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Historic
WIN A Spitfire Flight worth £2975!
Flypast, Aeroplane Monthly and Britain at War magazines have teamed up with Spitfires.com to give one lucky reader the chance to win a flight in a Spitfire.
REVEALED: Electronic Intelligence gathering Chipmunks over Berlin
Cold War Berlin, and the RAF Gatow Station Flight’s Chipmunks are a familiar sight over the city, carrying out photographic ‘spy’ sorties that brought back imagery of the highest value. But sometimes they undertook another, even more clandestine task, one that’s not been publicly documented until now: the gathering of electronic intelligenc
Historic Aviation Quiz
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SR-71 Blackbirds in Britain
Bob Archer celebrates the 50th anniversary of the mysterious black SR-71 arriving in the UK
Canadian Lancaster on loan to new museum
The National Air Museum of Canada (NAMC) has loaned Avro Lancaster B.X KB882 to the evolving Base31 museum at Picton, Ontario.
Military
End in sight for French nuclear Boeings
With all the C-135FRs now replaced with Airbus A330 MRTTs, the final three French Boeing KC-135RGs of the 4/31 Sologne Refueling Squadron are all that is left of the mighty Boeing fleet. Frédéric Lert details how their retirement is now planned for 2025
The Qatari Amiri Flight
Babak Taghvaee recounts the history and recent activities of the VIP fleet of the Qatar Amiri Flight
USAF F-35s land on a highway in Finland
US Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs performed their first austere landings in Europe on September 4, 2024.
Commercial
The Qatari Amiri Flight
Babak Taghvaee recounts the history and recent activities of the VIP fleet of the Qatar Amiri Flight
JetBlue looks to Long Island
As part of the airline’s network overhaul, JetBlue has announced that it will launch flights from Long Island/MacArthur airport in October.
Japan's NAMC YS-11 - A robust and long-lasting design
The NAMC YS-11 was Japan’s first step into post-war airliner production. David Ransted reveals that despite its disappointing sales, the turboprop was a robust and long-lasting design
Alaska Airlines expands premium offering
Alaska Airlines is increasing the number of first and premium-class seats on its Boeing 737 fleet.
Flight Simulation
UK2000 Aberdeen & Carlisle
SCENERY REVIEW FOR MSFS 2020. Two airports in the north from the renowned scenery makers.
Parallel 42 Sim FX
Normally, my PC Pilot assignments fall into one of two categories, reviewing aircraft addons or reviewing scenery addons. Today however, we look at something slightly different a visual effects package for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
