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.
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
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.
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.
New arrivals at museums in Poland
The Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego in Kraków has received former police Mil Mi-8 SN-40XP/A-016 which now sits alongside a PZL Kania, another ex-police helicopter.
New two-seat Spitfire takes to the air
Aero Legends’ Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXT MJ444/G-LEGD Lady Luck made a debut post-restoration flight in the hands of John Romain on June 6.
Ukraine gains ex-Croatian Antonov An-32 Clines
In late 2023, unofficial sources reported that two retired An-32B Cline transport aircraft from the Croatian Air Force (CroAF) had been formally transferred to Ukraine, based on a decision made by Zagreb to donate the airlifters to the war-torn country, writes Vladimir Trendafilovski
TaktLwG 73 EF-2000 marks new milestones
The Luftwaffe’s Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 (TaktLwG 73; Tactical Air Force Wing 73) ‘Steinhoff’ has rolled out special tail art on one of its EF-2000s to mark three milestones achieved by the unit and Germany’s wider Eurofighter force.