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Aviation News – Boeing 777X Starts Taxi Trials
New airliners don’t come along terribly frequently so the first movements of a new jet are bound to attract some attention. Rob Edgcumbe was at Everett when the first Boeing 777X started taxi trials.
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Aviation News – Coulson C-130 Demonstration Drop in Colorado
Paul Filmer reports from Centennial Airport, Colorado, where Coulson Aviation recently carried out a water bombing demonstration with its C-130Q Hercules.
Aviation Event Review – RAF Northolt Night Photoshoot XVI
RAF Northolt’s rescheduled Night Photoshoot XVI took place on Thursday, 27 March, and, sadly, suffered from enforced cancellations from two of the star participants. Karl Drage reports.
F-16 at 40 – Pt.5 – F-16 in Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI) Service
Continuing GAR’s series of articles to mark the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the F-16, Paul Dunn takes a look at the only ‘former’ F-16 operator, the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI).
Airshow News – New Chief Executive for RIAT
Andy Armstrong has been named the new Chief Executive of the RAF Charitable Trust Enterprises
Aviation News – RAF TriStar Retirement – K1 ZD951 lands at Bruntingthorpe
Somewhat surprisingly given the weather forecast, the Royal Air Force today performed its last ever landing of a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar when K1 variant ZD951 became the fourth example of the type to touch down on Bruntingthorpe’s runway at 1849 local, as the last dregs of what little light there had been on a largely damp and overcast day ebbed away. Karl Drage reports.
Aviation News – The TriStar’s last operational flight with the RAF
Monday, 24 March 2014 saw the last operational mission for the RAF’s TriStar and 216 Squadron, as both complete their RAF service. Gordon Jones reports for GAR.
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