Vought Corsair biplane completed
Fifteen years after construction began, the Grand Prairie, Texas-based Vought Heritage Foundation recently completed a reproduction Vought O3U‑3 Corsair floatplane, a type that originally went into US Navy service in the patrol and observation role during 1932.
Yorkshire Air Museum ‘Hurricane’ honours French night-fighter hero
Elvington’s Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) has repainted its full-scale Hawker Hurricane replica into a night-fighter scheme to honour Lt Col Yves Mahé, a French pilot that served with 253 Squadron.
UK museum Mosquito nears restoration completion
Nearly 50 years after one man’s vision set in train a series of international acquisitions, the static restoration of Mosquito FBVI TA122 is approaching completion at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum
Yak-3 flies to new home
Yakovlev Yak-3UA G-OLEG arrived at Wellesbourne Mountford near Stratford-upon-Avon on 19 July, following its acquisition from Leicestershire-based Cirrus Aircraft UK by Andrew Holman West’s Russian Radials.
74 ‘Tiger’ Squadron Lightnings in the Far East – the inside story
No 74 ‘Tiger’ Squadron had many firsts to its name during the Lightning era. When it flew its Lightning F6s to a new home at RAF Tengah in Singapore, it made the type’s longest deployment to date — and some memorable years in the Far East were to follow
UK2000 Aberdeen & Carlisle
SCENERY REVIEW FOR MSFS 2020. Two airports in the north from the renowned scenery makers.
RAF F-35s on QRA in Iceland
The Royal Air Force’s F-35B Lightning is currently holding NATO Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in Iceland.
Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 insights
Efforts to prepare the US Air Force for future high-end conflict continued with the latest iteration of Exercise Bamboo Eagle held between August 2-10, 2024.
Israeli F-15IA sale approved
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of F-15IA and F-15I+ aircraft and related equipment.