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Historic
Events calendar for RAF Museum Midlands
RAF Museum Midlands, based at Cosford in Shropshire, has announced its main events programme for the year ahead
Aeroplane meets… Doug Rozendaal
It’s not just flying different aircraft that means a lot to this top US warbird pilot, but the people involved, too
WIN! A flight in a Hurricane
To celebrate FlyPast's 500th issue, our friends at hurricaneheritage.com are offering FlyPast readers the chance to win a flight in a Hawker Hurricane!
Restored Buchón rolled out in Germany
MeierMotors has completed restoration work on Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchón Wk Nr.187 'Yellow 12' at its busy facility in Bremgarten
Military
Iran acquires ex-French Air Force A340s, but how did it do it?
Iran’s largest airline, Mahan Air, has recently purchased a pair of Airbus A340-212 long-range, wide-body airliners that were previously operated by the French Air and Space Force (FASF), growing the number of passenger aircraft in its fleet to almost 70
New Zealand receives third P-8A Poseidon
The Royal New Zealand Air Force welcomed the third of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to RNZAF Base Ohakea, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, on May 19
How Russia is upgrading its Bear-H and Backfire-C bombers
In the second of his two-part article on Russia’s big bomber fleet, Alexander Mladenov examines the upgrade programmes for the Bear-H and Backfire-C, and looks at the impact of systematic strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Commercial
Harbour Air completes first all-electric point-to-point flight
Harbour Air has successfully completed its first all-electric point-to-point test flight - Key Aero has the essential details on this pioneering sortie
Wizz Air U-turn on Russian flights
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has withdrawn plans to relaunch daily connections to Moscow, following criticism from international observers.
Airbus A321XLR: what's different about this new airliner
As Airbus begins test-flying a new A321 that pushes the range for a single aisle airliner to unparalleled numbers, it is set to become a new force in air travel. But what’s different about this one? Mark Broadbent reports
Is the Airlander 10 airship the future of air travel?
Mark Broadbent investigates whether Hybrid Air Vehicles’ Airlander 10 airship will herald a new era of air travel
Flybe plans winter expansion
The Birmingham-based regional carrier is set to grow its network to twelve destinations – read on to find out where…
Flight Simulation
Bergen for Microsoft Flight Simulator out now
Scenery developer RDPresets has announced ENBR - Bergen Flesland for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available.
Back to Basics – Series 4 Lesson 5
Having got to grips with the NDB and how pilots use it to navigate and approach airfields, our instrument flying series now turns its attention to a more common and accurate radio navigation aid - the VOR.
Orbx’s PAC P-750 XSTOL
In this review, we take Orbx’s rendition of the PAC P-750 single-engine XSTOL turboprop for a spin.