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Mirage F1 being prepared for display in Spain

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Dassault Mirage F1 C.14-66/462-15...

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Mirage refurbishment gathers pace in Belgium

THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE Dassault Mirage 5 BD09...

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Shropshire Spectacular

AIRSHOW Taking place on June 9, there were splendid exhibits...

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Salute to the ‘Yellow Peril’

OPERATORS Linda Brimson shares the story of the Canadian Harvard...

Mosquito taxi runs begin

On 6 May, Tony Agar’s de Havilland Mosquito NFII HJ711 made...

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Military

USAF receives airborne laser weapon for AC-130J testing

Lockheed Martin announced on October 6 that it has completed the factory testing process for the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) weapon that is bound for the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) fleet of AC-130J Ghostrider fixed-wing gunships

RAF Poseidon performs first overseas visit to Iceland

As part of increased cooperation between the UK and Iceland, a detachment of RAF personnel visited Iceland with an Airbus A400M Atlas C1 heavy-lift tactical transport and a Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft

53WRS Hurricane Hunters conclude Hurricane Sam operations

The US Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (WRS), named Hurricane Hunters from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, completed its final flight into Hurricane Sam on October 2

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Commercial

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Domestic Trouble for Air France

AIR FRANCE has outlined plans to help fend off competition from...

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Qatar Airways to the Rescue?

Africa/Middle East QATAR AIRWAYS has formally asked the...

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A330neo Honour for Azul

AZUL LINHAS Aéreas Brasileiras has become the inaugural operator...

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Second A380 for ANA

ALL NIPPON Airways (ANA) has taken delivery of its second Airbus...

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Dubai Double-Deckers Arrive at Glasgow

Glasgow A380 EMIRATES HAS added a fifth UK Airbus A380...

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Flight Simulation

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Flight Sim Q&A

You’ve got the questions?We’ve got the answers! ...

DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. IX

Eagle Dynamics has announced that DCS: Spitfire LF Mk IX is available...

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Flight Sim Labs A320-X

The A320 is an incredibly complex aircraft and to try to replicate that inside FSX is insanely difficult. Working backwards to produce a flyable aircraft is rather like herding cats – potentially fantastic, but probably a bit fruitless. Flight Sim Labs however like fruitless. The question is, how good is its A320?

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Upcoming Events

Helitech Expo

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London, United Kingdom

Helicopter trade show.

ILA Berlin

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Schönefeld, Germany

The event website states: "ILA Berlin features the entire value chain and every tier of the aerospace industry, from Aviation, Space and Defence & Support, to Advanced Air Mobility and the Supplier sector."

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Duxford Summer Air Show D-Day 80

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We will pay tribute to this momentous anniversary by welcoming nine historic Dakotas – the aircraft synonymous with the D-Day landings – to the skies of Duxford for a series of dramatic flypasts over the weekend and a mass historic parachute jump over the historic airfield on Saturday 1 June."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow

Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "our Race Day Air Show celebrates the passion Richard Shuttleworth had for racing, both on the ground and in the air...
[and] brings together icons of the aviation and the motor vehicle industry for a dramatic day of full action both on our grass runway and the Bedfordshire skies."