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Relatives of Great War aces visit Bristol replica

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Pete and Jan Absolom...

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Chilean Beech E18 to be moved to museum

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Chile’s only Beech...

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Goals in Sight

FROM THE WORKSHOP Thanks to diligent work, two long-term restoration...

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Honing the Edge

WARBIRDS Jamie Ewan heads behind the scenes at Duxford-based...

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Big Cat Progression

Development of the Cougar Grumman’s swept-wing F9F Cougar...

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Military

US Navy completes back-to-back BQM-177 test flights off Japan

NAVAIR has revealed that the US Navy recently completed three back-to-back test flights off the coast of Japan with its newest subsonic aerial target – the BQM-177A – in preparation for the type achieving full operational capability later this year

USAF releases 5,000lb Penetrator bomb for the first time

A USAF F-15E Strike Eagle of the 96th Test Wing flew over the Eglin Air Force Base test range in Florida and released a GBU-72 Advanced 5,000Ib Penetrator bomb from 35,000ft on October 7

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A look at the aerial firefighting effort that saved North Macedonia this summer

With its own firefighting aeroplanes left unserviceable this summer, North Macedonia faced catastrophic wildfires. We explain how aircraft from neighbouring countries helped to save the small Balkan nation from the flames

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Commercial

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Titan Debuts New Cabin

LONDON/STANSTED-based Titan Airways has rolled out a new interior...

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Three New Routes for S7

Russia’s largest domestic carrier, S7 Airlines has announced...

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Out with the Gold

UNITED AIRLINES has rolled out a revised livery on one of its...

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AirAsia’s First A330neo

AirAsia’s first Airbus A330-900neo has left the paint shop...

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Final Neo Variant Makes Maiden Flight

AIRBUS HAS flown the last of its A320neo family variants following...

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Flight Simulation

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FALCON BMS 4.33

The legacy continues…

Dovetail Games update

Dovetail games has released an updated statement on its highly...

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Just Flight TB-10 TOBAGO & TB-20 TRINIDAD

The Caribbean Family of Aircraft

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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."