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Historic
Above and Beyond: Tom Bennett
Navigator Tom Bennett played a key role in 617 Squadron’s bombing success...
The cost of a Spitfire (it’ll make your eyes water)
Back in the 1940s, it’s said that a Spitfire would be £5,000 to make. That’s a drop in the ocean compared to what one would set you back now…
What makes the Spitfire so good?
Antony Parkinson MBE might have done over 1000 hours in both the Eurofighter Typhoon and F4 Phantom, but he rates the Spitfire as one of the greatest aeroplanes he’s ever flown. Here’s why
The Spitfire’s first ever flight
Five men all with good reason to smile – the prototype Spitfire had just flown. Ken Ellis sets the scene
Two blokes and a Merlin engine!
Look what Spitfire restorer Tony Hoskins just happened to have in the back of his van! He and Cambridge University engineering professor, Hugh Hunt, discuss one of the great inventions of the 20th Century.
Military
Canadian company to provide ISR drones to Ukraine
Canada-based uncrewed aerial system platform and service provider Volatus Aerospace has announced it has begun the delivery of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system to Ukraine
USAF releases report into $10m B-2 landing incident
An abbreviated Accident Investigation Board report into the incident on September 14, 2021, involving a B-2A Spirit at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) in Missouri has been released by Air Force Global Strike Command.
The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 88
Welcome to the 88th Monday Military Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your modern military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills here
Commercial
Rising to the Challenge
James Wyatt, general manager of Germany-based air cargo consultancy, aeroconcept, analyses...
Ultimate Airports: Funchal
The Portuguese autonomous region of Madeira is 400 miles west of the African coast of Morocco...
Ultimate Airports: Rio de Janeiro/Santos Dumont
Rio de Janeiro is a city that needs little introduction...
Ultimate Airports: Tegucigalpa/Toncontín
Located in the heart of Central America, five miles (8km) from downtown Tegucigalpa...
Flight Simulation
SAAB 340 Flight Adventure
Just occasionally, an aircraft design that may have been deemed to have run its course is resurrected because of a confluence of factors. This perfectly sums up our classic aircraft for this issue – the Saab 340 twin turboprop regional airliner…
