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Aviation Safety

Video shows British Typhoon combat plane performing a tailhook landing at RAF Coningsby following an emergency

Tailhook landings by land-based aircraft are used in emergency situations to arrest planes experiencing failures that could imply a braking or steering malfunction. Like the one shown in the video.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2017
Italian Air Force

First hand account: Flying the Eurofighter Typhoon in the Aggressor role during supersonic air combat training

We have had the opportunity to fly in one of the world's most advanced fighters to experience the thrills and complexity of a 4 vs 3 supersonic aerial combat training…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 13, 2017
Aviation

Close call: Boeing 737 almost crashes into the water while landing into St. Maarten

A WestJet B737 Demonstrates How the Famous Princess Juliana Approach Can Be Tricky. Every aviation enthusiast knows about the approach to St. Maarten’s famous Princess Juliana Airport and the remarkable…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 12, 2017
Aircraft Carriers

This is what it looks like when you land an E-2C Hawkeye on an aircraft carrier at night

E-2C Hawkeye Night Carrier Landing from the cockpit. With radio comms. The following video was filmed on Apr. 16, 2013, and shows a night (let's say a sunset) carrier arrested…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 10, 2017
F-35

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B to take part in South Korean drills amid growing nuclear tension with North

The USMC Joint Strike Fighters based in Japan will take part in Foal Eagle joint exercise with South Korea. A rather symbolic move. Some F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 9, 2017
Military Aviation

Check out this fantastic video of an EF-18 Hornet during DACT 2017 exercise

Behind the scenes of the air-to-air photo session of a Spanish KC-130H with an ALA46 EF-18 Hornet. Held at Gando Air Base, in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, in the second…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 9, 2017
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