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Science Museum offers classic airliners for loan

NEWS THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Lockheed Constellation...

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Snake Charmers

FROM THE WORKSHOP The Military Aviation Museum’s distinctive...

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OVERLORD Air Power

D-DAY 75TH ANNIVERSARY MARKING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE...

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The Redux Rocket

Spotlight Andrew Thomas tells the story of the fastest piston-engined...

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Great War biplane flies again at Duxford

De Havilland DH.9 E8894 (G-CDLI) made its first post-restoration...

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Military

Boeing awarded contract for five German Poseidons

Boeing has been awarded a contract for the production and delivery of five Lot 12 P-8A Poseidons for the government of Germany

The Air Warrior Podcast Episode 20

In Episode 20 of The Air Warrior Podcast we sit down with a Royal Netherlands Air Force C-130H loadmaster to discuss his experiences from 10 gruelling days spent operating in support of the recent Kabul airlift.

US Navy receives first Block III Super Hornet

The US Navy has received its first of 78 contracted Block III Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, after the initial example departed Lambert International Airport in St Louis, Missouri, and arrived at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on September 27

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Commercial

French Army helicopters exercise in Morocco

Seen here taking-off from Albacete Air Base, Spain, after a fuel-stop...

DASSAULT RAFALE

Rafale Reinvented: Standard F3R Standard F3R Combined Test Force...

Building Gripen E

An aft fuselage subassembly in a jig on the production line at...

COMMERCIAL HELICOPTERS

China certifies Mi-171 with VK-2500-03 engines Russian Helicopters...

UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES

Canada selects V-200 The UMS Skeldar V-200 will provide intelligence,...

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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