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18/12/2025

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18/12/2025

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17/12/2025

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17/12/2025

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📘 The definitive annual guide to the United States Air Force
🗓 On sale: 02 January 2026
✍️ Author: Mark Ayton
📄 116 pages | 💷 £10.99

From front-line bombers and cutting-edge fighters to special operations aircraft, heavy-lift transports and advanced trainers, USAF Yearbook 2026 delivers an in-depth, authoritative look at the aircraft, missions and units shaping America’s air power today.

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17/12/2025

Diamond restarts Katana production in Europe
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Diamond Aircraft says that, in response to a surge in demand, it is resuming production of its two-seat single-engine DA20i Katana. European-built Katanas will be powered by a 100hp Rotax 912 iSc3 Sport engine and equipped with the Garmin G500TXi, bringing advanced avionics and a touchscreen interfa...

15/12/2025

✈️ Airbus A320 - OUT NOW!!✈️

The Airbus A320 is one of the most successful aircraft ever built—and chances are, you’ve flown on one.

Since its first flight in 1987, over 12,000 A320 Family aircraft have been produced, with more than 11,000 still flying today. From American Airlines and EasyJet to China Eastern and IndiGo, the A320 is a true global workhorse.

This eagerly anticipated update of a best-selling special explores:
• The development of the A320
• The full family of variants, including the A320neo
• Key aircraft systems
• In-depth reviews of major operators

Whether you’re a frequent flyer, aviation enthusiast, or aircraft spotter, this is a must-have addition to your collection.

📘 Airbus A320 Special
✍️ M Ayton / P Hamblin
📄 116 pages
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📅 Expected delivery: 4 December 2025
📕 ISBN: 9781836321965

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15/12/2025

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12/12/2025

Big shake-up of Scottish airspace
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ABOVE: Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are each responsible for the modernisation of their airspace below 7,000ft, with NATS being responsible for traffic at higher altitudes Edinburgh and Glasgow airports will be involved in the largest reorganisation of Scotland’s airspace since the 1950s under p...

10/12/2025

Scalable Nomad
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Caption: The Nomad family is designed to be scalable from 25kg to over 600kg Less than a year after proving the reliability of a new rotor blown wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), Sikorsky has unveiled its projected family of Nomad aircraft. The company, which is...