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THE PERFECT SPITFIRE

WHAT MAKES SPITFIRE MH434 SO SPECIAL? KEN ELLIS FINDS OUT ...

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THREE DOWN

THREE HURRICANES OF 615 SQUADRON WERE BROUGHT DOWN IN A MATTER...

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Scaled-down Sunderlands

Chris Clifford discusses the limited kit options for those portraying...

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Passengers enjoy high-speed VC10 run at Bruntingthorpe

The VC10 Preservation Group, which maintains Vickers VC10 K.4 ZD241 in ground running condition at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, was able to take 36 passengers for a high-speed taxi run on May 27, during the venue’s Cold War Jets Open Day.

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Boxted makes it three

The rear fuselage of B-26C ‘Mr Shorty’ is destined to become...

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Military

Contract awarded for Galaxy avionics upgrade

Key avionics upgrades to the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy strategic transport fleet are to be carried under a US$92.8m contract, which was recently awarded to the Tyonek Native Corporation

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Eielson's F-35As: A Sub-Zero Lightning Storm

With two squadrons now following an aggressive schedule to be combat ready by the end of this year, Eielson AFB in Alaska is proving that the F-35A Lightning II is perfectly suited to operations in Arctic conditions, as Key.Aero reports

Thailand retires L-39ZA/ART Albatros fleet

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has finally retired its long-serving Aero Vodochody L-39ZA/ART Albatros training/close air support (CAS) aircraft

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Commercial

Fighting in the electromagnetic spectrum

UNITED STATES An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine...

AW169 in Italy

PARAPUBLIC LEONARDO AW169 Dino Marcellino reports from Airgreen...

Leonardo sells 15 EMS AW139s in China

LEONARDO HELICOPTERS announced on November 5, 2018, that it has...

Binter books E195-E2s

Embraer THE SPANISH regional airline Binter Canarias has become...

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Copenhagen Airport Reveals Charges

COPENHAGEN AIRPORT (CPH) has reached an understanding on the...

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Helitech Expo

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London, United Kingdom

Helicopter trade show.

ILA Berlin

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Schönefeld, Germany

The event website states: "ILA Berlin features the entire value chain and every tier of the aerospace industry, from Aviation, Space and Defence & Support, to Advanced Air Mobility and the Supplier sector."

19 Wing Comox Air Show

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Comox, Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force airshow

Duxford Summer Air Show D-Day 80

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We will pay tribute to this momentous anniversary by welcoming nine historic Dakotas – the aircraft synonymous with the D-Day landings – to the skies of Duxford for a series of dramatic flypasts over the weekend and a mass historic parachute jump over the historic airfield on Saturday 1 June."

McConnell AFB - Frontiers in Flight Open House and Airshow

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Wichita, United States

US Air Force airshow

Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "our Race Day Air Show celebrates the passion Richard Shuttleworth had for racing, both on the ground and in the air...
[and] brings together icons of the aviation and the motor vehicle industry for a dramatic day of full action both on our grass runway and the Bedfordshire skies."