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News Update: Schools Aerospace Challenge winners

Congratulations to ‘Team Wright Flyer’ from 1408 (Dorking) Squadron, Air Training Corps who won this year’s Schools Aerospace Challenge awards.  The announcement was made recently at a high-profile ceremony in central London. The challenge is a competition for 16 to

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RAAF to celebrate with WOW

The Royal Australian Air Force has confirmed it will be bringing Hawk Jets and one of the new C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft to next Easter’s 30th Anniversary Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow in New Zealand. Chief of the RAAF,

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SAS creates five new routes from Aarhus

Denmark’s Aarhus Airport and SAS airline have announced plans for a new strategic cooperation between them. This took place at a press conference held at Aarhus Airport on October 5. At the briefing Executive Vice President of SAS, Lars Sandahl

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Cargologicair launches first scheduled service with twice-weekly 747f UK-Mexico operations

CargoLogicAir (CLA), the British all-cargo airline, is to launch its first scheduled maindeck cargo service connecting the UK and Mexico on August 19.  Twice-weekly Boeing 747-400 flights will depart from CLA’s base at Stansted Airport every Wednesday and Saturday. Flights

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Red Arrows Line-Up at Eastbourne Airshow

A Catalina flying-boat and a Hispano Buchon fighter are the latest aircraft set to join the 25th anniversary line-up at Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow from 17 – 20 August.  Other aerial favourites due to feature at the show include the

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USAF ANNIVERSARY SHOW A SPECTACLE

    A series of spectacular flypasts and  displays ensured the USAF’s 70th anniversary was celebrated in style at a sold out Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford last weekend. The airshow, which took place over three days (July 14-16), attracted

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French Air force to fly at the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow

The French Air force is the first international air force to confirm it intends to be at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow next Easter.  The French crew will be bringing a CASA military transport aircraft to Wanaka for the

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Leonardo signs over €100M worth of contracts to maintain German and Spanish Typhoon fleet avionics

Leonardo has signed contracts worth more than 100 million Euros with Airbus to provide avionics maintenance for both German and Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon fleets. The company has said that these contracts will cover all repairs estimated to arise in the

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More USAF aircraft added to RIAT line-up

Visitors to this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford in the Cotswolds will be able to view one of the biggest gatherings of US military aircraft at a UK airshow in recent years.  In addition to the USAF display

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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

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