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Historic

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Restoration Scene: Sola’s Lucky Catch

Chairman of Norway’s Flyhistorisk Museum Egil Endresen, along...

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Above and Beyond: Jimmy Flint

For heroic efforts to rescue crewmen after ditching his bomber...

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Glory Days: Golden Age Speedsters

Rob Glover opens the photo albums of his late father...

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FlyPast September 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

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Desert Mischief: Hurricanes of 40 Squadron SAAF

Andrew Thomas investigates the cheeky nose badges that appeared on the desert-based World War Two Hurricanes of a South African reconnaissance unit

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Military

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EXCLUSIVE: RAF's new AOC No 1 Group talks Combat Air and ISTAR forces

Air Vice Marshal Ian Duguid moved sideways from his role as the head of the RAF’s 11 Group, tasked with multi-domain integration, to the 1 Group, running the combat air force fleet and surveillance aircraft. We recently caught up him with him to find out more

UK and France move forward with FC/ASW programme

France and the UK have confirmed the launch of preparation work for MBDA’s Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) programme, after a government agreement and other associated contracts were signed on February 18

Chinese Navy ship lases RAAF Poseidon near Australia

While a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was conducting a routine surveillance flight over Australia’s northern approaches on February 17, it detected a laser illuminating the aircraft.

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Commercial

Can you crack our latest airport codes?

Test your knowledge of airport codes

Expansion takes off

Simon Murdoch reports from the fast-growing London Southend Airport

Aviation safety – theory and practice

Simon Bennett provides an overview of aviation safety...

Tomorrow’s airliners

What might airliners look like years from now?

First Air Canada A220 Rolls Out Paint Shop

The Canadian flag carrier is set to take delivery of its first airframe next month with 45 on order.

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Flight Simulation

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Baron’s Combat Corner: Part One

Falcon – A History of a classic combat flight simulation

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Australia V2 Orbx returns home

Orbx began its campaign to transform the scenic world of flight simulation in Australia.

New aircraft for Bodenplatte incoming

Following the release of the latest update of IL-2 Sturmovik...

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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."

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Light Aircraft Association Rally

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Leicester, United Kingdom

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Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, 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."