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Farnborough Airshow

Farnborough International Airshow 2024 aircraft listing

18th July 2024

This year’s Farnborough International Airshow takes place between July 22 to 26 and once again a wide variety of aircraft types are scheduled to attend.

Dino Farnborough

18th July 2024

This year’s Farnborough International Airshow takes place between July 22 to 26 and once again a wide variety of aircraft types are scheduled to attend. , Tipo de avión Expositor Volando (Fecha, F=Flyby) o Estático (S) Airbus A220-300 JetBlue S Airbus A321-253 XLR Airbus 22F/23F/24F/25F/26F Airbus A330-900 Neo Virgin Atlantic S Airbus A350 Air India […]

Combat Aircraft Journal August 2024

South Korea bids farewell to the F-4 Phantom

17th July 2024

As the Republic of Korea Air Force marked the end for the venerable F-4, Dino van Doorn was at the official retirement ceremony in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Aeroplane August 2024

Spitfire export gets Turkish scheme

12th July 2024

Following its arrival in Turkey on 27 May, Ali Ismet Öztürk’s recently acquired Supermarine Spitfire IX TE517/G-RYIX had been painted into Turkish Air Force markings at the MSÖ Air & Space Museum at Sivrihisar, 85 miles south-west of Ankara, by mid-June.

Aeroplane August 2024

Golden Age SPAD replica airborne

12th July 2024

Twelve years after construction began, the Golden Age Air Museum SPAD XIII replica made its first flight proper from the grass strip at Bethel, Pennsylvania on 15 June, the machine having made a brief hop in early November last year.

Gyrocopter

Gyrocopters saved at Newark Air Museum

12th July 2024

Campbell-Bensen B.8M gyrocopter G-ASNY, previously on loan to Newark Air Museum, has now been bequeathed to the venue through the will of its late owner, Roger Light.

United Kingdom (UK)

Roadworks could force Stow Maries airfield closure

11th July 2024

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, Europe's largest surviving World War One airfield, is facing permanent closure because the main access public road to the site has been closed without warning.

FlyPast August 2024

Lake Michigan Grumman Wildcat restored for display

5th July 2024

Staff at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan, have completed an 11-year restoration of Grumman FM-2 Wildcat 57039 (also see May 2024 issue of FlyPast).

Falklands War (1982)

Sea Harrier and Lynx arrive in Falklands for display

5th July 2024

The Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust (FINMT) has received BAE Systems Sea Harrier F/A.2 ZH801 and Westland Lynx HMA.8SRU XZ725 following an epic journey by the two aircraft from the United Kingdom to the South Atlantic.

Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)

Scale replica Spitfire Mk 26B G-CLHJ accident report released

5th July 2024

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published its report into the fatal accident involving Spitfire Mk 26B G-CLHJ near Enstone in Oxfordshire on August 22, 2023.

Consolidated PBY Catalina

Catalina to visit Scotland to honour VC pilots

4th July 2024

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of two Catalina pilots being awarded the Victoria Cross in 1944, PBY-5A Catalina, G-PBYA, is to visit a number of locations in Scotland.

Panavia Tornado

Unique Tornado F2 TIARA to fly again

3rd July 2024

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Jared ‘ROOK’ Isaacman confirmed that he has added a Panavia Tornado F2 to his collection.

Australia

Heron revival makes progress in Australia

28th June 2024

Staff at the Moorabbin Air Museum in the Australian state of Victoria are busy restoring de Havilland Heron VH-CLX, formerly G-ANPV.

Convair

Work continues on Convair Sea Dart

28th June 2024

Prior to Florida’s major Sun ’n’ Fun event in April, staff at the Florida Air Museum completed some minor refurbishments and a thorough clean of Convair YF2-1 Sea Dart 135765.

Australia

Former OFMC P-40E Kittyhawk flies in Australia

27th June 2024

Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk 41-25158, which many readers will remember from its days in the UK with the Old Flying Machine Company’s (OFMC) Breitling Fighters team when it was frequently flown by Ray Hanna, has now been delivered to a new owner in Australia.

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