News

Aeroplane March 2025

DH71 Tiger Moth monoplane replica airborne

19th February 2025

For the first time in 95 years, a de Havilland DH71 Tiger Moth monoplane took to the skies over the UK on 26 November.

AirForces Monthly February 2025

RAF Poseidons used to train Canadian crews

19th February 2025

Instructors from RAF Lossiemouth’s 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron have begun training Royal Canadian Air Force crews to operate the MRA1 (P-8A) Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

Aeroplane March 2025

Hucknall Flight Test Museum to reopen

19th February 2025

The Hucknall Flight Test Museum, located at the former Rolls-Royce aero engine site in Nottinghamshire, will be officially opening to the public on 5 April.

Boeing

British Airways to acquire Boeing’s Gatwick MRO hangar

18th February 2025

British Airways is to acquire the Boeing hangar facility and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) business at London Gatwick Airport

GA-ASI MQ-9B Protector RG1

Second UK flight for RAF’s Protector

18th February 2025

The RAF’s General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system (RPAS) has recently completed its second flight in UK airspace.

British Airways

Multi-billion-pound Heathrow modernisation announced

18th February 2025

London/Heathrow Airport has launched what it calls “the largest investment programme in the airport’s history”.

Boeing 737 MAX

United Airlines now has world’s largest mainline fleet

18th February 2025

United Airlines says it now has the largest mainline fleet in the world.

Airbus

Lufthansa increases Airbus A350 order

17th February 2025

Lufthansa Group has ordered more Airbus A350-1000s, which will be delivered between 2028 and 2030.

Blackburn

Buccaneer group gears up for anniversary

14th February 2025

The Buccaneer Aviation Group (TBAG) is set to host a special event in 2025 focusing on Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B XX894.

Aeroplane March 2025

North Weald Douglas C-54 Skymaster scrapped

14th February 2025

More than 22 years after its September 2002 arrival at North Weald from the USA for a proposed Steven Spielberg-directed HBO film about the Berlin Airlift, Douglas C-54D Skymaster 42-72525/N44914 was scrapped at the Essex airfield during January.

Aeroplane February 2025

Scottish 1½ Strutter replica flies

13th February 2025

The Aircraft Preservation Society of Scotland has announced the successful, official maiden flight of its Sopwith 1½ Strutter replica.

Australia

Australian Army Air Corps CH-47F Chinooks named

12th February 2025

A First Nations smoking ceremony was held at RAAF Base Townsville, North Queensland, to name four of the Australian Army Air Corps’ (AAAC) Boeing CH-47F Chinooks.

Aeroplane February 2025

Display Tucano arrives at Yorkshire Air Museum

11th February 2025

Shorts Tucano T1 ZF448 has arrived at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington on a low-loader from RAF Shawbury, Shropshire.

Combat Aircraft Journal March 2025

US Air Force retires last T-1A Jayhawk

11th February 2025

The last USAF T-1A Jayhawk training jet has been given a send off in a series of ceremonies to mark the end of the aircraft’s 31 years of service training pilots of the future.