• After over a decade of silence, the WikiProject Aviation newsletter is making a comeback under the name The WikiEagle. This first issue was sent to all active members of the project and its sub-projects. If you wish to continue receiving The WikiEagle, you can add your username to the mailing list. For now the newsletter only covers general project news and is run by only one editor. If you wish to help or to become a columnist, please let us know. If you have an idea which you believe would improve the newsletter, please share it; suggestions are welcome and encouraged.
• On 16 December, an RfC was closed which determined theaerodrome.com to be an unreliable source. The website, which is cited over 1,500 articles, mainly on WWI aviation, as of the publishing of this issue.
• Luft46.com has been added to the list of problematic sources after this discussion.
• The Jim Lovell article was promoted to Featured Article status on 26 December after being nominated by Hawkeye7.
• The Raymond Hesselyn article was promoted to Good Article status on 4 December after being nominated by Zawed.
• The Supermarine Sea King article was promoted to Good Article status on 22 December after being nominated by Amitchell125.
• The William Hodgson (RAF officer) article was promoted to Good Article status on 26 December after being nominated by Zawed.

New Members

• KingAviationKid (Joined on 17 December)
• PatrickChiao (Joined on 22 December)
• Wp9097 (Joined on 16 December)

Closed Discussions

Featured Article assessment

• Jim Lovell (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 26 December 2021

Good Article assessment

• HAL Tejas (discussion) – Closed as not promoted on 30 December 2021
• William Hodgson (RAF officer) (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 26 December 2021
• Supermarine Sea King (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 22 December 2021
• Raymond Hesselyn (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 4 December 2021

Deletion

• Timeline of Berlin Brandenburg Airport's construction (discussion) – Closed as delete and redirect on 30 December 2021
• Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 (discussion) – Closed as keep on 25 December 2021

Requested moves

• Akbarpur (Ambedkar Nagar) Airstrip → Akbarpur Airstrip (discussion) – Closed as moved on 30 December 2021
• 1983 Avensa Douglas DC-9 crash → Avensa Flight 007 (discussion) – Closed as moved on 30 December 2021
• Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 → Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 035 (discussion) – Withdrawn on 28 December 2021

On The Main Page

Did you know...

• ... that the aerobatic demonstration aircraft used by SoloTürk is also used in military operations of the Turkish Air Force? (24 December)

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