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Halifax

Halifax for Prepar3D Released

7th December 2021

CYHZ Halifax Stanfield International Airport for Prepar3D v4+ now available on OrbxDirect.

Who's placed four 737 MAX orders in nine months?

7th December 2021

Which company has placed FOUR separate Boeing 737 MAX orders since March? Find out here

GMVNSL

First UK-Generated National SatNav Signal

7th December 2021

First UK-Generated National satnav signal to be delivered in test project by Inmarsat, Goonhilly and GMVNSL

ANSP

Thales completes acquisition of Moog navigation aids business

7th December 2021

Thales has acquired the Moog ground-based navigation aids business located in Salt Lake City, Utah

LatinVFR

Fightertown for Microsoft Flight Simulator Out Now

7th December 2021

The latest destination from LatinVFR is Miramar KNKX for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Aircraft

RAF C-17 takes part in exercise Clockwork for the first time

7th December 2021

RAF Air Mobility Force (AMF) assets from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, have started deploying personnel from all three UK MOD services to Northern Norway for an annual cold weather training exercise

HMS Queen Elizabeth

UK assumes risk of F-35B loss every 30,000 hours

7th December 2021

The crash of a UK F-35B Lightning II fighter during take-off from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) in the Mediterranean Sea recently came only one-third of the way into the planned for risk of loss of an airframe, based on fleet flight hours conducted

X-Plane

St. Louis Airport for X-Plane Released

7th December 2021

Scenery developer, StarSim has released KSTL - St. Louis Lambert International Airport for X-Plane 11.

Airport arts

Changi launches short films

7th December 2021

Changi Airport Group has launched ‘Where Dreams Take Flight: Singaporean Short Stories’, three short films created with local filmmakers

F&B

Vegan restaurant to land in Vienna

7th December 2021

Vienna Airport has signed an agreement to open a combined Veganista/The LaLa takeaway restaurant in its newly designed Terminal 2

Air cargo

AirBridgeCargo extends Frankfurt partnership

7th December 2021

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has renewed its cargo handling contract at Frankfurt Airport with Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), a subsidiary of Worldwide Flight Services.

Beechcraft T-6 Texan II

New Thai T-6TH Texan II fleet nears production completion

7th December 2021

TEXTRON AVIATION Defense announced on November 18 that the fleet of 12 Beechcraft T-6TH Texan IIs ordered for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is nearing manufacturing completion and surpassing technical inspection milestones ahead of schedule at its Wichita, Kansas, facilities.

80th Anniversary

80th Anniversary: Remembering Pearl Harbor

7th December 2021

Exactly 80 years ago today, on December 7, 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launched a surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The attacks on the Hawaiian naval base and airfields set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately help decide the outcome of WW2.