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Aviation

[Animation] The most detailed and realistic look at the Asiana Air 214 crash landing at San Francisco

A new “forensic animation”, made by Eyewithness Animationas and published by several media outlets, provides the most detailed and realistic look (in terms of airspeeds, altitudes, etc. ATC audio recordings…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 15, 2013
Airshows

The most stunning Special Colored Fighter Jets taking part in the NATO Tiger Meet 2013 in Norway

NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise that gathers squadrons sporting Tiger (or feline) emblems. As already explained on previous posts about it, the most peculiar feature of the meeting…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 15, 2013
Drones

Israel purposely crashed own surveillance drone near Egypt border (and it’s not the first time)

According to Haaretz, on Jul. 14, a Hermes  450 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was purposely downed by the IDF during an unspecified operation near the border with Egypt. Personnel remotely…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 14, 2013
Helicopters

[Video] Extreme low altitude flight over Mali aboard French Special Forces helicopter

Enjoy the view from inside the cabin of a Cougar helicopter, sitting next to the gunner, on an extreme low altitude mission over Mali. Four Cougar helicopters along with three…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 14, 2013
Airshows

Eurofighter Typhoon takes the stage at the Zeltweg airshow among several interesting participants

On Jun. 28 and 29 Zeltweg airbase hosted Air Power 2013, Austria's main air show. Even if several planes took part in the airshow, the Eurofighter Typhoon emerged as the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
July 13, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

X-47B UCAV drone decided to abort landing attempt on aircraft carrier on its own without human intervention

As we described it earlier, a new era in carrier based aviation has started when the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 12, 2013
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