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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 …

According to Defence Blog Article published on 4 August 2018, Satellite imagery spotted Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters at Egypt’s airbase Recently analyzed Google Earth satellite imagery shows 12 recently received Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters of the Egyptian Air Force at the at Kattamia Air Base. The Ka-52 Alligator is a next-generation …

According to “THE TELEGRAPH” Article published on 6/8/2018 Honey-trap: Hacker attempted to steal RAF F-35 stealth jets secrets using Tinder An RAF airwoman’s dating profile was hijacked by a suspected spy who then got in touch with another RAF serviceman to try and sweet talk details of the F-35 stealth fighter …

A small Cessna 414 plane crashed at a parking lot in Santa Ana, killing all five people aboard All the fatalities were in the plane, a Cessna that was on approach to John Wayne Orange County Airport, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi from the scene. There were no survivors, …

  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 …

The military trainer plane crashed under unknown circumstances. One pilot died, another was injured. The aircraft was performing a patrol work on the border with Haiti. A Pillán airplane of the Dominican Air Force (FAD) rushed to earth leaving one dead and one wounded, according to unofficial information released this …

  Two Steen Aero Lab Skybolt aerobatic aircraft collided midair during a training session. One pilot died, another was seriously injured. The aircraft involved were D-EHHH and N5769. Two small airplanes collided in the air on Saturday, at Fratatutii Vechi, Suceava County, during some training flights, and then collapsed outside …