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Honour The Brave-George Thompson VC

New Year’s Day 1945 dawned as a brutally cold affair, typical of a Northern European winter’s day.

Better Than Ever: Pilatus Reveals The PC-12 NGX

Today, at the National Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Pilatus took the wraps off the industry’s most advanced and versatile single-engine turboprop – the PC-12 NGX.

Ethiopia Business - Charter And Travel

Parallel to its great sporting successes that has helped spotlight the country internationally, is the 80s famine that killed millions and up until recently civil wars.

At What Point Is A Flying Car Just A Bigdr One You Can Sit In?

Is it a flying car, or just a really large drone? Japan's NEC Corp. just unveiled a prototype with four propellers that was able to smoothly hover for about a minute.

Accepting A Clearance

Some of you may have read or heard about a recent off runway excursion by an American Regional Jet at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.

First Flight Over Frozen Wasteland

Antarctica is the southern most continent on Earth and definitely the coldest as approximately 98% of the land is covered by ice that averages 1.9km in thickness, and extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula.

First Batch Of Tecnam P2012 Travellers Arrives In The US

It was an historical day for Tecnam and for the P2012 program when the first two Traveller aircraft were ready to depart Tecnam headquarters in Capua, Italy, and wing their way across the world to Massachusetts, US.

Munich Airport

Munich Airport is the international airport of Munich, the capital of Bavaria.

Collecting My Aircraft

In the last few days I was privileged enough to make an addition to the DogBox at Morningstar in the shape and form of a Whisper X350.

Volocity Undertakes First Public Proof Of Concept Flight

Volocopter made aviation history with the first manned flight of an electrically powered vertical take-off and landing aircraft in 2011.

Be Prepared

I was originally going to call this article “In Search of a New Radio”, as that's what I thought it was going to be about at first.

MAKS 2019

MAKS is held at Zhukovsky International Airport, the home of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, 40 km southeast of Moscow, Russia. The event was organized by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade until 2009, more recently by the Government of Moscow and Aviasalon. The first show, Mosaeroshow-92, was held in 1992. Since 1993, the air show was renamed as MAKS and is held biennially on odd years.

Flying Wing

I’ve just moved office at the university, and in line with the latest policies over here, we’re all being moved into big open plan offices where full professors often sit at the next desk to PhD students.

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

A long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft, the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is still regarded as the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft. Since 1976, it has held the world record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft, a record previously held by the related Lockheed YF-12.

Introducing The New Praetor 500 And 600 Different By Design

Embraer has launched two new aircraft: the Praetor 500 midsize jet and the Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet.

Cypriot National Guard

The Cypriot National Guard's Mi-35 Hind and SA342 Gazelle attack helicopters are very rarely reported on. Dirk Jan de Ridder and Menso van Westrhenen visit what may well be the European Union's most exotic attack helicopter squadron, a unit that has never left national territory for operations or training exercises

ANGARA: Will It Replace Russia's Proton Launch Vehicle?

A remark made by an industry official at a recent aerospace conference in the city of Kazan, it seems likely that the Angara rockets could fully replace Russia’s long-serving Soviet-era Proton launch vehicles as early as 2024.

Piper Super Cub

Still going strong,a classic with a glass cockpit

Legacy 450 Love At First Sight

The fields of sugarcane soak up the hot Brazilian sun in the month of March and soak in the summer rain storms to produce high quantities of sugar in the Araraquara region. On the outskirts of the Gavião Peixoto airfield awaits the Legacy 450, Embraer’s latest business jet that we are taking out for a flight.

Rescue From The Sahara Desert

Our Dutch charter company, based at Rotterdam Airport, was busy and we attracted some large and interesting clients. This story deals with me getting a diplomatic passport, but we will get to that later. As you might have read before, we had a contract with a large printing company in Rotterdam, collecting an envelope with printing materials every Monday at Paris Le Bourget Airport.

Britain's Second Aircraft Carrier Named In Rosyth

HMS Prince of Wales, the second of the Royal Navy’s two future flagships being built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, has been officially named during a ceremony in Rosyth, Scotland.

Vipers At Ohakea

On 30 August six F-16D Block 52 Plus (F-16D-52+) of the Singapore Air Force arrived at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea for a three week training deployment.

Strange Technologies: Circular Wings

Among the many general aviation aircraft in history, there are some wonderful and strange aircraft creations revealing our desperate desire to fly like our feathered friends.

Expanding The Company

After having flown our pressurised Piper Navajo for some time, we decided another - larger - aircraft was needed. But more important, we needed a really good secretary. This is the story of acquiring both.

Stipa-Caproni

Luigi Stipa, an aeronautical engineer, fulfilled his lifetime dream when he petitioned the Italian Fascist government in the 1930’s to produce a prototype experimental aircraft. The government approved and contracted the Caproni Company to construct a rather unusual aircraft.

Aero Creations

Aero Creations

National Security Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) Launched

Midgett is the eighth NSC Ingalls has built for the U.S. Coast Guard. It was christened during a ceremony on 9 December, 2017.

Enjoy A Peaceful, Comfortable Flight With The A20 Headset

The A20 headset gives you 30% greater noise reduction than conventional aviation headsets, so you’ll enjoy a peaceful flight from short stops to long hauls. And at just 12 ounces, with sheepskin cushions and minimal clamping force, it's one of the lightest and most comfortable aviation headsets you’ll find.  

New Orlan Helicopter Makes Debut At MAKS 2017

A derivative of the Ukrainian AK 1-3 helicopter, the Orlan light twin-seat helicopter has undergone several changes and improvements when compared to the original model.

Bombardier Challenger 350 Best Selling By Design

Launched at EBACE 2013 in May 2013 and with first deliveries the following year, the Bombardier Challenger 350 was designed with different engines, new winglets, a different interior and new avionics compared to the Challenger 300.