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Helicopters

Photo: President Barack Obama inside a CH-47 in Afghanistan (without flak jacket)

Just released by the White House, this photograph, taken on May 1, at Bagram airfield, shows Barack Obama talking with Ambassador Ryan Crocker aboard Marine One moments before the helicopter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 3, 2012

Video: Best or Craziest helicopter pilot in the world?

This might be the best or even the more dangerous helicopter show you've ever seen. The video, most probably filmed years ago (based on the poor image quality), shows an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2012
Drones

Sooner or later we will all be spied upon by a drone like this.

TV coverage of sport events once relied on helicopters. Today, live video is provided by cameras carried by micro-drones like the one depicted in the image below. Used to film…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2012
Aviation Safety

482 such planes have crashed in 30 years. There is someone risking a lot more than F-22 pilots.

As already explained in a previous post, there's a very small number of U.S. combat pilots who have asked not to fly the F-22 Raptor fighter jets, or to be…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2012
Helicopters

Soyuz spacecraft's search and rescue helicopters

Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft with Expedition 30 crew members landed at Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Apr. 27, 2012, when the capsule brought Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2012
Military Aviation

You won't believe it: UK considered bringing back one aircraft carrier and the Harrier for Libya

Can you remember the famous possible, reportedly imminent, UK's U-turn on the F-35 version that we already discussed here? It looks like another resounding decision could have been reversed during…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2012
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