Gloucester, 31th October 2020 – Velocity Flight Training, a Gloucestershire based Flight Simulation Experience and Training is once again embarking on a week long charity event, Worldflight. Worldflight is a 7 day virtual round the world flight raising money for a variety of different charities. All flights are conducted on the VATSIM online multiplayer network and…
Textron Aviation announced on October 13th 2020 it had been awarded a contract for the 26th and 27th Beechcraft King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO). Bob Gibbs, vice president, Special Mission Sales said: These two Multi-role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) aircraft will join a…
For the duration of the winter timetable (until the end of March 2021) Lufthansa will be deploying four of the currently parked Airbus A350-900s to its hub in Frankfurt. The A350-900 will be serving Chicago and Los Angeles from Frankfurt over the next few months, by temporarily replacing the Boeing 747-8 on this route. From…
Scandinavian carrier SAS has taken delivery of its first of three A321neoLR on 15th October 2021, owned by Air Lease and leased to the Nordic flag-carrier, becoming the newest operator of the long-haul single aisle aircraft. The aircraft is powered by CFM’s Leap-1A engines. SAS’s A321 will be utilised between the Nordic countries on the…
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart His Excellency Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs have committed to strengthening the relationship between the two countries. During a visit to RAF Coningsby on Tuesday 13th. During a tour of RAF Coningsby, the two men signed a…
510FS deploy to RAF Lakenheath On 28th August 2020, sixteen F-16s belonging to the 31st Fighter Wing based at Aviano Air Base in Italy, deployed to RAF Lakenheath, England to take part in an FTD (Flying Training Deployment) with the F-15s of the based 48th Fighter Wing and other NATO members. Airmen of the USAFE…