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Aviation Safety

Close call: E-3 AWACS almost collides with KC-135 tanker mid-air

It must have been one of the most frightening view in the career of the KC-135's flying boom operator. A NATO E-3  Sentry almost hit the tail of the tanker…

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October 19, 2012

Spanish Armada Flagship completes operational assessment as Australia welcomes its largest ever warship

The Strategic Projection Ship LHD 'Juan Carlos I' (L61), flagship of the Spanish Navy, has completed the operational assessment with two of the main aircraft used by the Army's Air…

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October 19, 2012

V8 Supercar drivers experience extreme G-force dogfighting against each other in F/A-18 Hornet jets

Australian readers of The Aviationist pointed out the following interesting video, showing V8 Supercar drivers Garth Tander and Shane Van Gisbergen sitting on the backseat of F/A-18 Hornet jets of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 19, 2012

[Map] Syrian planes and helicopters downed by rebels since the beginning of the uprising

Studying all the information gathered from both verified and unverified sources, Bjørn Holst Jespersen has created an interesting map which shows all the locations where Syrian Arab Air Force planes or…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 18, 2012

Known and unknown incidents prove Turkey and Israel have come closer to war than you might believe

Listing a series of episodes, Aviationlive.org website highlighted how Turkey and Israel, once close allies, have become enemies in the last 3 years. As a consequence of the diplomatic crisis…

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October 18, 2012

Video: German twin-engine cargo plane miraculously escapes crash landing

On Oct. 16, a decommissioned C-160 Transall cargo plane destined to the air museum in Wenigerode, nearly crashed on landing at Ballenstedt airfield, in Germany. Some 1,000 people had gathered…

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October 17, 2012
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