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Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF)

BBMF’s Merlin-powered Spitfires and Hurricanes cleared to fly

14th March 2025

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) released a statement this morning (March 14, 2025) announcing that its Merlin engine fighters have been cleared to return to flight for this year’s display season.

FlyPast April 2025

Tornado F2 to fly in Battle of Britain colours

13th March 2025

Jared Isaacman, an American entrepreneur, astronaut and pilot, has announced that his Panavia Tornado F2 will be restored to fly in “historic Battle of Britain colours”.

Duxford

Large aircraft movements begin at Duxford

12th March 2025

Major changes are underway this year within IWM Duxford’s vast AirSpace hangar, home to such exhibits as Concorde 101 G-AXDN and Avro Vulcan B.2 XJ824.

air museums

Philippine Mars heads to Pima Air & Space Museum

6th March 2025

Work is taking place on the last airworthy Martin JRM Mars flying boat for it to undertake the last part of its journey to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona.

Aeroplane March 2025

Sabre to make UK airshow appearances

5th March 2025

Canadair Sabre 6 F-AYSB is set to make a number of airshow appearances in the UK this year

air museums

First RNZAF C-130H heads to museum after fleet retired

3rd March 2025

The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) 40 Squadron flew Lockheed C-130H(NZ) Hercules NZ7001 to the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Wigram, outside Christchurch, on February 19, 2025.

Aeroplane March 2025

NASM Messerschmitt Bf 109 back in original scheme

27th February 2025

The National Air and Space Museum’s Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Werknummer 160756 is being repainted into its original markings

Aeroplane March 2025

Change of owner sees Goodyear FG-1D Corsair moving to Canada

27th February 2025

Timmermans Legends of Flight announced the acquisition of Goodyear FG-1D Corsair BuNo 92050/N194G on 24 January, and the 1945-built fighter is scheduled to arrive at the organisation’s Chatham-Kent Municipal Airport base in Ontario soon.

competition

WIN! A Lancaster Bomber Command Experience worth £495!

24th February 2025

Flypast and Aeroplane Monthly have teamed up with Lancasterflightuk.co.uk to give one lucky reader the chance to win a Lancaster Bomber Command Experience.

Aeroplane March 2025

Coventry’s Whirlwind gets TLC

20th February 2025

Under cover after many years on external display at the Midland Air Museum at Baginton, Coventry, the restoration of 66-year-old Westland Whirlwind Series 3 G-APWN has begun.

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.

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.

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.

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