May 2025

The last few weeks of April were unusually warm for the time of the year, but we put in blood, literal sweat and tears to bring you the latest edition of your favourite aviation magazine. A few sections are absent, but will be back in full force next month.

This month we have two articles for your reading pleasure; Verticon 2025 and Iniochos 2025. The first one is a nice report about the recently held Helicopter Association International gathering, formerly known as Heli Expo. This year the event was at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas (TX) from 10-13 March, with Lukas Hollnsteiner providing the log and photos and Warbirds-editor Gert Jan Mentink the words. Iniochos 2025 is an annual operational and tactical-level training event hosted by the Greek Air Tactics Centre at the Fighter Weapons School, located at Andravida Air Base. Ian French was present for this amazing event and provided us with an overview.

The June 2025 edition will be available from Sunday 8 June and the deadline for photos is Tuesday 3 June.

The Embraer on the photo was delivered to Macau Landmark Hotel in September 2004 as N888ML. The jet was being operated by Jet Asia and received a fresh coat of paint in 2019. In Chinese culture, the number 8 is regarded as one of the luckiest numbers hence its registration. Air X Charter acquired the ERJ135BJ in December 2022 as 9H-IMP and operates the jet in another very nice colour scheme. (Antwerp, 18 March 2025, Walter Van Brempt)