The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. The Superfortress was designed for the high-altitude strategic bombing but also excelled in low-altitude night incendiary bombing. B-29s also dropped the atomic …
Read More »Female passenger opens emergency exit door on PIA flight thinking it’s the toilet
On 7 June, Pakistan International Airlines’ evening flight PK 702 from Manchester, U.K. to Islamabad, Pakistan departed more than Seven hours late after an inadvertent emergency slide deployment. Just before departure, a female passenger wanted to go to the bathroom but mistakenly took the aircraft’s door for a toilet door. …
Read More »Third Indian Air Force Antonov AN-32 Aircraft Disappeared in last 33 Years
The Indian Air Force has lost its fifth Antonov AN-32 military transport aircraft. The disappearance of an Indian Air Force’s AN-32 aircraft on Monday brought back agonising memories of other two IAF AN-32 missing Aircraft. Here are the details of all three IAF missing An-32 Aircrafts 1986 Indian Air Force …
Read More »Futuristic ‘Flying-V’ airplane that uses 20% less fuel and can carry passengers inside the wings
Dutch airline KLM has revealed the stunning ‘Flying-V’ airplane design that burns 20 per cent less fuel than conventional aircraft and can carry more than 300 passengers inside the wings. The radical new plane design would put the passenger cabins in the wings of the plane along with the cargo …
Read More »360° Video of F-35 Cockpit: Watch how an F-35 pilot can see through the aircraft airframe
On June 3, 2019, Lockheed Martin published an interesting 360-degree video walkaround of the F-35, hosted by Tony “Brick” Wilson, the test pilot that conducted the first F-35C carrier landing. In this video, recorded around a Royal Norwegian Air Force’s F-35 in Fort Worth, Wilson explains some of the most …
Read More »Here’s All the Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft that participated in a Flypast over Normandy on D-Day 75th anniversary
on June 2, 2019, we announced that D-Day 75th Anniversary Will Feature 30 Douglas C-47 Skytrains flyby and Massive Paratrooper Invasion. Apart from C-47 three Spitfires also flew over the white cliffs of Dover to mark the D-Day 75th anniversary. The three Spitfires, named Elizabeth, St George and City of …
Read More »97 Year Old WWII Veteran Jumps From Plane Again to mark 75th D-Day Anniversary
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched a massive offensive to invade German-occupied Western Europe and deployed 24,000 paratroopers, who jumped into the warzone to join over 160,000 of their comrades on the ground. Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. …
Read More »Top 25 Most Expensive Fighter Aircraft Price Comparison 3D Video
With an increase in the demand for state-of-the-art aircraft, capabilities have caused costs to rise in the price of Modern military aircraft. All prices are adjusted to reflect their status in 2019 dollars, and all prices indicate per unit cost (not including research and development costs). Here is a list …
Read More »Royal Jordanian Air Force put its Chinese-made Combat Drones up for sale
According to janes.com, the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has put its Chinese-made armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) up for sale In a notice posted on its website on 3 June, the RJAF said it was looking to sell six CH-4B UAVs, a type made by the China Aerospace Science …
Read More »The SR-71 Blackbird that fell on it’s right wing during maintenance due to a Stupid Mistake
In 1982 during maintenance procedures at Beale Air Force Base a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fell on its right-wing due to a Stupid Mistake The SR-71 #964 was going through a routine maintenance procedure at Beale Air Force Base. Due to Technician’s Improper maintenance procedures and failure to follow Technical Data …
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