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Historic
The Aeroplane News from October 1940
Ben Dunnell looks back 80 years to see how The Aeroplane covered the momentous events of 1940...
PERSONAL ALBUM: THIRTIES’ CROYDON
Many years ago, reader John Evans was loaned a large collection of black and white negatives...
de Havilland 100: Making of the Moth
First flown five years into the life of Geoffrey de Havilland’s eponymous
company...
AIRLINE HISTORY: Airlink
There’s never been a quicker means of travelling between Heathrow and Gatwick...
Military
RAF's last BAe 146 CC2 completes final flight
The RAF's sole remaining BAe 146 CC2 (serial ZE700) carried out its final flight on March 17, performing flypasts over multiple airfields before arriving in MOD St Athan, where it will be preserved at the nearby South Wales Aviation Museum
Leonardo M-346 crashes
At approximately 1200hrs on March 16, a Leonardo M-346 training aircraft crashed over Colico in Northern Italy
USMC and US Navy perform simultaneous manned and unmanned operations
The USMC’s Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and the US Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed up to conduct development in integrating manned and unmanned rotary-wing aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, on March 10
Commercial
Tu-154 Tupolev’s Trijet Airliner
The Tupolev Tu-154 trijet was a workhorse of Aeroflot in the 1970s and 1980s...
Yak-40: The USSR’s regional jet
The Yak-40 brought jet travel to the remoter parts of the Soviet Union...
Ilyushin Il-86: First Soviet widebody
Alexander Mladenov and Krassimir Grozev examine the Il-86’s development and servcice career...
Room with a view: Paris
Michael Kelly reveals the photographic opportunities
from a hotel at one of the world’s busiest airports...
Flight Simulation
London Gatwick for FSX and Prepar3D
Scenery developer, JennaSoft has announced London Gatwick (EGKK) for FSX and Prepar3D is now available.
Edinburgh for P3D and X-Plane Released
Orbx has announced EGPH Edinburgh for Prepar3D version 4 and X-Plane 11 is out now.
TerraFlora for X-Plane 11 Released
Orbx has announced TerraFlora XP for X-Plane 11 is now available.
