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The article discusses two aviation-related topics. The first topic is the grounding of the last airworthy Hawker Hunter F. 58 jet in Switzerland after more than two decades of operation. The decision was made due to unsuccessful attempts to form a recognized maintenance operation. The aircraft will be taken back to its home base and placed on permanent static display. The second topic is the progress made by the KF Centre for Excellence in returning a Hawker Tempest Mk. II aircraft to the skies. The aircraft, which uses a Pratt & Whitney engine instead of its traditional Bristol Centaurus engine, successfully completed its first engine run and is now working towards completing its controls and landing gear. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the world's first operational jet-powered bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, Arado Ar 234 Blitz (Lightning). It sates that the aircraft is a high-winged design with a Junkers Jumo engine under each wing. It further discusses attempts to develop the Ar 234B-2/N night-fighter.

The article offers information on the Bristol Britannia transport plane. It states that the plane has been recommended by Brabazon Committee for the post-war air transportation needs in Great Britain. Also mentioned that the aircraft was powered by the Bristol Centaurus piston engines and Turboprop propulsion from either Napier Nomad and Bristol Proteus powerplants.

The article analyzes the Bombardier CSeries airliner family and its innovations. Details indicate the efficiency improvements on the CSeries that include Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan engine, composite wings, aluminum-lithium fuselage, and the composite-to-metal joints, braking system and a Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system. An overview of the flight test program for the airliner is presented.

The article explains how the Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter was given a lease of life in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s. It describes the solution devised by the personnel of the 108th Air Refueling Squadron of the Illinois Air National Guard at Chicago's O'Hare Airport wherein they utilize surplus General Electric J-47 jet engines taken from retired Boeing KB-50J/K Superfortresses. The air refueling missions and the rotation of KC-97L for conventional training are highlighted.

The article reports on the maiden flight of Boeing 787-8 flight test aircraft with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Trust, Efficiency and New technology (TEN) engine on its wing.

The article reports that restoration work on engine of Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XZ130 has been successfully carried out by Jet Art Aviation.

The article reports on the preliminary findings of an investigation on the digital flight recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the Airbus Defence and Space A400M jet transport that crashed in Seville, Spain on May 9, 2015, showing that the plane lost power in three of its four engines.

The article focuses on the flight of the replica of the Caproni Ca.3 I-ZANA bomber aircraft in Treviso, Italy which lasted for six minutes due to the problem with the aircraft's left engine.

A photograph showing a Messerschmitt Bf 109G Black 1 aircraft undergoing an engine run in Bremgarten, Germany on February 6, 2015 is presented.

A photograph of former Iraqi Hawker Fury FB10 VH-ISS aircraft which is based at Antwerp, Belgium, taken after it has undergone engine and taxiing trials in May 2014, is presented.

The article reports that the first prototype of the Airbus A320neo aircraft has been completely assembled, painted and fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines and was launched at the manufacturer's Toulouse facility in France on July 1, 2014.

The article reports that a group of Chinese investors has purchased the rights and tooling for the Extra 500 single-engine turboprop aircraft from Extra Aircraft.

The article reports that aircraft maker Spitfire Ltd. conducted high-power engine runs of its Spitfire FRXVIIIE SM845 (G-BUOS) aircraft at Duxford in Cambridgeshire, England on November 13, 2013 after undergoing repairs following a landing accident in Norway in July 2010.