On 4 December 2011, an American Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was captured by Iranian forces near the city of Kashmar in northeastern Iran. The Iranian government announced that the UAV was brought down by its cyberwarfare unit which commandeered the aircraft and safely landed it, after …
Read More »Watch: Police helicopter crashes injuring pilot
CCTV footage released by Little Rock police department in Arkansas (US) shows a police helicopter crash in which the pilot was seriously injured. In the video, the helicopter can be seen parked on a flatbed trailer with its blades spinning, attempting to lift off. Then the pilot seems to …
Read More »All You Need to Know about the C-17 Globemaster III
C-17 Globemaster III is the USAF’s primary strategic, large transport aircraft developed to replace the C-141 Starlifter. The C-17 is operated by three crewmen: a pilot, a copilot, and a loadmaster. It is named the “Globemaster”, but within its community, it is also affectionately known as “The Moose.” This nickname …
Read More »Watch: F-15E Strike Eagles Dropping A B61 Nuclear Bomb
Sandia National Labs has posted an incredible video showing how all the facets of a nuclear weapons delivery test mission come together in an incredibly elegant fashion. In this case, F-15E Strike Eagles are seen dropping inert B61-3/4 tactical nuclear bombs. In one clip we can see the bomb’s spin-stabilization …
Read More »Passengers Film Plane jet engine burn during emergency landing
Red Wings flight 808, a Tupolev Tu-204, experienced engine surging of the no.1 (left) PS-90A engine during takeoff from Ufa, Russia. The flight crew were notified by the controller and through an engine fire warning on the flight deck. The automatic fire extinguishing system did not work, so the flight …
Read More »List of 83 Missing Aircraft Since 1948 – Plane that have disappeared without a trace
Since 1948 there have been 83 aircraft, that have disappeared without a trace. According to website aviation-safety.net, 26 of the missing aircraft are a passenger, 19 freighters, 19 military, 19 ferry flights and 10 others. Aviation-safety.net says 59 were lost at sea and 25 on land — either in jungles …
Read More »AFRL developing a augmented reality System for inspections of aircraft
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate is developing a capability that uses the augmented reality technology to display all necessary information for performing an aircraft inspection within the user’s field of view, eliminating the need to view information from multiple sources simultaneously. The Materials and Manufacturing …
Read More »Qatari Royal Flight 747-8I Jumbo Jet Is Up For Sale
Qatari Royal Flight 747-8I Jumbo Jet Is Up For Sale. Qatar’s retired 747SP VVIP flying palace is now up for grabs and if you have lots of money to waste, we suggest you buy this. A rarer opportunity has surfaced—to acquire a barely used, fully decked-out 747-8i Boeing Business Jet …
Read More »F-35A Using the Internal Cannon For The First Time
First operational F-35A test it’s 25 mm internal cannon! Credits: Aug. 10, 2018. Photo by Todd Cromar On Aug. 13, the U.S. Air Force announced that the first operational F-35A fighter jet successfully tested its 25 mm internal cannon for the first time. According to the USAF’s report, pilots from the 388th Fighter …
Read More »Watch: Plane crashing into the ground in Iceland
The following footage was recorded on Aug. 5, 2013. It shows a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, registered TF-MYX, an Air Ambulance flight operated by Air Myflug crashing into a dragstrip near Akureyri Airport, in Iceland. TF-MYX Beechcraft Super King Air 200, Air Ambulance from Air Myflug crashes on …
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