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Phoenix shows its fire power

Italy’s Leonardo is developing the world’s only new-generation combat helicopter.

Commercial Aviation Quiz

How well do you know your airline codes? Test yourself with our quiz.

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On board a Dambusters Vulcan bombing training sortie

Shortly before the Vulcan was due to be retired from RAF service, aviation journalist Malcolm English was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a practise bombing mission

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EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear Exercise Steadfast Noon participants revealed

Exercise Steadfast Noon, NATO’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise, is being held over October 14 to 24, 2024 and is being run alongside Exercise Strike Warrior.

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INTO THE WIDOW’S WEB

70 years since Northrop’s P-61 Black Widow last flew. But with every passing day, the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Pennsylvania is getting closer to returning

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Trident a revolutionary Failure?

As revolutionary as the Trident was, the UK’s first ‘Tri-liner’ didn’t live up to its potential. Stephen Skinner details its development as FlyPast asks – was it destined to fail?

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FlyPast October 2024

October 2024 issue of FlyPast in page-turning format sees Richard Paver going air-to-air with Spitfire LF.XVI TE184 and recalling the exploits of the wartime pilots it salutes

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Messerschmitt Bf 110 restoration progressing in Norway

Forty years after it was salvaged from a crash site near Båtsfjord in Finnmark county, northern Norway, the long-term restoration of Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-2 Werknummer 5096 is progressing at the Flyhistorisk Museum at Stavanger-Sola.

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B-17 Flying Fortress Yankee Lady changes hands

On 5 June at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, the Michigan Flight Museum — known as the Yankee Air Museum before a rebrand in early May — announced the sale of its flagship flight experience aeroplane, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-85829/N3193G, following 38 years of ownership.