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Aircraft Carriers

Two E-2C Hawkeye aircraft involved in unusual accident on board USS Truman

A quite unusual accident occurred on board USS Truman in the Virginia Capes, where the supercarrier is involved in CARQUAL (Carrier Qualification) activity. A source who talked to NavyTimes revealed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 13, 2012
Aviation Safety

Emergency Over North Sea: Cockpit Recording Of Aircrew Ejecting From An F-4D Phantom

Ejection caught on tape. The cockpit audio you can find below in the form of video with transcript was recorded in 1975, during a flight that ended with the ejection…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 12, 2012
Space

Secretive X-37B is launched for a third classified mission around the planet

Dec. 11 saw the third launch of Boeing’s X-37B, the unmanned, reusable, mini-shuttle orbiter. The space plane was launched atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, just after…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
December 11, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

Video of Unmanned Combat Air System X-47B Taxi at Sea shows the future of naval aviation

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air Systems (UCAS) demonstrator is currently conducting trials on the on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) at sea.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2012
Military Aviation

Cool GoPro video brings you onboard “Kubinka Diamond” display team’s Su-27, Mig-29 fighter jets

The following video was filmed with a GoPro HD Hero2 camera installed on the tail of a Mig-29 and inside the cockpit of a Su-27 of the so-called "Kubinka Diamond",…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: U-2 spyplane gets Christmas decoration at Beale Air Force Base, California

Even the austere, spooky, U-2 spyplanes at Beale Air Force Base, California, got decorations for Christmas. The following image, shows a 9th Reconnaissance Wing's two-seater U-2 "Dragon Lady" with a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2012
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