Photo: UK's second F-35B makes inaugural flight
On Jul. 11, 2012, F-35B BK-2 took the air from NAS Fort Worth JRB for the aircraft's inaugural flight. Piloted by Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti, the second F-35…
Airbus A400M tactical airlifter to get Thales TopOwl Helmet Mounted Sight and Display
During the Farnborough Airshow 2012, Thales announced that its TopOwl Helmet Mounted Sight and Display (HMSD) has been selected by the Operation for Joint Armaments Cooperation to be flight tested…
Photo: F-22 Raptor refuels off the east coast
This cool close up picture shows how an F-22 Raptor appears from the boom operator's windown on a KC-135 Stratotanker of the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews Naval…
"Are you sure to be able to take off with the closed air intakes?": Yakovlev Yak-130 anti-FOD system disorientates Farnborough Tower
During a media briefing held at Farnborough, Irkut's vice-president Konstantin Popovich recounted a funny episode that had occurred during the Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer first flight at the Airshow 2012.…
These are the planes you would use to go in vacation if you were a Sultan: Oman Royal Flight Boeing 747s
Unfortunately, we don't have the images from inside such beauties, but, we can be quite sure that both planes (a Boeing 747-400 and a shorter 747SP) have luxury interiors worthy…
Boeing test flies India’s first Poseidon next generation anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft
Jul. 7, 2012 saw the first example of eight Boeing’s P-8I (a variant of the US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon) long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft India has ordered, make…
