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British Airways Concorde G-BOAB, a long-term resident at London Heathrow, has been towed from her long-term position to ...
04/06/2025

British Airways Concorde G-BOAB, a long-term resident at London Heathrow, has been towed from her long-term position to the BA maintenance hangars area, where she recieved a much-needed clean.

British Airways is understood to be planning a special event involving the aircraft.

Photo credit: unkown photographer

Spotted!! The second A350-900 for Swiss is seen being towed across Airbus's Toulouse facility.Photo: Euro Spot
03/06/2025

Spotted!! The second A350-900 for Swiss is seen being towed across Airbus's Toulouse facility.

Photo: Euro Spot

03/06/2025

Air Creebec, operator of the last HS748 in Canada, has retired the aircraft and donated it to the Canadian Aviation Museum. The aircraft, registered C-FLIY, had spent decades hauling freight across Canada’s most remote regions, landed in Windsor, Ontario, where she was officially retired and donated to the Canadian Aviation History Museum after a traditional water cannon arch salute.

Video: Peter Rodgers via Canadian Aviation Museum

Qatar Airways, official airline of the Champions League, as well as main sponsor for League finalists Paris St. Germain ...
02/06/2025

Qatar Airways, official airline of the Champions League, as well as main sponsor for League finalists Paris St. Germain and Inter, has unveiled a special livery on Boeing B777-3DZER A7-BED.

The aircraft was used to pick up the winners from Munich back to Paris CDG.

Image: Qatar Airways

India's IndiGo will be converting options for 30 firm orders for A350-900, doubling its original firm order for the airc...
02/06/2025

India's IndiGo will be converting options for 30 firm orders for A350-900, doubling its original firm order for the aircraft.

Image: Airbus

The Turkish Air Force has reportedly finalised the purchase of twelve ex-Royal Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, with del...
02/06/2025

The Turkish Air Force has reportedly finalised the purchase of twelve ex-Royal Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, with deliveries to commence in 2026.The aircraft are currently stored by Marshall Aerospace at Cambridge Airport. So far, former RAF C-130Js have been sold to Bangladesh (5), Bahrain (2) and the United States (1).

Photo: Mark Zerafa, 9H Media

Supermarine Spitfire FR. XIVe RM927, currently on the French register as F-AYXX, has suffered a minor incident when taxi...
02/06/2025

Supermarine Spitfire FR. XIVe RM927, currently on the French register as F-AYXX, has suffered a minor incident when taxiing in following a landing at Bicarosse Airport. The aircraft taxied onto soft ground leading to a concrete drain, which were not clearly marked. This led to the aircraft nosing over, with an inevitable prop-strike. The pilot was unhurt, and the aircraft is currently being evaluated in order to initiate repairs.

Photo: Brice Ohayon

Today in Aviation: 01.06.1981 - First Flight Short 360Following the same design concept as the Short Skyvan, the Short 3...
01/06/2025

Today in Aviation: 01.06.1981 - First Flight Short 360

Following the same design concept as the Short Skyvan, the Short 360 was a larger commuter aircraft capable of seating up to 39 passengers in an unpressurised cabin. Capable of operating from runways as short as 1,400m, the Short 360 opened up air routes to many communities around the world.

Photo: Mark Zerafa, 9H Media

Today in Aviation: 01.06.1939 - First Flight Fw-190Designed by Kurt Tank in complete contrast to many other designs favo...
01/06/2025

Today in Aviation: 01.06.1939 - First Flight Fw-190

Designed by Kurt Tank in complete contrast to many other designs favouring inline engines for fighters, the Fw-190 was powered by a BMW801 radial, and from the outset acknowledged the need for a greater field of vision for the pilot.

The aircraft's appearance over France in 1941, initially dismissed as refurbished ex-French P-36s, was a shock as the new fighter outclassed the Spitfire Mk.V, and it was only with the arrival of the Spitfire Mk. IX that the Allies had a fighter that could take the Fw-190 on on equal terms.

Fast, manouverable and heavily armed, the aircraft proved effective as a day and night-fighter, a fighter-bomber, and a ground-attack fighter. The aircraft, however, lost its edge at higher altitudes, which eventually led to the 'long-nose' FW-190D, powered by the inline Junker Jumo 213, and the ultimate Ta-152, capable of very high speed at medium-to-high altitudes, but too late to have any effect on the war's outcome.

Photo: Mark Zerafa, 9H Media

El Al has applied a special design to 787 Dreamliner 4X-EDM named “Jerusalem of Gold.“ This aircraft features a a golden...
01/06/2025

El Al has applied a special design to 787 Dreamliner 4X-EDM named “Jerusalem of Gold.“ This aircraft features a a golden stripe running along the blue line, with the El Al fuseelage titles also presented in gold.

Photo: El Al

It has been reported that Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), a major Saudi Arabian investment group, is in negotiations to t...
01/06/2025

It has been reported that Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), a major Saudi Arabian investment group, is in negotiations to take a substantial equity stake in Global Airlines, the UK-based start-up Airbus A380 operator.

In the meantime, it is understood that Global Airlines will modify its business model from concentrating on scheduled operations using its own brand to an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) model.

Photo: Dirk Grothe

The US has suspended some sales of critical US technologies to China, including CFM LEAP-1C engines, which power China’s...
01/06/2025

The US has suspended some sales of critical US technologies to China, including CFM LEAP-1C engines, which power China’s Comac C919 jets, reportedly in response to Chinese curtails on mineral exports to the USA. The move comes exactly two years after the aircraft entered commercial service.

With the LEAP-1C being the only powerplant available for the C919, this will lead to the aircraft currently being produced to be completed but remaining engineless, but in the longer-term, could push China to accelerate domestic development of aircraft engines.

Photo; Jay Lee

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