An RAF engineer who lost his right leg five years ago has become the first amputee since Sir Douglas Bader to complete a solo flight in a Spitfire. Sergeant Alan Robinson, an aircraft engineer in the RAF, said the experience of flying the legendary aircraft was his “childhood dream”. Alan was one ...
Recent figures released have showed that the UK aerospace industry is on track to deliver a record year. October’s figures show that orders for new aircraft are up once again and deliveries are now on target to fly through last year’s record levels. A two per cent increase in orders from last ...
A $1.2Bn contract to modernise the Republic of Korea’s F-16’s has been awarded to Lockheed Martin. Upgrading the aircraft to the latest advanced configuration, will see enhancements to the radar with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, plus a modern commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-based avionics subsystem, a large-format, high-resolution center pedestal ...
Construction firm, Balfour Beatty, has recently completed work at RAF Brize Norton to develop a maintenance facility for the A400M, or Atlas. The three-bay hangar will service the 22 A400M aircraft that are due to replace the RAF’s C130 Hercules, supporting the deployment of the Joint Rapid Reaction Force. At 45m ...
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