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Airshows

Check Out These Interesting Photos of a Sukhoi Su-57 Popping Its Drag Chute in The Air Before Touchdown

Early deployment of the drag parachute is a safe practice but rarely seen. Media day at the massive MAKS 2019 Airshow in Zhukovsky, Russia outside Moscow brought aviation journalists from…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 25, 2019
Drones

Russian Altius-U Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flies for the first time

The drone is the final version of the Altius project and equivalent of the U.S.-made MQ-9 Reaper. On Aug. 20, 2019, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video of…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 24, 2019
Aviation

Watch Starfighters’ TF-104 Intercept and Escort “One More Orbit” G650ER World Record Flight To NASA’s KSC

65 years since its first flight, the F-104s of the NASA's KSC-based "Starfighters" continue to carry out a variety of missions for government and commercial customers. Starfighters operates the world’s…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 23, 2019
Airshows

USAF F-22 Demo Team Vs. Russian Su-57 Demo: Which Airshow Demo is “Best”?

Real World Capability Aside, Which Country Puts on The Best Gen. 5 Demonstration? Military aviation fans and spotters can’t have a conversation about Russian and American aircraft without making comparisons.…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 23, 2019
Airshows

Check Out These Stunning Images Of The Rare NYC Flyover Featuring the Thunderbirds, the Red Arrows, F-22s and F-35s

What a flypast over Hudson River. History was made on Aug. 22, 2019, as the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds, the RAF's Red Arrows (the Royal Air Force aerobatic team is…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 22, 2019
Airshows

MAKS 2019 Airshow Preview: The Practice Flights as Seen at Zhukovsky.

Russia’s Greatest Airshow, And One of The Best in The World, In One Week. We’re outside the fence of Zhukovsky Airport in Zhukovsky, Russia, about 40 kilometers from downtown Moscow.…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 22, 2019
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