Aviation classics – the Sud Aviation Caravelle
Gareth Stringer looks back at the life and times of one classic airliner that always caught his eye when he was a youngster interested in aviation – the Sud Aviation Caravelle.
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Vintage Aircraft Club fly in Turweston, 5th September
As a follow up to their recent fly in at Popham, the Vintage Aircraft Club (VAC) organised another event at their home airfield, Turweston in north Buckinghamshire, on Saturday 5th September. Chris Wood popped along for GAR.
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Aviation News – The People’s Mosquito – Press Release
Today marks 80 years to the day since one of the most influential aircraft to have ever flown first took to the skies. The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito – affectionately named the Wooden Wonder by a British public stunned by its unmatched performance – went on to become one of the most important aircraft of World War Two.
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Vintage Aircraft Club fly in, Popham, 23rd August 2020
Aviation events have been somewhat few and far between so far this year, but the Vintage Aircraft Club (VAC) finally managed to hold a small fly in at the delightful airfield at Popham in Hampshire on Sunday 23rd August. Chris Wood was there for Global Aviation Resource.
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Aviation News – Afghan Super Tucano delivery flight
Sunday 23rd August 2020 saw four Embraer A-29B Super Tucano aircraft and supporting Dornier Do-328 arrive at Prestwick Airport, Scotland for a brief technical stop during their (assumed) delivery flight to Afghanistan.
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Special Feature – The Buccaneer Aviation Group in Global Aviation Magazine
To commemorate The Buccaneer Aviation Group’s successful move from Bruntingthorpe to the Cotswold Airport, GAR takes a look back at a very special feature.
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Aviation News – British Airways Retires the Boeing 747
An era truly ended on Friday 17th July 2020, as the British Airways 747-400 fleet became the latest casualty of the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19.
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Aviation news – An-225 visits Prestwick Airport
The world’s largest aircraft landed at Prestwick Airport yesterday and Tom Gibbons was there for Global Aviation Resource.
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Feature – Flying Along With a SOFIA Mission
The SOFIA airborne telescope provides a unique capability to observe the heavens. Charles Mason was able to see the aircraft up close and personal on two occasions with the media event held at Stuttgart and to participate in a mission from Palmdale. In this feature for Global Aviation Resource, Charles details the history of the programme and describes the mission experience.
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