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This F-35A fired 181 rounds from its four-barrel, 25 millimeter Gatling gun embedded in its left wing during ground tests at Edwards AFB earlier this month.

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EasyJet, the British low-cost airline, grew its fleet from 98 aircraft in 2005 to 218 aircraft in 2015. Click on the interactive infographic to view the fleet changes over the last decade.
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British Airways, the third largest airline by fleet size in Western Europe, made many alterations to its fleet over the last 10 years. Here is a comparative infographic of British Airways' fleet changes from 2005 to 2015.
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Lufthansa celebrates its 60 years of long-haul, international flights by re-creating photos from the airline's history including photos from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
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The German airline Lufthansa ranks 2nd in largest fleet in Western Europe in 2015 and offers domestic and international destinations to 78 countries throughout Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. In the last decade, Lufthansa retired the Airbus A300B4-600, A300B4-600R and the Airbus A330-200 from its fleet. Its new aircraft purchases included adding the Airbus A380-800 and the Boeing 747-8.
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By Fred George
The world’s largest fly-in should be a fun, peacetime party. There’s no need for it to involve the chaos of air combat.
Oshkosh

A majestic sound and vision—a diamond formation of 1950s era Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars—is noticeably missing from this year’s AirVenture air show at Oshkosh
Oshkosh

For me, five “perks of the job” came in a 24-hour period on July 17-18 just ahead of EAA AirVenture 2015 in the form of five flights in five unique aircraft.
Oshkosh

In a delightful twist of fate at Oshkosh, I was able to take part in a formation flight of three P-51s, two of which carried the “Old Crow” title.
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Ryanair more than tripled its fleet in the last 10 years--growing from 98 aircraft to 324 aircraft. Slide over the infographic to see how the fleet has evolved.
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By Fred George
Chapman says he was less constrained by airspace boundaries than he was at the Paris Air Show because there is no nearby airport to Oshkosh that could create a traffic conflict.
Air Transport

By John Morris
This writer, working for Reuters news agency 35 years ago, had bagged a rare flight in an operational B-52. We would “bomb” a bridge, then return home.
Oshkosh

China-based Ehang has developed a lightweight electric quadcopter measuring 14-in. across that uses any Android or iOS smartphone or tablet to control its automated flight profiles.

Oshkosh

By Fred George
On Monday, July 20, Icon Aircraft founder and CEO Kirk Hawkins presented keys to the first production A5 light-sport amphibian aircraft to EAA Young Eagles Chairman Sean D. Tucker and EAA Chairman Jack Pelton at AirVenture.
Oshkosh

By Fred George
Quest Kodiak 100 creator Tom Hamilton clearly recalls the summit meeting he attended at Mission Aviation Fellowship’s headquarters in the late 1990s.
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Air France, Western Europe’s fifth largest scheduled airline by fleet size, underwent many fleet changes in the last 10 years. See the visual representation of Air France's fleet as it changed from 2005 to 2015.
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Scott Snorteland
The CH-46 Seaknight, or “Phrog” as it’s more commonly referred to, is getting ready to take its last flight into retirement next month.
Oshkosh

Sixty years ago, the Cessna 195 was viewed as general aviation trash. Now it’s seen as a treasure.

Oshkosh

The historic Douglas C-47 Skytrain that led the Allied invasion of Normandy almost ended up as a Basler turboprop conversion, when it was discovered in a scrap yard here at Oshkosh.

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Most people in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District know Sam Graves as their elected representative on Capitol Hill. But, since the late 1990s, he’s also been an enthusiastic and accomplished vintage warbird pilot who regularly flies these historic aircraft during the aerial demonstrations at EAA AirVenture.

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Kent Wien

Early on, I was stunned that I could take my airplane –– OK, we can call it a glider if you'd prefer –– out of my closet and throw all 28 lb. of it over my shoulders and go anywhere in the world to fly it.

Oshkosh

EAA AirVenture purists will tell you that the only way to get to Oshkosh is in a light aircraft. As a card-carrying EAA member who greatly respects that tradition, I loaded up my Beech Bonanza F33A and began the annual 10+ hour journey from San Diego to Oshkosh on the eve of the show.

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