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Aviation Safety

Canadian pilots successfully escape turboprop trainer through a “controlled ejection”

Two pilots had to abandon a turboprop training aircraft when they determined it would not be safe to attempt a controlled landing. On Jan. 24, the crew of a Royal…

Winston Smith Winston Smith
February 2, 2014
Space

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster as seen through AH-64 Apache camera

OTD in 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart while entering higher atmosphere. Attack chopper camera filmed it. On Feb. 1, 2003, just before 9AM EST, abnormal readings showed up at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 1, 2014
Military Aviation

Davos’s World Economic Forum Air Defense

World Economic Forum 2014, in Davos, from Jan. 22 to 25, was secured by a complex airspace surveillance operation. As happened in the last years, both the Austrian Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 1, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

[Photo] Iranian P-3F maritime patrol plane “buzzes” U.S. carrier’s control tower

New images show how close to the U.S. carriers operating in the Strait of Hormutz, Iranian planes fly. We have recently published some images showing an F/A-18E Super Hornet escorting…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 1, 2014
Aviation

[Video] Boeing 747-8 in Seattle Seahawks livery draws “12” in the sky

A Boeing 747-8 painted in Seattle Seahawks flew a special flight path over Eastern Washington to salute the team. On Jan. 30 a Boeing 747-8 Freighter painted in Seattle Seahawks…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 31, 2014
Drones

Video shows Angry Afghan Villagers stoning wreck of U.S. Predator Drone

An American UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) crashes in Afghanistan. Local people stone it. The following footage made its first appearance on Facebook a couple of days ago. It allegedly shows…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 31, 2014
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