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How many can you get correct on our Grumman F7F Tigercat Quiz? https://t.co/ak290Wwww0

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The Smithsonian Institute has taken delivery of a Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk ‘stealth fighter’ for display in its collection https://t.co/4a8I6V3fzB

Image credit: US Air Force/Staff Sgt Alexis Morris

#f117nighthawk #smithsonian #aviation #avgeek

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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 https://t.co/wtwVglL3AS

Image credit: Steve Comber/COAP

#lim5 #mig17

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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 https://t.co/gtk5uuwwG3

Image credit: Martin Keen

#pt26acornell #aviation #avgeek

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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 https://t.co/Zf0YBCCyFy

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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 https://t.co/jKOsvA7osd

Image credit: Via V Flintham

#suezcrisis #westlandwyvern

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It was during the aerobatic contest held alongside the 1936 Olympic Games that Willy Messerschmitt’s impressive M 35 gained worldwide attention https://t.co/5PzWxk9505

Image credit: Philipp Prinzing/MPS

#bfwmesserschmittm35 #aviation #avgeek

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Pilots found the CP-107 a challenging machine, but rewarding with it https://t.co/jTUTbW7dis

Image credit: George Mayer

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How good is your knowledge of the VC10? https://t.co/Z3bDEpN7JD

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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 https://t.co/C2QcN7BndA

Image credit: Neil Werninck

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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 https://t.co/cOkRmMgbPN

Image credit: Darren Harbar

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Keith Piggott continues his journey through 1960s RAF fast jet training via the Hawker Hunter OCU https://t.co/h8ad2L2W61

Image credit: RuthAS https://t.co/2rUXutmtIr.3.0

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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 https://t.co/ONcV8o7x8M

Image credit: Field Aircraft Services

#bombercommand

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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 https://t.co/33UkM8cifi

Image credit: T&M Aviation

#electra #aviation #avgeek

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For Britain, the 1956 Suez Crisis proved to be an overwhelming military success followed by a crushing political defeat, as Steve Evans explains https://t.co/xkSCT2Cz1e

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 https://t.co/GCN4b5qxGT

Image credit: Álvaro Romero

#boeing707

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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 https://t.co/iXUlnzj6ow

Image credit: Air Ministry

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