"Are you sure to be able to take off with the closed air intakes?": Yakovlev Yak-130 anti-FOD system disorientates Farnborough Tower
During a media briefing held at Farnborough, Irkut's vice-president Konstantin Popovich recounted a funny episode that had occurred during the Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer first flight at the Airshow 2012.…
These are the planes you would use to go in vacation if you were a Sultan: Oman Royal Flight Boeing 747s
Unfortunately, we don't have the images from inside such beauties, but, we can be quite sure that both planes (a Boeing 747-400 and a shorter 747SP) have luxury interiors worthy…
Boeing test flies India’s first Poseidon next generation anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft
Jul. 7, 2012 saw the first example of eight Boeing’s P-8I (a variant of the US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon) long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft India has ordered, make…
Airspace over London now on lock-down: All security measures put in place to protect the Olympic Games
Friday Jul. 13 saw the London Olympics only two weeks away. But the date is a milestone because, at 23.00 local time, the airspace over the southeastern UK eventually came…
The U.S. Navy aircraft performing this flyover could soon kick some ass in Syria (or elsewhere)
The following picture, taken on Jul. 10, depicts 11 aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) as it…
“Yesterday we had Raptor salad for lunch” Typhoon pilot said after dogfighting with the F-22 at Red Flag Alaska
Although a Royal Air Force Typhoon took part in the daily air display, the most interesting thing at Farnborough International Airshow 2012 was the opportunity to get some more details…
