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Historic

Tu-2s in the UK

Tupolev Tu-2S serial 0462 in the PLAAF Museum at Datangshan....

EUROPE’S OLDEST CESSNA RETURNS

Cessna 145 Airmaster D-EUCP/NC19495 landing at Wershofen on 1...

BOAC Comet: First Transatlantic commercial jet flight

“We have got the taps right open”. So read one of the radio messages passed from British Overseas Airways Corporation DH Comet 4 G-APDB to a sister aircraft as they made the first commercial jet flight across the Atlantic, between New York and London, 60 years ago — and injected new hope into the troubled Comet story

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Paris Villaroche Air Legend

The two Avengers, with Didier Chable’s Fleet Air Arm-liveried...

ANOTHER ARDMORE ‘MOSSIE’ ROLLED OUT

The Lewis Air Legends Mosquito FBVI, PZ474, after roll-out at...

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Military

Brazil green lights tanker transport acquisition

Brazil’s Ministry of Defence has approved the purchase of two multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft, which will supplement the Brazilian Air Force’s existing air-to-air refuelling fleet

CSG21: RAF F-35Bs take part in Atlantic Trident

RAF-operated Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs currently embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) have participated in their first international air exercise as the aircraft carrier continues on its seven-month maiden deployment to the Indo-Pacific region

US Navy to receive two more E-2Ds with upgraded software

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to procure two additional E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Delta System/Software Configuration Build IV (DSSC-4) developmental test aircraft

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Commercial

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Fishburn Sea Vampire on Display

De Havilland Sea Vampire T.22, XG743, has been put on display...

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Fokker 50 – Building on Success

Part of a bold plan to reinvigorate the Dutch m anufacturer’s...

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Bombardier Launches New CRJ

Bombardier hopes its CRJ550 will generate orders from airlines...

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A Family United

Examples of all three 787 versions now wear the United Airlines...

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Lakenheath Retro D-Day Trio

MILITARY NEWS F-15E Strike Eagle, 97-0219, is the first...

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Upcoming Events

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

Danish Air Show

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Aalborg, Denmark

The air show website says: "The audience will experience a packed programme, where Danish transport aircraft, helicopters and fighters will perform a tactical demonstration and both Danish and foreign military aircraft will be on show on the ground and in the air."

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."

Shuttleworth Flying Proms

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We are thrilled to announce that the spectacular Flying Proms will return for another exciting evening of entertainment, both in the air and on ground. Enjoy a full symphony orchestra, accompanied by a gracefully choreographed air display and the unique climax of a firework display and airborne pyrotechnics to music."

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow