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Doncaster Sheffield Airport

BREAKING: Doncaster Sheffield Airport to close permanently

26th September 2022

The long-term future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) looks bleak after its owner confirmed the site is to close. The Peel Group said “no tangible proposals” had been received from potential suitors for the South Yorkshire Airport leaving it with no viable alternative.

Atlanta

Transatlantic boost for Edinburgh

26th September 2022

The Scottish capital is set for more USA links as Delta Air Lines revealed wider plans of its transatlantic programme for next summer. Read more on Key.Aero to find out…

British Aerospace Jetstream 31

Museum seeks support to boost Jetstream project

26th September 2022

Thanks to previous donations earlier this year, Sywell Aviation Museum is making great progress in the restoration of 1969-built Handley Page Jetstream G-RAVL

Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus trials outsized military cargo loading system on Beluga

26th September 2022

Airbus Defence and Space announced on September 21 that it has developed a loading system to lift outsized military cargo into the Beluga A300-600ST freight aircraft, revealing that the capability was successfully tested in a verification exercise with the German Armed Forces – the system’s first customer – in Manching, Germany

Aeroflot

Aeroflot poised for major overhaul

23rd September 2022

The Russian flag carrier is responding to international sanctions with a significant aircraft order and plans to rehash its network.

809 Naval Air Squadron

UK delays full operating capability for F-35B fleet by two years

23rd September 2022

The UK’s Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II force has suffered a schedule setback after it was revealed that full operating capability for the fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighter fleet – which was initially planned to be declared in 2023 – has now slipped by two years to 2025

Airbus Helicopters

French Navy receives first SAR-configured H160 helicopter

23rd September 2022

France’s defence procurement agency, the Direction Generale de l’Armament (DGA; General Directorate of Armament), has delivered the first Airbus Helicopters H160B to the French Navy

Asobo Studio

Microsoft Flight Simulator Sim Update X released

23rd September 2022

Asobo Studio has announced Sim Update X for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available, adding a host of fixes and new features across the platform.

Phantom completed for memorial display

22nd September 2022

Atlanta-based company Ponsford has completed refurbishment work on McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom 67-0438, which was recently installed at the East Mississippi Veterans Memorial Park...

French Norécrin makes first flight in decades

22nd September 2022

Nord 1203 Norécrin F-PHPK made a successful return to the air earlier this year from Colmar-Houssen in Alsace, France...

Greece

Greece takes delivery of first two F-16Vs

22nd September 2022

During a ceremony at Tanagra Air Base on September 12, the Hellenic Air Force took delivery of its first two fully upgraded F-16V Block 72 Vipers

Bulgaria

Bulgaria approves additional F-16 Block 70/72 purchase

22nd September 2022

The Bulgarian government has approved funding for the purchase of eight additional Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 70/72 Fighting Falcons – a sale which was initially cleared by the US State Department in April 2022

NVIDIA

NVIDIA announces the RTX 4000 series of graphics cards

22nd September 2022

NVIDIA has unveiled the next-generation family of graphics cards, the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090.

Aircraft Restoration

Portuguese Air Force F-86 Sabre

22nd September 2022

On September 18, 2022 at Monte Real AB annual open gates day, a newly restored F-86F Sabre was presented in silver with red nose, wing and tail tips, as per the colour scheme of the short-lived Esquadra 52 “Galos” (Roosters)…