The German Air Force has been putting its new Airbus A350, registered 10+03, to the test on an ultra-long-haul flight from Germany to Australia. The flight clocked in at 19 hours and 13 minutes, rivalling Quanta’s non-stop London to Sydney service done over a year ago. The Airbus A350-900 isRead More →
The C-130 Hercules is the most versatile military aircraft in history. (Credits: Forbes- Loren Thompson) Originally conceived as a cargo and troop transport, the airframe has been adapted for use as a gunship, an aerial refueling tanker, a maritime patrol aircraft, an airborne jammer, a reconnaissance plane and even aRead More →
The KAI T-50 Golden Eagle is a family of South Korean supersonic advanced trainers and light combat aircraft, developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with Lockheed Martin. In general, the T-50 series of aircraft closely resembles the F-16 in configuration. The T-50 is South Korea’s first indigenous supersonic aircraft and one of the world’s few supersonicRead More →
Yokosuka MXY-7 “Ohka” (Cherry Blossom) Model 43 K-1 Kai. This training variant of the infamous ‘Baka bomb’ replaced the warhead for a student pilot. It also has flaps and a retractable skid undercarriage. The aircraft would launch from a catapult and was powered by a single Type 4 Mark 1Read More →
Whether you know the Russian Tupolev Tu-160 as the Blackjack, or the White Swan is up to you. Brief History The Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan or the NATO name ‘Blackjack’is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. It is the largestRead More →
WASHINGTON ― Raytheon Technologies will cut 15,000 staff and 4,000 contractor positions. By: Joe Gould This will largely be at the company’s Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace divisions, due to decreased commercial aerospace sales from COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Greg Hayes said Tuesday on the company’s earnings call. The Waltham,Read More →
Although the origin of TIGER MEET is a bit fuzzy, it appears to have started with the 79th and No 74 Squadron RAF getting together for some whiskey and cheer in 1960. In 1961 the meeting was continued, with the addition of the French EC 1/12, and so the NATORead More →
An ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with it. Once clear of theRead More →
Couple flaunted their lavish lifestyle. Wife now out on bail. Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu made headlines in 2007 when she accused her boss at SAA of harassing her sexually. The former SAA cabin attendant who was living the high life after marrying her army boss boyfriend, was arrested on Wednesday morning, NPA spokespersonRead More →
The Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is the world’s premier rotary-wing unit. Since the unit’s founding in the early 1980s, the Night Stalkers have participated in almost all of the US military’s special-operations missions and campaigns. The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) is a special operations force ofRead More →
