Triangular mystery jets, Pilot Selfies, flying F-117s, Russian activities: 2014 through our top stories
The five top stories of The Aviationist provide the readers the opportunity to virtually review the year that is coming to an end. Ordered chronologically, the following 5 posts got…
Would you let North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un pilot your plane? Then watch him flying a regional jet
Footage released by Pyongyang shows North Korea's Supreme Leader at the controls of a regional jet Unlike his father Kim Jong-il, who was scared of flying after a helicopter crash…
This GoPro video will bring you the closest as you can get to the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier during catapult launches
Fantastic footage of a modern U.S. aircraft carrier during blue water operations. The following footage will bring aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier during routine flight operations.…
New Google Maps imagery shows 9 V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at airbase in Kuwait
One of our readers has pointed an interesting detail he has found on Google Maps: the presence of a huge contingent of U.S. V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft in Kuwait. At least…
These are the best videos of the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 emergency landing at Gatwick
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 was forced to perform an emergency landing at London Gatwick Airport after main landing gear issue. On Dec. 29, a Boeing 747-400, registration G-VROM, operating…
Argentina to get Russian Su-24 Fencer attack planes?
International media went into a frenzy for a report according to which Argentina could get Sukhoi Su-24s. It turns out, it may have been just a prank. According to a…
