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Historic
Q&A December 2019
Are you seeking the answer to a thorny aviation question, or trying to trace an old aviation friend?
Modern Times
For US carrier Modern Air, the unique West Berlin market offered a lucrative opening — and some special challenges
‘Brisfit’ tribute to Park
The first of four Bristol F2B Fighter replicas acquired from the USA by New Zealand-based Graham Orphan emerges from the JEM Aviation hangar
Ilyushin Il-18
Known to NATO as the ‘Coot’, the Il-18 gave Aeroflot its first practical four-turboprop airliner when it entered service on 20 April 1959 — and became known for its signature smoke trails
AEROPLANE DATABASE: Martinsyde Elephant
Emerging in 1915, Martinsyde’s new biplane was a useful multi-purpose machine
Military
The Air Warrior Podcast Episode 27
Coming up in Episode 27 of The Air Warrior Podcast, Modern Military Group Editor-at-Large Alan Warnes is in Spain to discuss the country’s Typhoon upgrade and acquisition plans, while other news sees updates on key Airbus programmes such as the Eurodrone and A400M transporter.
RAF C-17 takes part in exercise Clockwork for the first time
RAF Air Mobility Force (AMF) assets from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, have started deploying personnel from all three UK MOD services to Northern Norway for an annual cold weather training exercise
UK assumes risk of F-35B loss every 30,000 hours
The crash of a UK F-35B Lightning II fighter during take-off from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) in the Mediterranean Sea recently came only one-third of the way into the planned for risk of loss of an airframe, based on fleet flight hours conducted
Commercial
Flight Simulation
