The World of Aviation

The creative director of the new edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator, David Dedeine, has revealed how the development team created the sim’s super-realistic clouds in this video.

The United States has said that it will hold off on a planned $7.5 billion hike in tariffs charged on European goods, levelled in response to subsidies provided by Brussels to Airbus.

A crew member on board a US Air Force helicopter was wounded after the aircraft was hit by a bullet mid-flight on Monday, the USAF said on Wednesday, with the incident triggering an FBI investigation. A UH-1N helicopter was reportedly struck by a bullet while performing a routine training mission, near suburban Middleburg in Virginia. 

As Russia spruiks its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine test, the country’s largest freight carrier says that it is testing flight capacity to prepare for vaccine transport.

Virgin Galactic is in the headlines this week for unveiling concept plans for an extraordinary new supersonic jet, despite Virgin Atlantic only recently filing for bankruptcy protection. In the age of COVID-19 in which most airlines are barely surviving, is it possible to consider a future for supersonic travel? Adam Thorn and Christian “Boo” Boucousis

These photos show the first moments a US Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopter completed its first in-flight refuelling.