Today saw the end of an era as the Royal Air Force’s No XV (Reserve) Squadron conducted its final flights at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland. With this, the base bid farewell to Tornado operations. Withdrawal of the RAF Tornado Force might…
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Month: March 2017
Swiss Opts for More CS300s
Swiss International Airlines has revealed it is converting its five remaining options for the Bombardier C Series to the larger CS300. The company, which was the launch customer for the CS100, will eventually operate a fleet of ten CS100s and…
Posted in News Tagged with: Airbus A340, Bombardier, C Series, CS100, CS300, Star Alliance, SWISS, Swiss International Airlines, Thomas Klühr, Zurich
Introducing LEVEL
International Airlines Group (IAG) has named its new low-cost long-haul carrier LEVEL. The airline will launch in June with flights from Barcelona to Los Angeles, Oakland, Buenos Aires and Punta Cana. It will fly two new Airbus A330s configured with…
Posted in News Tagged with: A330, Airbus, Barcelona, IAG, International Airlines Group, LEVEL, Vueling, Willie Walsh
Rio Overhauled
Version 2 of Rio de Janeiro/Galeo International Airport (SBGL) is now available on x-plane.org. The package is a highly detailed representation of Rio de Janeiro, home to the famouse ‘Christ the Redeemer’ statue that overlooks the city. Features include updated…
Italian G550 CAEW enters service
A first Italian Air Force G550 CAEW (Conformal Airborne Early Warning) aircraft has been taken on by 71° Gruppo of 14° Stormo based at Pratica di Mare, near Rome. The aircraft has received the military serial MM62293 and the unit…
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PAF celebrates 50th C-130 overhaul
AFM’s World Air Forces Correspondent Alan Warnes reports that the Pakistan Air Force’s 130th Air Engineering Depot (AED) recently completed the overhaul of its 50th Hercules, C-130B 3536 built in 1958. On March 15, the unit hosted a ceremony at…
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F-35B fires ASRAAM
MBDA has reported the first live firing of an Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) from an F-35B Lightning II. MBDA is currently under contract, awarded in 2016, to integrate the air-to-air missile for the UKs F-35B fleet. The trials…
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Volga-Dnepr An-124-100 Races Fire-Fighting Helicopters To Chile
Georgia-based Helicopter Express called upon Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ expertise in fast response transportation services for an urgent delivery of helicopters to fight the outbreak of wildfires that are plaguing the Chilean countryside. Helicopter Express, contractors to the US Forest Service (USFS)…
bmi regional Borrows Superjet
bmi regional is wet-leasing Sukhoi Superjet 100, EI-FWB (c/n 95108), from CityJet to provide extra capacity. The 98-seat aircraft has been operating from the carrier’s Bristol hub since March 12 flying on its connections to Paris/Charles de Gaulle and Aberdeen.…
New Seattle on the way
Drzewiecki Design have said its next project will be Seattle, WA. Features Large scenery area, from KPAE Paine Field to KSEA Tacoma (not included but fully compatible with T2G’s version) Detailed Seattle City model with plenty of landmarks, harbours, seaplane…
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