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Aeroplane June 2024

New Lufthansa visitor centre to house L-1649 Starliner and Ju 52

30th May 2024

The Lufthansa Group has begun construction of a new conference and visitor centre at Frankfurt Airport, where Junkers Ju 52/3m ‘D-AQUI’/D-CDLH and Lockheed L-1649 Super Star D-ALAN will go on display.

FlyPast July 2024

‘Jersey Jerk’ makes its first UK flight

30th May 2024

Fighter Aviation’s former RAAF Commonwealth CA-18 G-JERK took to the skies from Sywell in Northamptonshire on May 5, in the hands of noted Australian warbird pilot Cameron Rolph-Smith.

Air Safety

RAF pilot killed in BBMF Spitfire crash

28th May 2024

A Royal Air Force pilot who died after a Spitfire crashed in a field in Lincolnshire has been identified as Sqn Ldr Mark Long.

Supermarine Spitfire

WIN A Spitfire Flight worth £2975!

27th May 2024

Flypast, Aeroplane Monthly and Britain at War magazines have teamed up with Spitfires.com to give one lucky reader the chance to win a flight in a Spitfire.

Aeroplane June 2024

Jaguar roaded to Gatwick

24th May 2024

SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 XX967 arrived at the Gatwick Aviation Museum at Charlwood, Surrey on 18 April from RAF Cosford, where it had been in use as an instructional airframe with No 2 School of Technical Training.

FlyPast June 2024

Newark Hunter receiving Blue Diamonds makeover

24th May 2024

A Hawker Hunter is getting a colourful revamp at the Newark Air Museum.

De Havilland Canada

Otter completes journey to Hickory

24th May 2024

Former United States Navy de Havilland Canada NU-1B Otter BuNo 144672 arrived at its new home, North Carolina’s Hickory Air Museum, on January 12.

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.

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.

Airshows

Abingdon air show postponed

13th May 2024

The annual Abingdon Air & Country Show, which was scheduled for Saturday, May 18 at Abingdon Airfield in Oxfordshire, has been postponed due to exceptional circumstances beyond the control of the organisers.

Aeroplane June 2024

Last Blackburn Beverley saved

10th May 2024

On 3 April, the Carlisle Airport-based Solway Aviation Museum announced it had passed its £60,000 fundraising target for the move of Blackburn Beverley C1 XB259.

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