Champion pilot who taught Countdown star Carol Vorderman how to fly was killed in a light aircraft crash. Flying instructor Emily Collett, 36, and her passenger, Tom Castle, 30, both died during a lesson in Oxfordshire on Saturday, The Sun reported. Mrs Collett was with novice aerobatic pilot Tom Castle, who …

In January a new Russian stealthy Sukhoi’s S-70 Hunter-B (Okhotnik-B), unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) has been spotted in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. on May 16, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to the country’s southwestern region at Military Test Facility.  The satellite image of the flight line at …

The F-35’s Helmet Mounted Display Systems provide pilots with unprecedented situational awareness. All the information pilots need to complete their missions – airspeed, heading, altitude, targeting information and warnings – is projected on the helmet’s visor, rather than on a traditional Heads-up Display . This approach greatly reduces the pilot’s …

In 2012, John Collins set the world record for the farthest flight by a paper aircraft. Thrown by football player Joe Ayoob, the glider, named “Suzanne,” after Collins’ wife, flew 226 feet, 10 inches (69.14 meters) before gracefully making its way into history. Collins, a former television producer and director, …

Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina is planning a tactical stand-down over three days in August and September to help those at the base “recharge” following the suicides of three airmen in the past year and the alarming uptick in Air Force suicides throughout the U.S. Shaw Air Force …

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says Israeli warplanes have attacked a Palestinian base in the country’s east, near the border with Syria. The report says there were three strikes early on Monday, minutes apart, that struck a base for a Syrian-backed group known as the Popular Front for the Liberation …

As we have reported earlier a Spanish Air Force CASA C-101EB Aviojet Crashed Into Sea along the Seashore.  According to the Defense Ministry, the pilot of a Spanish Air Force plane that crashed this morning in the Mediterranean Sea, in front of the seaside spit La Manga del Mar Menor, …

U.S. Air Force has confirmed Offutt Air Force Base Runway runway closure delayed 10 months, at a cost of nearly $176 million. According to the 55th Wing’s runway replacement at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, has been pushed back from December 2019 to October 2020. The ten-month delay of the …

Spanish Air Force CASA C-101EB Aviojet Crashed Into Sea along the Seashore. Search operations are being conducted. A Casa C-101 Aviojet advanced trainer of the Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force), has crashed into the Mediterranean waters today in an accident off the coast of La Manga del Mar Menor, …

A privately owned C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft crashed-landed at Santa Barbara Airport in California at around 10:20PM on the evening of August 25th, 2019. The aircraft in question appears to belong to International Air Response, an operator of C-130s that are used for various unique applications, such as test and …