15 interesting facts about aviation
Here are some interesting facts about aviation listed by a user on Quora: During WWII, Russian fighter pilot T. Kuznetsov flew himself home after being shot down by stealing a…
Here are some interesting facts about aviation listed by a user on Quora: During WWII, Russian fighter pilot T. Kuznetsov flew himself home after being shot down by stealing a…
As explained by a military expert user on Quora, German technology produced the V1, essentially the first “cruise missiles,” after the conflict. (The V2 was the first ICBM ever built.)…
The XB-70 Valkyrie AV/2 would only leave and land at Carswell AFB before being destroyed on June 8, 1966, as a result of an unintentional mid-air collision The interesting photo…
The video in this post features a crosswind landing performed by a massive Antonov An-124 and is definitely one of the craziest landings ever filmed. Taken on Mar. 13, 2019,…
The fly-by-wire systems currently used in space shuttles and in modern military and civilian aircraft were inspired by the F-8 DFBW system The F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire (DFBW) aircraft’s control system…
“Suddenly gray uniforms mixed with brown. I could see them hugging each other, dancing, and jumping. Americans were passing out cigarettes and chocolate,” Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I fighter ace.…
The F-14s’ spin issue made it difficult for them to engage in a dogfight successfully A line of post-Vietnam fighters began with the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and included the F-15…
The B-52 Ghost Rider’s refurbishment, modernization, and restoration work were finished in 272 calendar days by Tinker’s 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The rare photos in this post showcase the first…
Moreover, on Nov. 23, Air France quietly retired its first Airbus A380 Very sad news. As the main image of this post shows the first Airbus A380 has (already) been…
The SR-71 remained the fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft for approximately 24 years of its life It was a different era in 1976. Americans were waiting to buy as the…