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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.

Commercial Aviation Quiz - How well do you know your ICAO airline codes?

How well do you know your ICAO airline codes?

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Angry Kitten pod: the future of electronic warfare?

The US Air Force’s Angry Kitten electronic warfare training pod is being developed as an operational system to enhance the self-protection of the air force’s uninhabited aerial vehicles.

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The curious tale of how two airshow Strikemasters ended up in an African civil war

In February 2003, two aircraft best-known for flying at British airshows left the UK for ‘film work’ in South Africa — but neither ever arrived there. How did two BAC Strikemasters repeatedly slip through the fingers of customs officials, and end up taking part in one of Africa’s bloodiest civil wars?

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Norwegian Vampire in new Royal Auxiliary Air Force markings

A de Havilland Vampire wearing 502 (Ulster) Squadron markings arrived on September 6, 2024 at Aldergrove Flying Station, Northern Ireland.

Historic Aviation Quiz: How well do you know your manufacturers?

How good is your knowledge of the historic aviation? Test your knowledge here...

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Spitfire MK912 makes it 16 for Biggin Hill

Almost exactly nine years after it was damaged in a forced landing, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MK912 (G-BRRA) returned to the skies on July 31 from London’s Biggin Hill Airport, with Dan Griffith at the controls.

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Aeroplane meets Jim Tobul

The American warbird pilot who honours both the Korean War and his late father with a fine F4U Corsair

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Wildcat accident report

The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has released the report on the accident of a Grumman Wildcat at Heveningham Hall, Suffolk, that left the pilot seriously injured.

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Mighty Mirage 2000 hits 40

In July 1984, the Mirage 2000 entered service at Dijon, with Escadron de Chasse 1/2 ‘Cigognes’ becoming the first front-line operator of the delta interceptor. Forty years later, as Henri-Pierre Grolleau reports, EC 1/2 still flies the ‘Deux Mille’, albeit in the Mirage 2000-5F variant and from Luxeuil. With the recent announcement of the transfer of Mirage 20005Fs to Ukraine, its immediate future is unclear.