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Historic

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AEROPLANE DATABASE

McDONNELL DOUGLAS F-4K/M PHANTOM The fi rst pre-production...

Another two-seat Spitfire for Biggin

News July 2019 on the left in its original, low-back...

WW1 ‘Balbo’ in New Zealand

Imagine the symphony of contrasting engine sounds, as a straight-six...

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”Sydney Camm would have loved it”

There could have been no better demonstration of the Harrier’s...

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Size matters

Why is the DH51 so important? While in Kenya as G-KAA and...

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Military

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Overheating APU caused nearly US$3m of damage to USAF F-22

A new US Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report has revealed that an overheating auxiliary power unit (APU) caused nearly US$3m of damage to an F-22A Raptor in a previously unreported incident at Nellis AFB, Nevada, on October 30, 2020

NATO JTACs train with allied fighters in the Baltic

Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) from NATO’s Enhanced Presence (eFP) battle group ran drills with Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP, Portuguese Air Force) Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcons and Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI, Italian Air Force) Eurofighter F-2000As from October 4-6

US Navy F/A-18E refuels RAF F-35Bs for the first time

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs assigned to the RAF’s No 617 Squadron ‘The Dambusters’ have conducted buddy-buddy air-to-air refuelling operations with a US Navy-operated Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet for the first time

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Commercial

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Retro Livery? Something Like DAT

NOT TO be outdone by British Airways and Garuda Indonesia, each...

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Turkmenistan Eyes European Return

CIS TURKMENISTAN AIRLINES was expected to restart European...

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Yorkshire Debut for Nouvelair

TUNISIAN LEISURE carrier Nouvelair Tunisie has launched a new...

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First Japan Airlines A350 Takes to the Skies

Asia/Pacific THE FIRST A350-900 XWB for Japan Airlines...

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737 MAX Software Update Completed

Boeing has completed the development of updated Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) software for the 737 MAX.

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Flight Simulation

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sim-wings MALAGA X

The long-awaited rendition of Malaga Airport

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Cockpit Building

In this issue, Jessica takes a look at the Pro Sim: A320 cockpit...

JARDesign A330

The Airbus A330 is something of a dark horse in commercial aviation – incredibly popular but somewhat overlooked in the world of the Boeing 777 and the 787.

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Upcoming Events

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."