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Historic
WIN A Spitfire Flight worth £2975!
Flypast, Aeroplane Monthly and Britain at War magazines have teamed up with Spitfires.com to give one lucky reader the chance to win a flight in a Spitfire.
D-Day Postal Hurricanes
Although the Hurricane was relegated to minor roles on D-Day, the veteran type played a significant part by delivering mail in the days that followed, as Andrew Thomas recounts
Veteran reunited with Stow Maries Tiger Moth
RAF veteran Flt Lt John Cooper celebrated an impressive anniversary at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome in Essex on April 14.
Escapee’s Auster on display in Doncaster
The fuselage section of Auster J1.N G-AHHP has recently been positioned on display at Doncaster’s South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum (SYAM).
German-owned Spitfire returns to UK register
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIIIe SM845 has been returned to the UK Register as G-BUOS, having been acquired by Duxford’s Aircraft Restoration Company.
Military
Ukraine’s fighter force – lessons learned from combat
The Russia-Ukraine war has seen the Ukrainian air arm mainly countering cruise missile and drone attacks, while air combat against Russian fighters was carried out only in the opening days of invasion. Alexander Mladenov looks at the lessons learned from these operations
UAE gains fourth Saab GlobalEye
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken delivery of another Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, increasing the number of examples delivered to the UAE Air Force and Air Defence (UAEAF&AD) to four in the space of four years.
First Kazakh A400M gains service colours
Airbus Defence took to its social media channels on April 15 to showcase initial images and video footage of the first A400M Atlas tactical transport for the Kazakhstan Air Defence Force (KADF).
Commercial
WIN! A Boeing 747 flight sim experience WORTH £199 or 747 memorabilia
To celebrate the 300th issue of Airliner World, we’re offering five lucky readers the chance to win Boeing 747 flight sim experience or 747 memorabilia
Busiest airports revealed
Airports Council International (ACI) has detailed which were the busiest airports in the world last year.
Further expansion for flydubai
UAE low-cost carrier flydubai is expanding its presence in Saudi Arabia as part of an ambitious growth plan.
PC-12 bespoke scheme celebrates the outdoors
Duncan Aviation Pilatus PC-12NG N822DA (c/n 878), based in Lincoln, Nebraska has received a unique livery designed to celebrate fishing and the outdoors.
Flight Simulation
Halifax Stanfield Airport for MSFS upgraded
FSimStudios has released version 2 of CYHZ Halifax Stanfield International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Tomahawk for Microsoft Flight Simulator released
Just Flight has announced the PA-38 Tomahawk for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.
OV-10 Bronco takes flight in MSFS
Aircraft developer AzurPoly has announced the OV-10 Bronco for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available.
