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’Nose job’ for Whirlwind as Dragonfly restoration starts

Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XP345 with the Vokes-Air filter door...

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Polish and US wartime pilots honoured

The refurbished headstone of Wg Cdr Walerian Z˙ak and his wife...

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FROM A PURR TO A GROWL

SPITFIRE BATTLE OF THE ENGINES Former OC Battle of Britain...

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F-STOP FIGHTERS

AERIAL RECCE KOREAN WAR WARREN THOMPSON DETAILS THE TACTICAL...

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Starfighter receiving attention in Greece

PHOTO-TONY SACKETOS The Hellenic Air Force Museum at Tatoi-Dekelia...

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Military

The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 70

Welcome to the 70th Monday Military Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your modern military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills here

Exclusive video of B-1B airborne refuelling mission

Go behind the scenes with Key.Aero to RAF Mildenhall and onboard a 100ARW KC-135 performing an air-to-air refuelling mission in support of the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron carrying out a Bomber Task Force Europe mission from RAF Fairford.

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Exclusive: RAF bases record hundreds of bird strikes or near-misses

More than 250 bird strikes or near-misses have been recorded at Royal Air Force (RAF) bases in the Southern and Eastern Regions since 2017, including a high of 73 incidents reported by RAF aircrews in 2020, with a further 46 up to October 28 this year

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Commercial

Loganair’s ERJs

Loganair is now operating Embraer ERJ145 and ERJ135ER aircraft...

Pumas, Guepards and Rafales

FRANCE After four decades of service, the SA330 Puma...

Water vs fire

PARAPUBLIC VIGILI DEL FUOCO Dino Marcellino reports on aerial...

Learjet 75 and Global 7500 success

David Coleal, President, Bombardier Aviation and HK Bellawings’...

Numbers game

THE MAJOR aerospace industry events – Paris, which happened...

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Flight Simulation

Flight Sim World Update

Dovetail Games has been busy over the past few months releasing...

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VFlyteAir Piper PA30 Twin Comanche

VFlyteAir Piper PA30 A classic aircraft for X-Plane 11 ...

Navigraph charts now available

Following a year of development and two months of beta testing,...

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Abingdon, United Kingdom

Air and country show

Wings Over Whiteman 2024 Air and Space Show

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Whiteman AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Duxford Flying Evening

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "Evening flying featuring warbirds, pyrotechnics and more. Enjoy after-hours entry to IWM Duxford for this very special vintage aircraft flying display. Witness the aircraft that still call Duxford home take to the skies as the sun goes down and dusk turns to dark across this historic Second World War airfield."

Meeting Aérien ‘Le Temps des Hélices’

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La Ferté-Alais, France

The event website states: "Every morning, the public can get closer to the planes via the static exhibition and interact with the pilots and mechanics...The afternoon is specially dedicated to flight presentations with a show lasting more than 5 hours including around a hundred aircraft flying in the skies of Essonne. The show unfolds through thematic scenes the history of aeronautics, from the time of the pioneers to the latest generation of civil and military aircraft."

MCAS Cherry Point Air Show

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, United States

US Marine Corps airshow

FAI World Microlight Championships

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Corby, United Kingdom

World Microlight Championships