2010 was the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain -Britain's 'finest hour'. Flightglobal marked the event with a dedicated page of content detailing the history already charted in our pdf archive, plus videos and images, while RIAT celebrated with flying displays including dogfights, a flypast and a 'missing man' formation with Hurricanes, Spitfires Messerschmitts.
Visitors to the air tattoo enjoyed a Battle of Britain Village where re-enactors recreate the sights and sounds of England in 1940, complete with a static display of historic aircraft, military vehicles and period entertainment.
Flightglobal decamped to Oshkosh at the end of July where the industry celebrated the 75th anniversaries of two iconic aircraft; the B-17 Flying Fortress and the DC-3.
Last year in January was the 40th anniversary of the Boeing 747 entering commercial service with Pan Am and Flightglobal encouraged its users to join a facebook group to keep up to date with its coverage of the anniversary.
And Airline Business magazine celebrated 25 years of bringing you news and market analyses from the industry.
Source: FlightGlobal.com