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Display pilot and Vintage Pair team leader David Petters describes dancing in the skies in a Chipmunk key.aero/article/flying… Image credit: Chris Hayball #chipmunk #aviation #avgeek

It’s strange to think that Westland’s world-beating Lynx is now a historic helicopter in the UK key.aero/article/helpin… Image credit: Michael Miskin #lynx #aviation #avgeek

Gp Capt Nigel Walpole candidly recalls a royal visit that didn’t quite go to plan...key.aero/article/when-f… Image credit: Crown Copyright #canberra #javelin #hunter #aviation #avgeek

His name is legend – R J Mitchell, the creative mind behind the iconic Supermarine Spitfire. Ken Ellis documents the great man’s work key.aero/article/r-j-mi… #rjmitchell #supermarinespitfire

What were the key design decisions leading up to the first appearance of prototype Spitfire K5054? With particular reference to unfamiliar or less well-known source material, we investigate key.aero/article/design… Image credit: Alamy #supermarinespitfire

Supermarine’s new fighter was right from the start – Steve Appleby charts the life of the prototype key.aero/article/career… Image credit: Via Steve Appleby #spitfire #aviation #avgeek

Duxford and the Spitfire key.aero/article/duxfor… Image credit: Via Simon Gifford #duxford #spitfire #aviation #avgeek

Just as ‘Mutt’ Summers delighted in his first Spitfire flight on 5 March 1936, so most leading warbird flyers have done likewise in the decades since key.aero/article/aeropl… Image credit: Darren Harbar #spitfire #aviation #avgeek

Matthew Willis says no other aircraft holds the same place in British culture as the Spitfire. Right from the start, it was the subject of fascination. Nine decades later, it still is key.aero/article/spitfi… Image credit: IWM/Getty #supermarinespitfire #aviation #avgeek

The career of RAF Armstrong Whitworth Argosy XP444 key.aero/article/partic… Image credit: Peter Davis via Tony Fairbairn #argosy #aviation #avgeek

One of the five @Airbus A300-600ST Beluga aircraft flew into retirement at Airbus Broughton at Hawarden Airport key.aero/article/airbus… Image credit: Airbus #airbus #a300belugast #aviation #avgeek

Separating fact from fiction about R J Mitchell key.aero/article/spitfi… Image credit: Alamy #spitfire #rjmitchelll #aviation #avgeek

Navy Wings has revealed that its eye-catching Supermarine Seafire Mk.XVII SX336 could fly again this year key.aero/article/return… #navywings #seafire #aviation #avgeek

How good is your knowledge of the Mustang? key.aero/article/test-y… Image credit: Aviation Image Network/Simon Gregory #mustang #aviation #avgeek

During December Worldwide Aircraft Recovery were dismantling former Qantas Boeing 707 VH-EBM/N707JT for shipment to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Museum key.aero/article/travol… Image credit: Worldwide Aircraft Recovery #boeing707 #hars #aviation #avgeek

Test your knowledge of the Buccaneer key.aero/article/how-ma… #buccaneer #raf #fleetairarm #southafricanairforce

In 1991, Sanders Aeronautics returned a ‘replica’ Boomerang to the air. Since then, more original examples have flown, but it was this one that began the type’s revival key.aero/article/return… Image credit: Darren Harbar #cacboomerang #aviation #avgeek

How many can you get correct on our FREE Lancaster Quiz? key.aero/article/avro-l… #avrolancaster #aviation #avgeek

Read an account from a flight crew member of British Airways’ inaugural Concorde flight key.aero/article/concor… Image credit: Press Association Images #concorde #supersonic #aviation #avgeek

Ivan Ostroff speaks to Lionel Shrago about his time flying the famous ‘Huey’ in Vietnam key.aero/article/brit-u… Image credit: US Army #uh1huey #vietnamwar #aviation #avgeek