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A bird strike or bird ingestion or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)—is a collision between an airborne animal and a manmade vehicle, especially an aircraft. The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with structures such as power lines, towers and wind turbines In the Video below …

The United States Navy (USN)  is the largest and most capable navy in the world and it has been estimated that in terms of tonnage of its active battle fleet alone, it is larger than the next 13 navies combined, which includes 11 U.S. allies or partner nations. USN has …

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances, becoming the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the four-engined B-24 and the multirole, twin-engined Ju 88. Scott’s Hotrods n’ Customs …

MAKS is an international air show held at Zhukovsky International Airport, the home of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Moscow, Russia. Air show will be packed with new insights into the future of Russian aviation combined with some rare and fascinating projects …

On Aug. 27, 2019, just before 1AM Local Time, two B-2A Stealth Bombers belonging to the 509th Bomb Wing, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, arrived into RAF Fairford, UK. Flying under the call signs DEATH11 (89-0168 “Spirit of New York”) and 12 (89-0129 “Spirit of Georgia”) the two B-2s …

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, …

Taken on Jul. 9-11, 2019 the cool video in this post features a TF-104G belonging to Starfighters Aerospace flown by Piercarlo Ciacchi intercepting Gulfstream G650ER during World Record Flight “One More Orbit” from the Kennedy Space Center and back through the poles. According to Starfighters’ website, the company operates the …

On Aug. 22, 2019 the legendary Royal Air Force (RAF) Red Arrows flew in formation alongside the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds for a historic aerial parade above Manhattan, along the Hudson River and over Statue of Liberty. History was made as the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds, the RAF’s Red …

Take a look at the following stunning footage that shows a tactical descent from 25,000 to 5,000 feet, in lesss than 60 seconds: it means a vertical speed of -20,000 fpm (feet per minute)! Not bad. This kind of maneuver is used for quick transitions from high altitude to low altitude …