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Key Publishing, Stamford
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A true time-capsule Curtiss P-40E Warhawk has arrived in the Aircraft Restoration Company hangar at Duxford key.aero/article/legendary-m… Image credit: George Romain/ARCo #curtissp40ewarhawk #aviation #avgeek
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When crews placed 77-ton Boeing 727s onto Greenland’s ice, they were going where no jet had gone before, and Canadian carrier First Air was well up to the challenge key.aero/article/flying-boei… Image credit: Pierre Oellette #firstair #boeing727 #aviation #avgeek
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How many can you get correct on our Grumman F7F Tigercat Quiz? key.aero/article/take-our-gr… #grummanf7ftigercat #aviation #avgeek
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The Smithsonian Institute has taken delivery of a Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk ‘stealth fighter’ for display in its collection key.aero/article/f-117a-deli… Image credit: US Air Force/Staff Sgt Alexis Morris #f117nighthawk #smithsonian #aviation #avgeek
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There are few spectacles on the European circuit to rival FUBAR Aviation’s Lim-5 igniting its afterburner and trailing fire in its wake. No wonder the Polish-built MiG-17F has been a star of this summer key.aero/article/fire-breath… Image credit: Steve Comber/COAP #lim5 #mig17
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Fairchild PT-26A Cornell restoration project FV351/RCAF 15252 arrived at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby in mid-September from MoD Stafford key.aero/article/ex-rafm-fai… Image credit: Martin Keen #pt26acornell #aviation #avgeek
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Fuel starvation caused the May 2024 fatal accident involving the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Supermarine Spitfire IX MK356 near RAF Coningsby, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has concluded key.aero/article/bbmf-spitfi…
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The 1956 Suez Crisis gave the Westland Wyvern, the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm’s rather unusual post-World War Two carrier-based strike fighter, its brief moment of glory – as Andrew Thomas explains key.aero/article/westland-wy… Image credit: Via V Flintham #suezcrisis #westlandwyvern
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It was during the aerobatic contest held alongside the 1936 Olympic Games that Willy Messerschmitt’s impressive M 35 gained worldwide attention key.aero/article/bfwmessersc… Image credit: Philipp Prinzing/MPS #bfwmesserschmittm35 #aviation #avgeek
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Pilots found the CP-107 a challenging machine, but rewarding with it key.aero/article/royal-canad… Image credit: George Mayer #rcaf #cp107argus #aviation #avgeek
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BAe Hawk T1A XX350 arrived at the Montrose Air Station Museum in late July from RAF Cosford, courtesy of RAF Heritage key.aero/article/centenary-h… Image credit: Neil Werninck #montroseairstationmuseum #hawkt1a #aviation #avgeek
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For the world’s only airworthy Avro Anson I and its operators from RAF Station Czechoslovakia, a second British visit brought not just some fine displays — it allowed an emotional return to its birthplace key.aero/article/return-uk-v… Image credit: Darren Harbar #anson
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Keith Piggott continues his journey through 1960s RAF fast jet training via the Hawker Hunter OCU key.aero/article/students-pe… Image credit: RuthAS CC.BY.3.0 #hawkerhunter #hunterocu #aviation #avgeek
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Latterly functioning as a heliport, Nottingham Airport had only brief RAF usage, but it provided crucial support to Bomber Command in other ways. Ken Ellis explains key.aero/article/how-tollert… Image credit: Field Aircraft Services #bombercommand
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T&M Aviation has launched an ambitious plan to rescue Lockheed L-188C Electra G-LOFB for the Wolvey, Warwickshire-based Bramcote Cold War Collection key.aero/article/electra-be-… Image credit: T&M Aviation #electra #aviation #avgeek
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For Britain, the 1956 Suez Crisis proved to be an overwhelming military success followed by a crushing political defeat, as Steve Evans explains key.aero/article/suez-crisis… Image credit: Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images #suezcrisis
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