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Military Aviation

U.S. plane carrying Special Forces makes emergency landing on a road in Uganda

This will remind you a famous scene of "Lord of War" movie. On Jul. 18, a Construcciones Aeronauticas SA Casa 212-200, N604AR flying from Entebbe International to Juba, in South…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 20, 2014
Aviation

What it’s like to be sitting behind a radar screen of an SA-11 Buk SAM system

If you thought Buk (SA-11) SAM operators had a clear view of the airspace around their vehicle you were wrong. The images and video in this post show the inside…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 20, 2014
Aviation

Here’s why Malaysia Airlines MH17 overflew Ukraine on its way to Malaysia

In order to save time, fuel airliners to fly from departure airport to destination as close as possible to a Great Circle. A great circle is the shortest path interconnecting…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 18, 2014
Aviation Safety

It was just a matter of time before a civil plane was shot down in Ukraine’s SAM-infested airspace

In spite of the amount of aircraft shot down by the rebels, civil airliners flew through the SAM-infested airspace of Eastern Ukraine with the risk of being mistakenly hit. As…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 17, 2014
Aviation Safety

Malaysian Boeing 777 with 295 people on board shot down over Eastern Ukraine

A Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border after being hit from a surface to air missile. A Boeing 777 (9M-MRD)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 17, 2014
Military Aviation

[Video] U-2 spyplane landing as seen from chase car

A unique view, from inside a U-2 chase car. Pilots are not supposed to have a car entering the active runway as they are about to land, unless they are…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 17, 2014
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