithuania, for air policing duties trained with NATO’s Maritime Group One during an anti-surface warfare exercise on October 29

Boeing’s Loyal Wingman makes progress in flight testing

Boeing Australia has announced the expansion to the flight-test programme of Boeing’s Airpower Teaming System, known as the Loyal Wingman, following the completion of two separate flight missions at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Woomera range in South Australia

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Commercial

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Air Base Movements

A selection of the most interesting aircraft to visit air bases...

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GLOBAL RETRO SCHEMES GUIDE PART 2

Aviation News presents the second part of our survey of the retro...

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HEADLINES

RAF Poseidon Breaks Cover The first Boeing Poseidon MRA1 for...

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Cubana PART 2 Revolutionary Times

The years after Castro’s takeover of Cuba were tumultuous for...

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PRESERVATION

Sabre Joins European Circuit Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk.6 (c/n...

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Flight Simulation

Flight Sim World Update

Dovetail Games has been busy over the past few months releasing...

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VFlyteAir Piper PA30 Twin Comanche

VFlyteAir Piper PA30 A classic aircraft for X-Plane 11 ...

Navigraph Adds Support for the QW 787

Following the release of the latest AIRAC 1711 cycle, Navigraph has announced it now supports the QualityWings Ultimate 787 Collection

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