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This is what it looks like when a pilot ejects from America's most expensive...
To fighter pilots, "punching out" is always a last resort, but in an emergency the ejection-seat system is a lifesaver.Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II features a two-step ejection process, which is...
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Video shows Russian combat jets near the disputed Kuril Islands
The Su-35 Flanker E, Russia’s latest version of the super-maneuverable multirole fighter jet, was recently deployed to the western Pacific to take part in drills near the disputed Kuril islands.Little...
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Stunning air-to-air images of Russian made jets in Bulgaria's air force
Last week, aviation photographer Anton Balakchiev was among a group of reporters who were given the really unique chance to take air-to-air photographs of the last operational Bulgarian Air Force...
View ArticleA man chased a plane down the tarmac to make his high school reunion
Some people dread their high school reunion, others see it as a chance to shine, and maybe even rewrite history a little bit.Seems like 58-year-old Marc Rehmar belongs to the latter category, as he was...
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Impressive shots of Russian Su-24 and Su-34 jets launching at night from...
Released by the Russian MoD, the pictures in this post show Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer and Su-34 Fullback attack planes taking off from Latakia airbase, in western Syria, for night air strikes.According to...
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Never before seen high definition air-to-air footage of a USAF B-2 stealth...
With the Pentagon days away from awarding the LRS-B (Long Range Strike Bomber) contract to either Lockheed Martin-Boeing team or Northrop Grumman, the latter company, builder of the B-2 Spirit, has...
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Norwegian airline CEO told us he's selling £150 tickets from London to the US
Norwegian, Europe's third-largest budget airline, is aiming to get more business travellers on board by making sure its routes from London to different parts of the US are always around £149-£179...
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China will spend $9.7 billion for 100 Airbus A320 jets
Beijing (AFP) - China signed a contract to buy 100 A320 aircraft from European manufacturer Airbus, a spokesman for the firm told AFP, worth $9.7 billion at list prices. The deal, signed as German...
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How the Russians captured an American jet in the Korean War
In the skies over Korea in the 1950s, both the Soviet Union and the U.S. debuted new jet fighters of very similar design.The Soviet MiG-15 and American F-86 were nearly evenly matched, but both sides...
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An F-16 tested out a new missile made for the F-35
Last week, a Joint Strike Missile (JSM) was successfully launched at 22,000 feet from an Edwards Air Force Base F-16 over the Utah Test and Training Center during a missile flight test (which included...
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China plans to fly its fifth-generation stealth fighter by 2019
A year after unveiling the FC-31 stealth fighter, Chinese officials say a production version of the fifth-generation aircraft — the country’s answer to the American-made F-35 Joint Strike Fighter —...
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Business jet weakness will drive Bombardier revenue down in 2016
Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc said lower production of its business jets — Global 5000 and Global 6000 — will drive down revenue in 2016.The company, which is scheduled to hold an...
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Pilot explains what it really means when there's turbulence during a flight
Turbulence is far and away the top concern of nervous flyers.If you’re among those seeking reassurance, please refer to my earlier essay on the topic, a version of which also appears in chapter two of...
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Airbus looks all but certain to beat Boeing in race for 2015 sales title
PARIS - Airbus orders topped 1,000 aircraft between January and November, sending its shares higher as it looked all but certain to win its annual race against U.S. rival Boeing.Boeing, however,...
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Airbus patented new designs for a jet that could fly from London to New York...
Airbus on Wednesday filed a second patent for a plane that can fly from London to New York in less than one hour, Patent Yogi first reported.The patent includes a huge rocket engine that would enable...
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Honda is about to start delivering its 'sports car' private jet
One of the more exciting things to happen in the private-jet world lately is the arrival of the HondaJet, from the Japanese automaker's planemaking arm.It has been decades in the making and is aimed at...
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Thailand has an aircraft carrier without any aircraft
For a brief period in the late 1990s, Thailand was the only country in southeast Asia that possessed one of the world's ultimate symbols of military strength: an aircraft carrier.Its carrier, the HTMS...
View ArticleNeil Armstrong almost died in this fiery crash during a 1968 test flight
Before he became the first person to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong nearly lost his life in a fiery test flight crash in 1968.In a video provided by NASA, the terrifying incident shows how the...
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Mitsubishi Aircraft will delay its regional jet until 2017
TOKYO - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp, a unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd , said on Thursday it would delay the first delivery of its regional jet by around one year from the original plan.The...
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