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Two drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Aug. 4, 2018, in an apparent assassination attempt that took place while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers, live on television. The assailants flew two commercial drones each packed with 1 kilogram of C-4 plastic …

The aviation community mourns the loss of McDonnell Aircraft test pilot Bob Little today. He flew the first flights of McDonnell’s early jet fighters, the Demon, Voodoo and Phantom II. Here is our most recent story featuring Bob Little from The Aero Experience: McDonnell Test Pilot Bob Little Honored by …

  American Airlines Flight 383 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operating from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Miami International Airport. On October 28, 2016, the Boeing 767-300ER operating the flight (registered N345AN) was accelerating for takeoff down Chicago O’Hare’s runway 28R when the aircraft’s right engine suffered an uncontained …

On 10 June 2015, a single-seater Saab JAS 39 Gripen from the Hungarian Air Force performed a belly landing at Kecskemét Air Base, Hungary. The pilot, Major Sándor Kádár ejected successfully, but suffered spinal injuries and later awarded with For Homeland Medal by the Defence Minister for rescuing the plane. …

  On Sept. 18, 1961 a Convair B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber of the U.S. Air Force SAC (Strategic Air Command) suffered a left main gear failure during take off for a night training mission from Carswell Air Force Base, Texas. Debris from the landing gear tore a hole in the …

  According to Online military magazine Defense Blog China successfully test-fire hypersonic aircraft The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics has released photographs showing first guided flight test of the newest hypersonic aircraft, also called wave rider. Waverider is a hypersonic aircraft that have the wedge-shaped fuselage that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio …

  Warning, this video shows the crash of the helicopter and is of graphic nature. Viewer discretion is advised: On 2 Aug 2015 A Mi-28N “Havoc” attack helicopter from Russia’s Golden Eagles aerobatic display team lost control during one of the team’s signature maneuvers and came spinning to the ground. …

Here is an amazing Video Footage of Mexico City International Airport During heavy rain on  AUGUST 31, 2017 Heavy rains lashed the city, causing flash flooding that stranded motorists in their submerged vehicles, forced the closure of key transportation infrastructure and flooded people’s homes. Up to 70 millimeters of rain fell on …

This video shows a Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29 Fulcrum performing a fast approach at was filmed at Myrhorod, an airbase that leads to a long landing and runway overrun. Myrhorod airbase is located in  the Poltava region of Ukraine The footage shows the aircraft main landing gear’s right leg collapsing before …

The footage was mainly shot from the cockpit and bomb bay of some of the 14 Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers that on Nov. 17 flew 5h 20min-round trip mission from their deployment base in Ossetia to attack IS targets in Syria along with 5 x Tu-160 Blackjack and 6 x Tu-95MS …