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Attrition Report

Leonardo M-346 crashes

16th March 2022

At approximately 1200hrs on March 16, a Leonardo M-346 training aircraft crashed over Colico in Northern Italy

Helicopter

USMC and US Navy perform simultaneous manned and unmanned operations

16th March 2022

The USMC’s Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and the US Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed up to conduct development in integrating manned and unmanned rotary-wing aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, on March 10

2022 Historic News

IWM Duxford announces new opening hours

16th March 2022

The popular historic aviation museum has announced its new opening times

Air-to-Air Combat

Ukraine claims air successes as war enters fourth week

16th March 2022

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth week following Russia’s invasion on February 24, Ukrainian forces are still claiming to have caused significant casualties in the past 96 hours

Belfast City

'New' Flybe confirms second base airport and on-sale dates

16th March 2022

Key Aero has received two significant nuggets of information from the 'new' Flybe today. The first concerns the location of its second base airport. The other is confirmation on when exactly tickets will go on sale!

Diamond DA50

Diamond DA50 RG Ready for Take-Off

16th March 2022

X-Plane developer, Aerobask has released the Diamond DA50 RG for X-Plane 11.

HALE UAV

Japan’s first Global Hawk arrives at Misawa Air Base

15th March 2022

Northrop Grumman announced on March 14 that it had successfully ferried the first of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s three RQ-4B Global Hawk HALE UAVs to Misawa Air Base in Japan

Orbx

Prague for Prepar3D Released

15th March 2022

Orbx has announced LKPR Václav Havel Airport Prague for Prepar3D v4/v5 is out now.

Boeing EA-18G Growler

Germany to buy F-35A stealth fighters in astonishing switch

14th March 2022

Germany’s astonishing about-face in defence matters has continued, just weeks after pumping €100bn into the country’s defence budget, with the announced intention to acquire the US-manufactured F-35A fifth generation stealth fighter

Avro Vulcan

Operation Black Buck Twilight Taxi-Run

14th March 2022

Saturday 21 May will see the Vulcan Restoration Trust commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict and the Operation Black Buck missions with a special twilight taxi-run event featuring Avro Vulcan B2 at London Southend Airport

ATR

Loganair to link Isle of Man with TWO London Airports

14th March 2022

The Isle of Man – located in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland – is set to be linked by Loganair to London’s City and Heathrow Airports from this April and May, respectively.

Flying Scholarship

Vintage Flying Scholarship application date released

14th March 2022

The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers’ and Coach Harness Makers’ Flying Scholarship, established in memory of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, is open for applications from May 1st 2022