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Month: March 2017
Wizz Air Expands its Fleet
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has agreed to lease two new Airbus A321s and two A320s from Vermillion Aviation Holdings Ireland. The jets, which are powered by International Aero Engine V2500 engines, are due to be delivered between July and March…
HIA Joins the Elite
Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) has become just the sixth facility in the world to receive Skytrax’s ‘5-Star Airport’ ranking. The rating is awarded by the London-based aviation institute to airports providing first class facilities for its passengers combined with…
Challenging Airports – Paro
Is is possible to land a Boeing 747-400 at Paro (VQPR) in Nepal. We departed to the south from Runway 15, performed a VOR letdown and did a circle to land at Runway 33. The PMDG 747 V3 – Queen…
BOC Aviation Adds More MAX 8s
BOC Aviation has placed an order for 13 additional Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The latest purchase agreement takes the lessor’s commitment to 209 aircraft from the Boeing Next-Generation 737 Family including 74 MAX 8s. “Airlines are attracted by the…
Helicopter gunships in AFM
Helicopter gunships were all the rage in the latter part of the Cold War. On each side of the Iron Curtain, huge numbers of NATO and Warsaw Pact gunships prepared for a conflict that never came. Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany,…
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Rotate MD-80 1.3 Pro Released
The updated MD-80 is a accurate replica of the MD-88 variation featuring more advanced systems simulation . The new version is compatible with X-Plane 11 beta and has lots of new features, including HOLD and PROGRESS MCDU pages and mousewheel…
AFM at LIMA: Singaporean ‘bombtruck’
AFM correspondent Alan Warnes caught this F-15SG in the static display at LIMA 17 at Langkawi International Airport in Malaysia. Assigned to the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s 149 Squadron ‘Shikras’ at Paya Lebar Air Base, 8319 was loaded with several types of…
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AFM at LIMA: Leonardo P-72A debut
Leonardo is exhibiting a P-72A (company designation ATR-72MPA) maritime patrol aircraft at LIMA 17, where the type is making its public debut, Alan Warnes reports. The aircraft is one of three that have now been delivered to the Italian Air…
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New XpressSim Products For Spain Released
Scenery Solutions and Flight1 have released 3 new, major cityscapes for Spain. This includes the beautiful port cities of Barcelona ($5.95), Valencia ($4.95) and Malaga ($4.95). In the last few weeks, they have also released the coastal Texas resort area…
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