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Historic

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Restoration scene: Hawker duo

When FlyPast last visited the Cambridge Bomber and Fighter Society’s...

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Uncommon bravery

The most famous Victoria Cross awarded to a member of the RAF...

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Glory Days: Inter-war pioneers

Rob Glover presents photos of aircraft taken in 1938 at London’s Croydon Airport...

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Above it all - Boeing’s 307 Stratoliner

Boeing’s 307 Stratoliner was the first commercial airliner capable of cruising above stormy, stomach-churning weather. Kathleen Hanser relates the story of this groundbreaking aircraft

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Above and Beyond: Peter Isaacson

Graham Pitchfork outlines the career of Australia’s Peter Isaacson...

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Military

Leonardo to deliver E-Scan radars for German and Spanish Eurofighters

Leonardo announced on January 14 that it has signed a contract worth €260m to develop and deliver the Hensoldt-led European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk 1 radar for German and Spanish EF-2000s

RNLAF marks new milestones with latest F-35A delivery

The RNLAF has received two more F-35A Lightning IIs in a delivery that marked the arrival of the final example for No 322 Squadron and the first aircraft destined to be operated from Volkel Air Base in North Brabant

Six MD530Gs finally handed over to Malaysia

MDHI announced on January 13 that the Malaysian MOD has completed the initial acceptance of six MD530G light attack/scout helicopters through their agent, Halaman Optima/Destini Prima

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Commercial

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US Starts to Remove Turkey from F-35 Programme

In response to Ankara’s decision to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air...

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Qantas Boeing 747 Special Farewell Flights

After almost 50 years of being an integral part of the Qantas...

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More C-130Js for Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Air Force has recently signed a contract with...

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First Flight for RAF Poseidon

The RAF’s first Poseidon MRA1, ZP101, lifts off from Renton...

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Greenwood Bolingbroke Comes Together

Greenwood’s Bolingbroke, 9997, will soon wear 404 Sqn colours....

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Flight Simulation

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Prepar3D v4.4 Interview

An interview with Adam R Breed, Lockheed Martin’s Engineering Project Manager

Spitfire – A Flight Simmer’s Guide: Part 2

In this the second part of our look at Spitfire simulations currently available on the market, we compare their respective graphical treatments, flying characteristics and how well each of them has replicated its real-world counterpart.

New Flight One Software Purchase Agent Platform

The Flight One Software wrapper is well known by many and has served the industry well.

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