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Fighter jets Immediately intercept Lufthansa flight after pilot accidentally raises hijack alarm

Fighter jets Immediately intercept Lufthansa flight after pilot accidentally raises hijack alarm A Lufthansa flight from Scotland ( Aberdeen) to Germany (Frankfurt ) almost sparked a full-scale military response – when the pilot accidentally said the jet had been hijacked. Flight  experienced problems with the communication equipment on board, forcing …

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29   Mig-29 spectacular almost vertical take-off RIAT airshow Миг 29 Вертикальный взлёт Air tattoo The MiG-29 Fulcrum was Russia’s first fourth-generation jet fighter, marked by its elegant and deadly appearance in contrast to previous Soviet fighters. In a sense, the MiG-29 combined fourth-generation engineering with third-generation hardware. Its relatively …

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XC-142 VTOL Aircraft

XC-142 VTOL Aircraft The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 was a tri-service tilt-wing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) transports. An XC-142A first flew conventionally on 29 September 1964, and on 11 January 1965, it completed its first transitional flight by taking off vertically, …

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