Impressive video features A400M cargo plane completing grass runway certification tests
Watch the Airbus A400M successfully completing certification tests on a grass runway. The A400M grass runway tests, for which the development aircraft MSN2 has been used, took place over a three-week period…
Incredible video shows B-52 bomber performing strong crosswind landing
This is cool. Depending on the type of aircraft, pilots may be required to apply a Wind Correction Angle (WCA) and “crab” the plane aligning nose and tail with the…
Cool shots show AH-64D Apache Longbow Attack Helicopters flying over Hawaii
Do you remember Magnum P.I.? The stunning photographs in this post show some of the 24 AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters that the 2-6 Cavalry Squadron, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade…
Two years after MH370 there is a way for aviation enthusiasts to obtain location data from aircraft flying in remote areas
Amateur tracking software can monitor the signals sent by the aircraft to the Inmarsat network. On Mar. 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a Boeing B777-200 aircraft (registration 9M-MRO), operating…
B-52 tech report
A quick look at the B-52 Stratofortress and its incredible career. Even though it is 60 years old, the B-52 still plays a major role in the U.S. deterrence policy.…
The story of the SEAD Black Buck missions flown by Royal Air Force Vulcan bombers during the Falklands War
SEAD missions, Vulcan style. The RAF Avro Vulcan was initially planned to be retired in early 1982 but the outbreak of the Falklands War, in April that year, postponed the…
