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Snowbirds to pause training, delay airshow season

Posted on April 10, 2020April 9, 2020 by alert5

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, Snowbirds, have decided to pause their training and delay their airshow season due to COVID-19.

Elsa Blaine from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada / CC BY

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Posted on March 13, 2020March 11, 2020 by alert5

U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua Gunderson, F-22 Demonstration Team pilot, performs a demonstration during the Air Force Heritage Flight Training Course, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Feb. 29, 2020. A Heritage Flight performance involves a current U.S. Air Force fighter piloted by an Air Combat Command trained military Heritage Flight pilot and flown with a historical warbird piloted by a certified civilian Heritage Flight pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristan Biese)

Britain’s CAA came under enormous pressure to clear the SkyGuardian’s transatlantic flight

Posted on March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 by alert5

Nearly two years ago, the MQ-9B SkyGuardian carried out its first transatlantic flight across civilian airspace to land at RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo. It has now been revealed that the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) came under enormous pressure to clear the flight.

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Britain’s CAA came under enormous pressure to clear the SkyGuardian’s transatlantic flight