July 2025

The first heatwave hit Europe last month, with unusually high temperatures in pretty much all countries of the European Union…and Great Britain. That didn’t deter anyone from going out still and enjoy doing what they love most; watch aircraft and take pictures of them and/or write them down.

A lot of you went to various airshows, of which the biannual 55th Salon International de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace, or International Paris Air Show in plain English, was the highlight, with lots of orders for all manufacturers, plus some amazing flypasts to demonstrate what their aircraft are capable of. Next to Paris we also have show reports of other European countries and Japan.

We started putting our Scramble Archive online, which are scanned PDF-copies of past issues. These copies are free for everybody. But of course you could become a member and subscribe. For a mere €10 a year you have full access to our core content consisting of an extended feed of information on both military and civil aviation. The subscription expands your Scramble website access to all sections and options available. to old issues, plus lots more!

The August 2025 edition will be available from Sunday 3 August and the deadline for photos is Tuesday 29 July.

Owned by Rolls Royce Civil Aerospace, 747-267B N787RR is seen taking off with their Trent 1000 mounted as engine number 2. The "FTB" (Flying Test Bed) departed to Colorado Springs for what was reported to be high altitude airfield testing. (Tucson Int'l (AZ), 26 June 2025, Nate Leong)