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WIN! Apache at War by Steve Jones and two air show tickets

22nd May 2024

Our friends at Bonnier books are offering our readers the chance to win a signed copy of Apache At War ‘Flying the world's deadliest attack helicopter in combat by Steve Jones - PLUS a pair of tickets to a summer air show in 2024.

Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus to launch first-ever direct service to Las Vegas

21st May 2024

Aer Lingus will launch its first-ever direct service to Las Vegas this winter from its Dublin base.

Airshows

Boeing 727 to fly at Sywell 2024 airshow

21st May 2024

The Sywell Airshow 2024 on June 22 and 23, will see the participation of a Boeing 727-200.

Aeroplane June 2024

Last PBY built will fly again

21st May 2024

During mid-April, Consolidated PBY-6A BuNo 64107/N9825Z made the 104-mile journey east along the Interstate 90 freeway from Moses Lake, Washington State to Spokane, where it will be restored to airworthy and seaworthy condition by Vintage Aircraft Restorations at Felts Field.

Lockheed Martin

Viper Demo Team marks 50 years of the F-16 with retro scheme

21st May 2024

The US Air Force F-16 Viper Demo Team has unveiled a 50th anniversary paint scheme for the 2024 airshow season.The F-16C Block 50D Fighting Falcon s/n 91-0395/SW from the 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina now wears a red, white and blue scheme honouring the YF-16 prototype.

Air Safety

Ural Airlines abandons Airbus A320 rescue from field

21st May 2024

Ural Airlines has revealed that it will not return to service an Airbus A320 that has been stranded in a wheat field just outside Novosibirsk, Russia, since September 2023.

Boeing

Boeing’s 777 ecoDemonstrator tests

20th May 2024

The next phase of the ongoing Boeing ecoDemonstrator programme researching ways to improve sustainability and efficiency will test more than 30 technologies spanning airport operations, waste-reducing materials and future cabin concepts.

Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)

Wiring defect caused ATR flight instrument loss

20th May 2024

On May 18, 2024 the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) published a report into a January 17, 2023 incident involving a West Atlantic ATR 72 approaching East Midlands Airport.

Lockheed

Bentwaters’ T-33 restored

17th May 2024

The Suffolk-based Bentwaters Cold War Museum announced it had finished the restoration of Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star, 51-9252 (c/n 580-7036), in April.

RAF Mildenhall

New RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre opens

17th May 2024

On May 5 the new RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre held its opening ceremony in an event attended by around 1,000 people including members of the USAF’s 95th Reconnaissance Squadron.

Royal Air Force (RAF)

New scheme for Spitfire G-ILDA

16th May 2024

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, G-ILDA/SM520, has received a new paint scheme honouring the heritage of RAF Westhampnett (now Goodwood Aerodrome) and a veteran Battle of Britain pilot closely connected with the aircraft’s owner, Spitfires.com

BAE Systems Hawk

North East Land, Sea and Air Museums receive 100 Sqn Hawk

15th May 2024

On May 13, 2024, a ceremony was held at the North East Land, Sea and Air Museums (NELSAM) to unveil a former 100 Sqn RAF Hawk T1 as a new exhibit.

Exercise

Tiger Meet participants announced

15th May 2024

This year’s NATO Tiger Meet will be hosted by Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 at Schleswig Air Base in northern Germany from June 3 to June 13.

Lockheed Martin

USAF revives Cold War designation for ‘Blue Foxes’

15th May 2024

In a surprise move, the 354th Fighter Wing’s 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) ‘Blue Foxes’ – a part of the USAF’s Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) command – was redesignated as the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS) at Eielson AFB, Alaska, on February 2.

Air cargo

New home for the UK’s last Boeing 747 operator

14th May 2024

UK cargo carrier and the only remaining operator of the Boeing 747 in the country, One Air, has moved its base from London/Heathrow to East Midlands Airport, which “will now be a regular origin and destination point [for its] freighter services connecting Asia and Europe as well as for ad hoc global charter services.”

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