The Swedish Air Force has declared war on a new, homegrown enemy: forest fires. Sweden dispatched two Gripen fighters to bomb forest fires, snuffing out flames with blast waves. As weird as it sounds, it actually works, and you’ve probably done something like it yourself. Scientists describe the effect is …
Read More »Watch: C-130 Super Hercules Goes Inverted at Farnborough 2018
Here is the Video of a remarkable aerobatic display by Lockheed Chief Pilot Wayne Roberts in a new LM-100J Super Hercules variant. Roberts flew an incredible demonstration routine at the Farnborough Air Show in the new civilian variant of the legacy C-130 Hercules. It is almost certainly the most remarkable …
Read More »Israeli’s F-35 Stealth Aircraft appeared On Flight Tracking Website for about 1 hour
According to The Aviationist Article published on 24 July, 2018. F-35 Stealth Aircraft Goes “Live” On Flight Tracking Websites As It Flies Mission Over Israel An F-35, Adir jets recently delivered to the Israeli Air Force, appears on Flightradar24.com: the deliberate action or just a case of bad OPSEC? On …
Read More »SR-71 vs MiG-31- When Russian Foxhound intercepted U.S. Blackbird
Exactly 30 years ago a new combat aircraft appeared in the skies over Russia. Without firing a missile, the MiG-31 achieved what Soviet air defence had been attempting for years – send the SR-71 spy plane into early retirement. The only aircraft which possessed the capabilities to shoot down an …
Read More »Japan Building New Aircraft carrier – More advanced than the UK or US supercarrier?
Japan once had the second-most powerful carrier force in the world – on December 7, 1941. On that date, they had six fleet carriers and five light carriers in service, with two fleet carriers on the way. That was in comparison to the United States, which had seven fleet carriers …
Read More »Trump Wants the New Air Force One to be Painted Red, White & Blue
President Trump has stated that he wants the new Air Force One aircraft to be painted Red, White and Blue instead of the baby blue colour the current aircraft have. “It’s going to be the top of the line, the top in the world,’’ Trump said in an interview with …
Read More »Will S-500 make the F-35 & F-22 stealth aircraft obsolete?
Russia’s fearsome new S-500 air and missile defence system has apparently entered production—and is setting new records for missile engagement range. The next generation weapon is designed to supplement Moscow’s already potent S-400 and replace the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system. Not only does the weapon have unprecedented capability to hit …
Read More »Watch: Marine Lands AH-1W Attack Helicopter at Ball Field To Retrieve Cell Phone
Taken on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, the curious video in this post show two helicopters (a Bell AH-1W Super Cobra and a Bell UH-1Y Venom) making a quick visit to Bar Harbor. Noteworthy the Super Cobra landed at the town athletic fields to retrieve a cell phone one of the …
Read More »Watch: Skydivers who miraculously survived mid-air collision between two planes
The below Footage is of Wisconsin plane crash when nine skydivers make emergency jumps from their planes after a collision Majority of the video taken from the helmet of one of the divers, Amy Polson, who inside the lead plane when it made contact with the second, causing an eruption …
Read More »Douglas C-47 plane crash at Burnet Municipal Airport with 13 passengers on-board
In The Above Video, you can see A Douglas C-47, named “Bluebonnet Belle”, was involved in an accident during takeoff from runway 19 at Burnet Municipal Airport, Texas, USA. Video of the takeoff and accident sequence shows the aircraft accelerating on the runway, with the tailwheel leaving the ground …
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