Aviation News – Post-event announcement from RAF Cosford Air Show
The announcement below has just been issued by RAF Cosford Air Show following Sunday’s event. Our own review of the show will appear on GAR soon.
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Aviation News – Thomson Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner Deliveries (Update: 05/06/2013)
On Friday 31 May and Saturday 1 June 2013 Thomson Airways finally took delivery of its first two Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft with the arrivals of G-TUIA and G-TUIB respectively at Manchester International Airport. Images as credited.
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Aviation News – Final four 81st FS A-10s leave Spangdahlem Air Base and USAFE
Friday 17 May 2013 marked the end of an era at Spangdahlem Air Base as USAFE’s near-34 year association with A-10 Thunderbolt II drew to a close with the departure of the final four aircraft assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing’s 81st Fighter Squadron. Roel Reijne was in Germany for GAR.
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Aviation News – Dambusters 70th Anniversary Commemorations
On 16 May 2013, the Royal Air Force commemorated the 70th anniversary of Operation Chastise – the raid against the dams in Germany’s industrial heartland – with a series of flypasts over some of the locations used to prepare the crews for one of the most outrageous bombing missions of World War 2, if not ever.
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BlogGAR – Dambusters 70th Anniversary Event at ‘Aces High’
Over the weekend of 11/12 May, a very special Dambusters event was held at the Aces High Gallery in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. Thomas Pitts reports for GAR.
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