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The Making of Masters of the Air: Guns, Guns, Guns

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February 29, 2024
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Masters of the Air details: Gunnery. Taigh Ramey takes us though another inside story on Masters of the Air series. By Taigh Ramey. Once again, thanks to well-known warbird expert Taigh Ramey, we can take […]

History of the Planes of Fame Air Museum’s P-26 Peashooter

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February 29, 2024
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This Saturday, March 2nd, 2024, in honor of the Planes of Fame’s “Flying Demo” event, Vintage Aviation News‘ own Adam Estes, who is a docent at the famous Chino museum, will tell visitors the story […]

Dutch call Time on DC-3 Pleasure Flying

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February 29, 2024
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By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor One of the world’s longest serving vintage aircraft rides organizations is finishing up their passenger flying operating at the end of 2024. Founded back in 1982, as the Dutch Dakota […]

QantasLink trades frequency for bigger planes on Sydney–Armidale

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February 29, 2024
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Starting on 20 May, QantasLink will fly two fewer services per week to the regional NSW city, but capacity will be maintained by replacing all De Havilland Dash-8 Q300s currently serving the route with 74-seater Q400s.

Jetstar adopts ‘sunset-inspired’ uniforms as its third decade dawns

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February 29, 2024
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Created by Australian fashion designer Genevieve Smart in consultation with 40 Jetstar pilots, cabin staff and airport employees, the uniforms will be worn by more than 5,000 Jetstar workers across Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore starting l…

A look at the KLM fleet in 2024

February 29, 2024
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KLM (KL-KLM) is not just one of Europe’s most recognizable carriers, but the oldest airline in the world still operating today. Founded in 1919, the […]

Landslide win for new Virgin cabin crew enterprise agreement

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February 29, 2024
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Ninety per cent of employees approved the deal, which includes pay increases of between 14 and 18 per cent over three years, as well as an extra six days off per year, recognition for unpaid standby time, and overtime after nine hours.

Air New Zealand-Singapore partnership greenlit for 5 more years

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February 29, 2024
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As part of the deal, which began in 2015 and is now authorised until March 2029, the two airlines plan to operate a fourth daily seasonal Auckland–Singapore service from 27 October 2024 to 29 March 2025. The carriers say the partnership has grown NZ–Si…

A passion for flight

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February 29, 2024
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A factory near Hamilton Airport in New Zealand has been lovingly manufacturing aircraft for more than 70 years. But after a brutal COVID shutdown, NZAero has revived the project to return with a next-generation utility aircraft, the SuperPac 750XL-II.

Aero Legends’ Spitfire MJ444 Restoration Update

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February 28, 2024
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By Richard Mallory Allnut Back in March 2017, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXe NH341 made its first post-restoration flight following a three-year restoration with the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) in Duxford, England. The rebuild had seen the […]