The UK Government announced on November 17 that a cruise missile destined for the UK F-35B fleet was successfully fired from a BAE Systems Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 test aircraft.
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) will perform base maintenance, repair and overhaul inspection work on Global Airlines’ first Airbus A380 ahead of the UK start-up carrier commencing operations in 2025.
El B-52H Stratofortress 61-0028, apodado Wolfpack, llegó a Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, a principios de 2024 para su mantenimiento programado en depósito, donde el avión es despintado, inspeccionado y reparado. En esta ocasión, el avión del 49º Escuadrón de Pruebas y Evaluación de Barksdale AFB, Luisiana, fue pintado en naranja dayglo en el fuselaje delantero, los extremos de las alas, las góndolas de los motores y el estabilizador vertical para conmemorar el NB-52A 52-0003 durante las pruebas del North American X-15 Rob Stephens / Redhome Aviation
The prototype Thruxton Jackaroo, G-AOEX (c/n 86483), has been restored to airworthiness for the first time in almost 60 years. The aircraft made its first post-restoration flight in February with Dan Griffith at the controls, and has since been issued with a permit to fly.
Iberia will be the first operator of the Airbus A321XLR. The Spanish carrier said it expects its initial example of the new long-range A321neo variant “later this summer”.
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.