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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
Military Aviation

The (not-so) secret Air Force One trip to Afghanistan

Hiding a large aircraft is not easy. If such plane is the world's most famous Boeing 747, the undertaking will be even more challenging. As you already know by now,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2012
Military Aviation

This picture proves the importance of fighter jets camouflage schemes for survival

Although the majority of modern combat planes sport overall grey color schemes, there are still some scenarios where (pretty cool) camouflage color schemes are still important for survival. Look at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 1, 2012
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