The Royal Canadian Air Force has confirmed that Snowbirds Public Affairs Officer Capt. Jennifer Casey has been killed and pilot Captain Richard MacDougall is in serious condition after a CT-114…
Ballistic missiles could inflict considerable damage to American aircraft carrier groups as well as to every US base in the Indo-Pacific Command region. The Pentagon has concluded after a series…
Airshows
Snowbirds’ CT-114 Tutor jet crashes after takeoff. Clip shows Ejection but pilot’s status is unknown.
On May 17, 2020, a Canadian Armed Forces CT-114 Tutor aircraft belonging to the Snowbirds demonstration team crashed in Kamloops, BC. On May 17, 2020, a Canadian Armed Forces CT-114…
Airshows
Heart-stopping video shows the moment Air Force Thunderbird has to take evasive action to avoid a midair incident during a Los Angeles flyover
Dramatic footage features one of the US Air Force Thunderbirds taking evasive action to avoid a midair incident during a Los Angeles flyover. Dramatic footage taken on May 15 from a news…
“We had several interesting dogfights with the much larger and more powerful F4U Corsair. In turning dogfights, the Corsairs were unable to get a bead on us if we saw…
The Containerized Flight Training Device provides realistic cockpit or system displays (i.e. visual resolution, tactile, spatial, audio, and functionality) and can simulate weather and tactical environments. The H-53 Heavy Lift…
The F-16 Venom features black snake scales across its back and up the tail. The yellow used by the team for its logo is used to highlight the tail code…
Carriers
The Story of how the C-130 Hercules became the biggest aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier
“The airplane stopped right opposite the captain’s bridge. There was cheering and laughing. There on the side of the fuselage, a big sign had been painted on that said, “LOOK…
History
Hans-Guido Mutke, a Me 262 pilot who may have achieved supersonic flight before Chuck Yeager
“The airspeed indicator was stuck in the red danger zone, which is over 1100kph. I noticed that rivets began popping out of the tops of the wings. The aircraft began…
The F-100 Super Sabre significantly altered the US Air Force. Chuck Yeager’s orange-painted Bell X-1 broke the sound barrier in level flight for the first time on October 14, 1947.…