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Aviation Safety

Watch an F-16’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System save an unconscious pilot from certain death

The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) recognized the F-16's dangerous attitude and automatically performed the recovery that saved the life of an unconscious student pilot. Obtained by Aviation Week,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 13, 2016
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U.S. B-1 bombers fly over South Korea in response to the recent nuclear test by North Korea

Two U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers from Guam performed a "show of force" in South Korea following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test. On Sept. 12, two B-1B bombers flew over…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 13, 2016
Military Aviation

This New Video Shows What It’s Like to Fly to the Stratosphere at Supersonic Speed in a Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum

Here's what it's like to prepare and fly to the Edge of Space in a MiG-29 Fulcrum. The following footage was shot by famous aviation video producer Artur Sarkysian for…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 12, 2016
Military Aviation

This photo shows 13 F-22 Raptors squeezed into the NASA Langley Research Center hangar for Hurricane protection

13 F-22 Raptors and 9 other aircraft found a shelter in the NASA hangar at Langley. The image above was posted by the Commander of the 1st Fighter Wing at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 11, 2016
Military Aviation

Take a seat in the cockpit of a B-1B Lancer (at low level, at night or doing an aileron roll) with this cool graduation video

Ever wondered what it looks like to be in the cockpit of a B-1 "Bone" doing an aileron roll? Low level flying, formation flying, night refueling, range activity and even…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 9, 2016
Aviation Safety

Watch an F-16 suffer a compressor stall during the display at AirPower 2016 airshow

During the display at the Zeltweg airshow in Austria, the Belgian Air Force F-16 suffered a compressor stall that caused a loud bang and an impressive backfire. On Sept. 3,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2016
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