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Imperial War Museum displays Victoria Cross awarded to Broughty Ferry war hero Wing Commander Hugh Gordon Malcolm

A Victoria Cross awarded to a Second World War hero from Dundee has gone on display at the Imperial War Museum. (...)


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Tayside Aviation joins national celebration of female pilots

A century of female flight was celebrated by Tayside Aviation this week. (...)


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RAF Leuchars Typhoon crews back home from Libya

Pilots from closure-threatened RAF Leuchars are safely back in Scotland after a series of crucial operations in battle-scarred Libya. (...)


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Light aircraft involved in near-miss with RAF Leuchars Tornado

Steps have been taken to improve communications between RAF Leuchars and Dundee airport after a light aircraft on a training flight came within 150 feet of a mid-air collision with a Tornado fighter jet. (...)


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Poignant visit for nephew of Polish pilot killed in Mearns wartime crash

The nephew of a Polish pilot killed on a training flight in the Mearns 70 years ago will visit his uncle's grave this weekend. (...)


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Businessman reaches for the stars by booking Virgin Galactic flight

One of Scotland's richest men, Tayside's Tony Banks, will be among the first civilians to go into space when Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic blasts off. In an exclusive interview, he tells Jack McKeown why it was $200,000 well spent. (...)


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Looking back on a positive year for Perth retail

The past year has been a positive one for Perth's retail sector, with reason to hope that 2011 will be even better, according to the council's convener of enterprise and infrastructure. (...)


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Hot-air balloons spark stampede fears

Residents of a Kinross-shire community have raised fears that hot-air balloon pleasure flights could cause cattle stampedes. (...)


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Display highlights Montrose's role in Battle of Britain

An exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain will open at the newly refurbished Montrose Museum on Saturday. (...)


Farm worker jailed for shining laser pen at RAF Tornado

A farm worker who shone a laser pen into the cockpit of an RAF jet was jailed after a sheriff warned him he could have killed someone. (...)


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Inquiry into Vince Hagedorn's Caird Park air crash continues

The investigation into the pilot who landed in a tree on Caird Park Golf Course in Dundee more than a year ago is likely to drag on for some considerable time, it has emerged. (...)


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Red Arrow Kirsty Moore blazing a trail to Leuchars Airshow

Most people will have watched the Red Arrows and marvelled at their death-defying stunts — but something has changed. Last September, for the first time, a female joined what is arguably the most skilled team of pilots in the world. Susan Anderson talks to Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore ahead of her performance at the RAF Leuchars Airshow. (...)


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Accused shone laser beam at RAF Leuchars Tornado

The pilot and navigator of an RAF Leuchars Tornado fighter were distracted on three occasions as a green laser beam was shone into their cockpit from a farm near Cupar. (...)


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'Biggles' Vince Hagedorn keen to take to the skies again

The self-styled "Biggles" pilot who landed in a tree on Caird Park Golf Course in Dundee wants to take to the skies once again, despite being investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) over his conduct. (...)


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'Biggles' crash pilot Vince Hagedorn fell short on fuel

A self-styled Biggles pilot who crashed his light aircraft on Caird Park golf course in Dundee had underestimated his fuel needs for the flight, according to a new report published. (...)


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Teenager flying high after text

An Angus teenager is on cloud nine as he edged one step closer to his dream of becoming a pilot after receiving his exam results. (...)


Squadron Leader Gerald 'Stapme' Stapleton

Members of Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre have been saddened to learn of the death of Squadron Leader Gerald 'Stapme' Stapleton. (...)

More on: Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre | Arnhem | South Africa | Britain | Hornchurch


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Pilot patrol is vital eye in the sky

Volunteer pilots of a flying unit which provides additional air assistance for emergency services arrived in the East Neuk at the weekend for a training day. (...)

More on: East Neuk | St Andrews | Archie Liggat | Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol | Mike Scott-Hayward


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