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Historic

Mosquito taxi runs begin

On 6 May, Tony Agar’s de Havilland Mosquito NFII HJ711 made...

Flight Line - recollections and reflections

Recollections and reflections — a seasoned reporter’s view...

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LARS meets NESS

Just over three years after he began formal fl ying training,...

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TURBINE POWER ON TRACK

Dibley practising in the Howmet for the 1968 BOAC 500 at Brands...

DH9 flies at Duxford

NEWS EDITOR: TONY HARMSWORTH E-MAIL TO: tony.harmsworth@keypublishing.com...

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Swedish Learjets return to FMV with military serials

Both of the Learjet 35As owned by Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration have been returned to operations by the FMV after spending many years employed by Saab Special Flight Operations in the threat support role

109th Airlift Wing completes annual National Science Foundation support

The 109th Airlift Wing (AW) of the New York Air National Guard and its Lockheed LC-130 ‘Skibird’ aircraft returned to Stratton Air National Guard Base on September 22 after its annual season of providing support to the National Science Foundation (NSF) ice cap site at Raven Camp in Greenland

F-35 lands on Japanese vessel for first time

A US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter has conducted a landing and take-off verification activity with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer IS Izumo recently in the waters south of Shikoku Island

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Commercial

Norwegian NH90s

MILITARY NH90 NATO FRIGATE HELICOPTER Ian Harding reports...

Designing Gripen E

Aircraft 39-8 loaded with two Meteor test vehicles during a captive...

Twilight for Australia’s Hornets

MILITARY AUSTRALIA’S F/A-18 HORNET Nigel Pittaway reviews...

A giant flies

Mark Broadbent reports on the unique Stratolaunch, the world’s...

Evaluating F3R

The Armée de l’Air and Marine Nationale are co-operating closely...

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Upcoming Events

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."

McConnell AFB - Frontiers in Flight Open House and Airshow

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Wichita, United States

US Air Force airshow

Danish Air Show

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Aalborg, Denmark

The air show website says: "The audience will experience a packed programme, where Danish transport aircraft, helicopters and fighters will perform a tactical demonstration and both Danish and foreign military aircraft will be on show on the ground and in the air."

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."

Shuttleworth Flying Proms

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We are thrilled to announce that the spectacular Flying Proms will return for another exciting evening of entertainment, both in the air and on ground. Enjoy a full symphony orchestra, accompanied by a gracefully choreographed air display and the unique climax of a firework display and airborne pyrotechnics to music."

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow