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Historic

Bolingbroke restoration to begin in new Bristol workshop

Aerospace Bristol has announced plans to open a Conservation-in-Action workshop...

Shuttleworth Collection uncovered

Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire, opened the doors of its engineering workshop...

Unique Hawk and Tornado arrive in Yorkshire

Jet Art Aviation (JAA) ended last year on a high with the arrival of two rare airframes...

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Hawker Hurricane: The Great Monoplane Gamble

The project that became the Hurricane represented quite a risk for Hawker...

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Ferrarin's Flying Feats

Arturo Ferrarin was born in Thiene, Vicenza on 13 February 1895,...

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Military

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Behind-the-scenes with Dutch F-16s at Exercise Gioia Falcon 21

For two weeks in November, Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AMs deployed to Gioia del Colle Air Base in southern Italy to train with the Italian Air Force. We went behind-the-scenes to catch some of the action

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E-4B Nightwatch: Inside America's 'Doomsday' Plane

Chris Croot takes a look into the somewhat secretive world of the USAF's ‘doomsday plane’, the Boeing E-4B Nightwatch

First operational carrier deployment for USMC F-35Cs

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-314 (VMFA-314) made history as the first USMC unit to deploy the F-35C Lightning II aboard a US Navy aircraft carrier, as it departed with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on January 3

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Special Tail Marks 40 Years of Dutch F-16s

The Royal Netherlands Air Force unveiled F-16AM, J-642, with...

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Skyvans Arrive in Guyana

Skyvan 3M-100 8R-GBW at Air Station London, Timehri, following...

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SUPER HORNET TACTICAL DEMONSTRATION TEAM

The US Navy has decided that the SUPER HORNET TACTICAL DEMONSTRATION...

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Planes, Names and Noses: KC-135s of the 100th ARW

The link between the wartime 100th Bomb Group and its current successor, the 100th Air Refueling Wing has been reinforced by the adoption of wartime nose art. Bob Archer describes how the current KC-135 tankers pay tribute to the B-17s of the ‘Bloody Hundredth.’

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US Starts to Remove Turkey from F-35 Programme

In response to Ankara’s decision to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air...

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Flight Simulation

Thrustmaster TPR System

Based on Thrustmaster’s new proprietary suspended...

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Carenado’s Beech F33A Bonanza Reality Expansion

A whole new level of simulation!

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ProjectFLY

Fly any aircraft and any route VIRTUAL AIRLINES There are...

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Upcoming Events

MCAS Cherry Point Air Show

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, United States

US Marine Corps airshow

Duxford Flying Day: 19 Squadron

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "Uncover the story of the legendary 19 Squadron, the fighter pilots who made Spitfire history at Dunkirk and throughout the Battle of Britain at Flying Days: 19 Squadron. Enjoy a special themed display, providing an afternoon of over an hour of scheduled flying, on top of your great day out at IWM Duxford."

Light Aircraft Association Rally

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Leicester, United Kingdom

Light aircraft event

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Royal International Air Tattoo

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Fairford, United Kingdom

The themes this year for RIAT are '50 Years F-16', 'NATO 75th Anniversary', '100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force' and 'Pushing the boundaries in Air and Space'. Regarding the final one in the list the RIAT website states: "Our main theme will highlight the important work of Flight Test & Evaluation in modern aviation, looking back at 100 years of British military test flying. We hope to display specialised, modified and instrumented test flight aircraft from organisations from around the world dedicated to Flight Test, Evaluation and Scientific Research."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow