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Shuttleworth hosts revolutionary drive-in airshow
Historic aviation events are back, social distance style! But don’t worry if you missed it – we went along and videoed it

Amazing warbird display marks VJ Day
Watch our 8-minute video with incredible footage of historic aircraft honouring the landmark 75th anniversary of the war’s end

The pub where Spitfire pilots drank
Key.Aero meets two Spitfire experts at The Eagle in Cambridge, a place with a poignant tribute to the pilots who gave their lives.

The Spitfire’s elliptical wing explained
Spitfire aficionados Tony Hoskins and Hugh Hunt discuss the design of the most famous aircraft wing ever made.

The world’s greatest Spitfire collection?
The Heritage Hangar at Biggin Hill is home to an incredible group of Spitfires. With tours currently closed due to Covid, Key.Aero gives you a video tour of one of historic aviation’s most impressive places.

Watch behind the scenes at the Midlands Air Festival
We talk to Trevor Graham, the organiser of Midlands Air Festival, as he reveals the key to putting on a great show around the Covid roadmap

WATCH: Inside 1951’s biggest air show!
Aeroplane Editor Ben Dunnell talks you through the amazing show programme from the 70-year-old Hendon event...

What makes the Vulcan so special?
By Tara Leggett
Ben Dunnell, Editor of Aeroplane, and Jamie Ewan, Editor of Aviation News, discuss the Vulcan’s impact on aviation engineering…

The Vulcan and the V-Force
By Tara Leggett
Vulcan to the Sky Trust’s Chief Engineer, Taff Stone, talks about XH558 and its role in Britain’s Cold War-era nuclear deterrent

Inside the Vulcan’s bomb bay
By Tara Leggett
Watch as Taff Stone, Chief Engineer at the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, discusses the deadly weaponry that XH558 could be equipped with...

Happy 40th Birthday, FlyPast!
A few people from the historic aviation industry sent some birthday wishes to congratulate FlyPast on four decades of publishing!

The couple who spent eight years restoring a Nimrod simulator, part 2!
By Tara Leggett
With one of only two Nimrod simulators ever built in their possession, the hunt was now on for Sarah Thorpe and Geremy Britton to find parts. It took years…

VIDEO: F-4 Phantom pilot insights
Before moving to the SR-71 Blackbird, Colonel Richard Graham (ret’d) flew another famous aircraft type – the F-4.

Insights from a 1959 Gloster Javelin flight
We found a view-from-the-cockpit report from a 1959 issue of The Aeroplane and Astronautics on the RAF’s latest fighter at the time

WATCH: How was Arthur C. Clarke involved in the biggest air show of 1951?
By Tara Leggett
Held 70 years ago this summer, the huge Hendon Airfield event was fascinating – as Aeroplane Editor Ben Dunnell explains in this video