There are few spectacles on the European circuit to rival FUBAR Aviation’s Lim-5 igniting its afterburner and trailing fire in its wake. No wonder the Polish-built MiG-17F has been a star of this summer key.aero/article/fire-breath… Image credit: Steve Comber/COAP #lim5 #mig17

Fairchild PT-26A Cornell restoration project FV351/RCAF 15252 arrived at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby in mid-September from MoD Stafford key.aero/article/ex-rafm-fai… Image credit: Martin Keen #pt26acornell #aviation #avgeek

Fuel starvation caused the May 2024 fatal accident involving the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Supermarine Spitfire IX MK356 near RAF Coningsby, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has concluded key.aero/article/bbmf-spitfi…

The 1956 Suez Crisis gave the Westland Wyvern, the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm’s rather unusual post-World War Two carrier-based strike fighter, its brief moment of glory – as Andrew Thomas explains key.aero/article/westland-wy… Image credit: Via V Flintham #suezcrisis #westlandwyvern

It was during the aerobatic contest held alongside the 1936 Olympic Games that Willy Messerschmitt’s impressive M 35 gained worldwide attention key.aero/article/bfwmessersc… Image credit: Philipp Prinzing/MPS #bfwmesserschmittm35 #aviation #avgeek

Pilots found the CP-107 a challenging machine, but rewarding with it key.aero/article/royal-canad… Image credit: George Mayer #rcaf #cp107argus #aviation #avgeek

How good is your knowledge of the VC10? key.aero/article/can-you-sco… #vc10 #supervc10 #aviation #avgeek

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BAe Hawk T1A XX350 arrived at the Montrose Air Station Museum in late July from RAF Cosford, courtesy of RAF Heritage key.aero/article/centenary-h… Image credit: Neil Werninck #montroseairstationmuseum #hawkt1a #aviation #avgeek

For the world’s only airworthy Avro Anson I and its operators from RAF Station Czechoslovakia, a second British visit brought not just some fine displays — it allowed an emotional return to its birthplace key.aero/article/return-uk-v… Image credit: Darren Harbar #anson

Keith Piggott continues his journey through 1960s RAF fast jet training via the Hawker Hunter OCU key.aero/article/students-pe… Image credit: RuthAS CC.BY.3.0 #hawkerhunter #hunterocu #aviation #avgeek

Latterly functioning as a heliport, Nottingham Airport had only brief RAF usage, but it provided crucial support to Bomber Command in other ways. Ken Ellis explains key.aero/article/how-tollert… Image credit: Field Aircraft Services #bombercommand

T&M Aviation has launched an ambitious plan to rescue Lockheed L-188C Electra G-LOFB for the Wolvey, Warwickshire-based Bramcote Cold War Collection key.aero/article/electra-be-… Image credit: T&M Aviation #electra #aviation #avgeek

For Britain, the 1956 Suez Crisis proved to be an overwhelming military success followed by a crushing political defeat, as Steve Evans explains key.aero/article/suez-crisis… Image credit: Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images #suezcrisis

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Already having languished outside for more than three decades, Boeing 707-330B CC-CCG of LAN-Chile has been relocated to a new position within the grounds of the Museo Aeronáutico de Chile key.aero/article/change-posi… Image credit: Álvaro Romero #boeing707

A dramatic June night in 1940 proved there was little ‘calm before the storm’ in the days leading up to the Battle of Britain, as Dilip Sarkar explains key.aero/article/combat-luft… Image credit: Air Ministry #worldwartwo #aviation #avgeek

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has temporarily adorned Avro Lancaster ‘VR-A’ with RCAF 431 Squadron markings on its port side key.aero/article/temporary-n… Image credit: CWHM #avrolancaster #cwhm

It was only a matter of time before the first airline-operated Airbus A380 would be preserved, and Dirk Grothe found it key.aero/article/first-airli… Image credit: Dirk Grothe #airbusa380 #aviation #avgeek