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Progress Report on the Air Force Flight Test Museum

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February 14, 2024
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By Adam Estes In several articles of ours over the years here at Vintage Aviation News (see related posts below), we have covered the efforts of the Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air […]

Podcast: Inside Babcock’s work at Ambulance Victoria

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February 14, 2024
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Adam Thorn speaks to two of Babcock’s aviation personnel working on the front line, senior base pilot Heath Mastin and senior aircrew officer Ryan Hurrell.

Lake Macquarie pilots didn’t notice each other before near collision

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February 14, 2024
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In its final report into the incident, the transport safety watchdog noted that neither the pilot of the Extra, VH-IOG, nor the Magni M16C Tandem Trainer gyroplane, G1850, heard each other’s broadcasts or saw the other aircraft until they were about 20…

Qantas brings in 737s to break 6-day Network Aviation strike

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February 14, 2024
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Australian Federation of Air Pilots members at Network, which operates Qantas FIFO and scheduled QantasLink services in WA, have begun six rolling 24-hour work stoppages from Wednesday to Monday, adding a further three days to already-planned industria…

New F-35A fighters to arrive by year’s end, says Lockheed Martin

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February 14, 2024
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The new F-35 aircraft are designed with a Technology Refresh-3 package which includes additional munitions capabilities, target recognition, jamming, cyber security, sensor and user interface improvements, processing and data storage enhancements.

Leaving Las Vegas: business jets after the Super Bowl

February 14, 2024
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After the Super Bowl ended on Sunday evening, crews began warming up the engines of the hundreds of business jets parked in every corner of […]

Wings Over Britain – Partner Podcast Update

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February 14, 2024
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By Matt Austin One of the joys of being a young aviation enthusiast in the 1980s was the opportunity to sit and listen to the stories of those with first-hand experience of the times and […]

Black Sheep Chronicles, Part 2: Corsairs!

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February 13, 2024
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The second episode of Black Sheep Chronicles: VMF-214 in World War II is now on YouTube. During the summer Gamble announced (HERE) a new and exciting series of episodes about the famed Black Sheep Squadron […]

Master of the B-17 Cockpit – Dave Littleton

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February 13, 2024
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By James Kightly Thanks to well-known warbird expert Taigh Ramey, we can take you behind the scenes with the current Apple TV+ Masters of the Air series. Taigh gives us this insight into how Dave […]

Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar Arrives at Palm Springs Air Museum

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February 13, 2024
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By Adam Estes As millions of moviegoers around the world sat for the opening of Top Gun: Maverick, we here at Vintage Aviation News were at the edge of our seats when Captain Pete Mitchell […]