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Historic

Farm find Hornet to fly

News NEWS EDITOR: TONY HARMSWORTH E-MAIL TO: tony.harmsworth@keypublishing.com...

£4.3 MILLION FOR STOW MARIES

One of the original WW1 accommodation blocks at Stow Maries,...

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Q&A

Are you seeking the answer to a thorny aviation question, or...

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AEROPLANE meets RICHARD LAKE

The CEO of Eastern Airways is no ordinary airline boss, as his...

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6 APPEAL

For the leading test pilot who gave some of ‘Black 6’s’...

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Military

How the Red Arrows helped fight COVID-19

The RAF’s military display teams may have seen the airshow season largely cancelled, but their work in helping the response to the pandemic, as well as with morale-boosting flypasts, shows their worth. Chris Croot spoke to them.

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Top 10 fighter jets from movies

From Top Gun and Iron Man to True Lies and Independence Day, the world’s most advanced fighters have had starring roles in many a film…

Israeli Air Force jets land in Germany

Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter jets have landed in Germany for the first time, kickstarting two weeks worth of exercises between the two nations.

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VFW 614 AHEAD OF ITS TIME

Barry Lloyd examines the VFW 614 – an innovative German-designed,...

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First ANA A380 Breaks Cover

CIVIL NEWS The first All Nippon Airways A380 being rolled...

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Stolen Propliner Crashes

CIVIL NEWS A propliner registered to Horizon Air Industries...

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First A350 Delivery to China

CIVIL NEWS Sichuan Airlines’ first A350-900, delivered on...

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F-22A Raptors Deployed to Europe

MILITARY NEWS An F-22A Raptor from the 95th Fighter Squadron...

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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