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Historic
Newark Air Museum outlines restoration aims for 2024
The Nottinghamshire attraction will be focusing on two Avro airframes (among several others) and will also repaint their Hunter T7 into a Blue Diamonds scheme
Red Arrows fly with Gnat to mark 60th anniversary
A Folland Gnat has recently flown in formation with the RAF’s Red Arrows to help mark the team’s 60th display season
‘Baby’ Draken refurbished as full-size example loaned to new museum
Unique Saab 210 Draken set to emerge from restoration in Linköping
Historic Aviation Quiz: Multi-engines of the 1940s
Can you identify these lesser known multi-engine type's from the 1940s?
Military
F-35 achieves major production, nuclear milestones
The Pentagon’s Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, William A LaPlante, formally approved the US-led Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program – the development project behind the F-35 Lightning II – to finally move into full-rate production (FRP), following the attainment of the type’s Milestone C landmark, writes Tom Kaminski.
First German KC-130J heads to Évreux
The Luftwaffe’s (German Air Force’s) first KC-130J Hercules (55+05) departed Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Marietta, Georgia, on February 28 on its delivery flight to Évreux-Fauville Air Base (BA105), France, where it will join the Franco-German Bilateral Air Transport Squadron (BATS).
First Royal Canadian Air Force CE-145C Vigilance arrives
The Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF’s) No 8 Wing celebrated the arrival of the first of three new King Air 350ER manned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (MAISR) aircraft to Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton in Ontario on February 23, writes Tom Kaminski.
Commercial
Oneworld opens first branded European lounge
Oneworld alliance has unveiled its second dedicated lounge and the first in Europe at Amsterdam/Schiphol airport.
UK planespotting highlights for February 2024
We present a selection of images of visiting aircraft from airports around the UK. For the most part, they’re commercial jets, but almost all of them are unusual types, wearing new or unique liveries, or first visits by an airline or airliner to a particular airport.
Your essential Singapore Airshow 2024 debrief
Nigel Pittaway reports from Changi on the major moves and deals to come out of the biennial Singapore Airshow
ULTIMATE AMERICAN AIRLINES FLEET QUIZ!
Following the announcement earlier this week that American Airlines had placed an order for 260 new narrowbody and regional aircraft from Airbus, Boeing and Embraer, for this week’s quiz, we thought we’d test your knowledge of the US carrier’s fleet past and present. Good luck!
Aviation News April 2024
April 2024 issue of Aviation News in page-turning format puts the spotlight on the Polaris Program to provide a world exclusive on the fast jet fleet behind private spaceflight’s most ambitious mission
Flight Simulation
Tobii Eye Tracker 5
In this review, we look at the latest generation of head and eye-tracking technology.
DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. IX
Welcome to the start of a new mini-series in which we take a look at the DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. IX - using a compilation of previous articles. The aim is to help you get the most out of this superb DCS module in one convenient series.
London Control update
An updated version of the London Control air traffic control simulator, produced by Dale McLoughlin at DM Aviation, is now available.
