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Historic

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A Fine Day at the ‘Office’

GROUNDSHOW 20 YEARS OF COCKPIT-FEST Now in its 20th year,...

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HIGH FLIGHT

AVIATION ART | ACES HIGH THE RENOWNED ACES HIGH AVIATION GALLERY...

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A Rare Beauty

FROM THE WORKSHOP WESTLAND LYSANDER Aircraft Restoration Company’s...

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Bolingbroke approaches completion in Canada

Greenwood Military Aviation Museum’s Bristol Bolingbroke Mk.IVT...

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Phantom restored in Czech Republic

The Letecké Muzeum (Aviation Museum) of the Czech Republic’s...

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Military

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RAF Shadow R1 Fleet to be upgraded and increased

The RAF’s fleet of six modified Beechcraft King Air 350CER Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) platforms known as the Shadow R1 is to be increased and upgraded after a £110m contract is awarded to Raytheon UK on November 3

First operational test mission for the F-15EX

Full, large scale operational tests with the US Air Force’s first two Boeing F-15EX Eagle IIs recently got underway at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The 57th Wing at Nellis announced on October 22 that the new type’s first-ever operational test missions were being undertaken at Nellis from October 18-25, paired with F-15Cs and F-15Es

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Ageing RCAF CF-188A/B Hornets engaged in busy EAP deployment

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF’s) fleet of ageing CF-188A/B Hornets have been kept busy during ongoing Enhanced Air Policing operations based out of Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base in Constanta, Romania, alongside colleagues from the Forțele Aeriene Române/Romanian Air Force (RoAF)

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Commercial

Airbus corporate helicopter sales and deliveries

Alfie Best’s ACH130, appropriately registered G-IPSE, is painted...

Heads up

UNMANNED TRAFFIC management (UTM) is an increasingly prominent...

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ePassport Gates Extended

THE UK government has expanded the use of ePassport gates to...

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Forest-themed West Pier Opened at Helsinki

AIRPORT OPERATOR Finavia has opened the first phase of its forestthemed...

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New Short Hop for Super Jumbo

THE OMANI capital Muscat has joined the super jumbo club. The...

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Flight Simulation

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X-Plane 11

Is this the future of flight simulation? Laminar Research...

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Prepar3D v4

Winds of change EXCULUSIVE INTERVIEW LOCKHEED MARTIN PREPAR3D...

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F-4B/N Phantom II

Is this the most complex simulation of the F-4 Phantom so far?...

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Upcoming Events

Helitech Expo

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London, United Kingdom

Helicopter trade show.

ILA Berlin

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Schönefeld, Germany

The event website states: "ILA Berlin features the entire value chain and every tier of the aerospace industry, from Aviation, Space and Defence & Support, to Advanced Air Mobility and the Supplier sector."

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Duxford Summer Air Show D-Day 80

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We will pay tribute to this momentous anniversary by welcoming nine historic Dakotas – the aircraft synonymous with the D-Day landings – to the skies of Duxford for a series of dramatic flypasts over the weekend and a mass historic parachute jump over the historic airfield on Saturday 1 June."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow

Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "our Race Day Air Show celebrates the passion Richard Shuttleworth had for racing, both on the ground and in the air...
[and] brings together icons of the aviation and the motor vehicle industry for a dramatic day of full action both on our grass runway and the Bedfordshire skies."