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Westland Puma clocks up 50 years in RAF service
Westland Puma clocks up 50 years in RAF service
RAF Benson and Joint Helicopter Command have celebrated half a century of RAF Westland Puma operations with a ten-ship formation flypast of military installations and facilities across the south of England and the East and West Midlands on July 7. Departing Benson, the type’s base, the formation initially flew east towards Halton, Northolt, Hendon and...
Norway’s First P-8A Poseidon Rolls out of the Paint Shop
Norway’s First P-8A Poseidon Rolls out of the Paint Shop
The first of five P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the Royal Norwegian Air Force rolled out of the paint shop on 9th July 2021 at Renton, in full 333 Skvadron’s livery complete with the ‘Saint’ logo on the tail. Norway is one of eight nations to have acquired the P-8A as their multimission maritime patrol aircraft....
German Navy signs for five P-8A Poseidons
German Navy signs for five P-8A Poseidons
Today Germany becomes the eighth customer of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft, joining the United States, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, Norway, Korea and New Zealand. “Boeing is honored to provide Germany with the world’s most capable maritime surveillance aircraft,” said Michael Hostetter, Boeing Defense, Space & Security vice president in Germany. “We...
75 years of the deHavilland Canada Chipmunk
75 years of the deHavilland Canada Chipmunk
On the 22nd May 1946 at Downsview Airfield, Toronto the prototype Chipmunk CF-DIO-X first flew under the control of Pat Fillingham, who was a test pilot for the parent company de Havilland, UK. Powered by a de Havilland Gipsy Major 1C engine, producing 145hp however this was replaced by an inline de Havilland Gipsy Major...
Nighthawks arrive at Exeter
Nighthawks arrive at Exeter
With the 47th G7 summit being held in the UK this year between 11th – 13th June, the aviation enthusiast community are expecting to see plenty of military and government aviation assets descend on the South West of the UK. United States Air Force C-17 transports started arriving at Newquay Airport in Cornwall on 31st...
Uep Airways will debut in 2021 in the Balearic Islands
Uep Airways will debut in 2021 in the Balearic Islands
Uep Airways join the list of those preparing to take off this year, amid COVID-19 and travel restrictions, alongside potential instruments to release those already immunized with a vaccination certificate this summer. Uep Airways will make its debut in the Balearic Islands with inter island flights using Aerospatiale ATR-72 turboprop aircraft. Swiftair’s new subsidiary airline...