A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force has crashed in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh today, killing the pilot. The aircraft had taken off from the Pathankot air base on a routing sortie at 12:20 pm. It crashed around 1:20 pm in Patta Jattian village in Jawali, around …
Read More »Unidentified military plane crashes in Syria- Local Media calming its Apache Heli
According to “sputniknews”An unknown warplane crashed in the southern countryside of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, today, local activists reported this evening. It crashed approximately 15 kilometres south of Al-Shaddadi city, resulting in a powerful explosion in southern Al-Hasakah.The plane fell near the village of al-Mshaweh, located in the south of the …
Read More »Video of Antonov An-2T biplane Crash at Chernoye Airport
on Saturday 2 September 2017 an Antonov An-2T biplane was performing a display flight at an airshow at Chernoye Airport when it impacted the runway, killing both occupants. RA-35171 took off at 12:11 and after circling at 400 m, began aerobatics manoeuvres over the runway. The aircraft was coming out of …
Read More »French gangster’s fled prison in spectacular helicopter escape for the 2nd time
According to Reuters Article Published on July 1, 2018, A French- Algerian gangster Redoine Faïd escapes French jail with three armed accomplices in a helicopter that landed in the prison grounds He is one of the country’s most infamous gangsters with a long criminal career, which he has said was inspired by Hollywood …
Read More »Video of Diego Garcia Stall and Fall: C-5 Galaxy nearly crashed while Landing
Jay Lacklen is a former C-5 pilot with 12,500 flying hours and the author of two books, Flying the Line: An Air Force Pilot’s Journey and Flying the Line: An Air Force Pilot’s Journey Volume Two: Military Airlift Command. The following story comes from the last book of the trilogy, …
Read More »Kolb Twinstar II experimental aircraft crashes near La Porte airport – 2 killed
According to ABC 13 news, Two people are dead after an aircraft crashed near the La Porte airport The incident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. about 300 yards from the runway. A small plane has gone down near La Porte Airport. We know two people are dead. Plane went down in …
Read More »5 dead & 1 injured in South Korea MUH-1 military helicopter crash
Five people were killed and one injured when a South Korean military helicopter crashed on Tuesday at a marine base in the country’s southeast, the defence ministry said. The military helicopter crashed and caught fire during a test flight after repairs at the base in the port city of Pohang, …
Read More »Video of Close Call for Red Bull Air Race Pilot
In the below video, Matt Hall talks us through an eventful Qualifying day in Windsor, the fourth stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2010. Matt Hall A former Australian military pilot racing for the Red Bull Air Race bounced off the Detroit River and recovered his airplane …
Read More »Watch: Actor Jimmy Stewart Joined the Mach 2 Club in a B-58 Hustler
The Below Video is Air Force film “Champion of Champions” was produced in the early 1960s Brigadier General James M Stewart, USAF (ret) did the narration and makes several appearances in the film. In fact, he climbs out of the pilot’s seat of a Convair B-58 Hustler appearing in the …
Read More »When US Navy F/A-18C Hornet was ordered to gun down an E-2C Hawkeye
Article Source: AVGEEKERY.COM On July 8th 1991, a US Navy Grumman E-2C Hawk-eye early warning and control aircraft was shot down by a US Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet approximately 40 miles southeast of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Hornet utilized its M61A1 20 millimeter Vulcan cannon to …
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