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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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Airshow Review – MCAS Miramar Airshow 2014
The 2014 airshow at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in Southern California, was a three day event that took place over the first weekend in October, in glorious sunshine and scorching 90 plus degree heat. It marked a welcome return to the airshow calendar after last year’s event, which was cancelled at the last minute due to the budgetary crisis. Chris Wood reports for GAR.
Exercises and Deployments – Soaring Angel 2014
The Air National Guard provides a key part of the USA’s forces in the air with a diverse spread of units undertaking different roles. Few units match the 129th Rescue Wing for the diversity of capability they bring. This capability was recently tested with the biennial Soaring Angel exercise which Rob Edgcumbe witnessed for GAR.
Aviation Event – KLM MD-11 Retirement – Enthusiast Flights
Tuesday 11 November 2014 saw KLM, the world's last commercial airline flying passenger-configured McDonnell Douglas MD-11s, bring down the curtain on the type's near 21-year service with the Dutch flag carrier and an association with Douglas aircraft stretching back...
BlogGAR – Rob Edgcumbe – Nut Tree Mustang Days 2014
Mustang Days is a gathering of various vintage aircraft in Vacaville California. Rob Edgcumbe made his first trip to see what it had on offer.
Aviation Event – Red Bull Air Race Las Vegas 2014
After a number of years of competition, the Red Bull Air Race series went on hiatus for three years. This year it returned with an expanded field and a number of new venues to add to the program. One new venue is Las Vegas and Rob Edgcumbe travelled there for GAR to see how the racing has developed.
Aviation Feature – London Heathrow Airport 1985
Paul Filmer’s Heathrow Airport series moves onwards to 1985, the year the airport started to see the presence of Il-76 freight operations.
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