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Historic
FlyPast Podcast Episode 5
The team talk Vulcans, aviation characters... and the one airshow they'd love to have back this summer.
Historic Aviation homeschooling help!
Are you trying to teach your children maths in the kitchen while juggling work? Well for the second week, we've put together a few little historic aviation tasks featuring maths and literacy, to keep Key Stage 2 kids occupied while you try to get some stuff done...
F-4 Phantom to A-10 'Warthog'
Col Steven K Ladd (ret’d) flew F-4 Phantoms in combat over Vietnam and sat on nuclear alert in Europe. When his then unit transitioned to the A-10 Warthog, he reluctantly switched to the subsonic ‘tank buster’, but became one of its most enthusiastic proponents
Mossies Over the Jungle
From 1943, the de Havilland Mosquitos of 684 Squadron ranged far and wide over Southeast Asia, supplying the RAF with most of its strategic reconnaissance, as Tom Spencer describes
Military
Going MAD: Inside the airborne nuclear forces of NATO and Russia
With the threat of nuclear weapons possibly being used in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Air Forces Monthly looks at the Russian and NATO aerial components that would be involved in such a scenario
Schiebel says reports on S-100 use by Russian military are incorrect
Rotary uncrewed aircraft systems manufacturer Schiebel has moved to refute suggestions one of its S-100 platforms, operated by Russian forces, was shot down by the Ukrainian military in mid-April
Canada's CC-295 programme suffers as IOC delayed by up to four years
The initial operational capability date for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s growing fleet of new Airbus CC-295 Kingfisher fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft has been delayed from this summer to the 2025-2026 timeframe
Commercial
Why Boris Johnson’s Jet Cost £900,000 to Paint
Yesterday, the aircraft that is used to transport the UK prime minister and other government officials was rolled out of the paint shop and revealed to the world for the first time. But how are aircraft painted and why did it cost £900,000?
What Passenger to Cargo Converted Aircraft Look Like Now
As the Coronavirus swept across the world and airlines grounded jets, the belly-freight capacity passenger these aircraft provide vanished. To solve this, operators and manufacturers stepped in to come up ways of removing the seats and attaching freight to the floor. We've put together three examples of what it looks like both before and after the transition has been made.
The Coronavirus Cargo Conundrum
As COVID-19 swept across the world and passenger aircraft were grounded, the vital air freight capacity they provide was decimated. Airlines started scrambling for ways to continue to carry cargo without flying empty jets. Thomas Haynes speaks to Airbus about how they helped to solve this problem.
Airports of the World Issue 90 - July-August 2020
Welcome to Airports of the World Issue 90 - July-August 2020
London City’s Most Popular Route Set to Return
The busiest route at London City Airport is set to make comeback as KLM revealed they are to resume flying from the gateway to Amsterdam/Schiphol from July 13.
Flight Simulation
Aerosoft/Digital Aviation’s CRJ professional
A true study simulation of the CRJ 550, 700, 900 and 1000
Back to Basics - Series 2, Lesson 10
We fly across northern California and learn some new navigation tips
