Capt. Charles deForest Chandler fired five rounds at the target over the course of three passes while flying a Wright Flyer Type B at about 48 mph, marking the first…
The F-16/79 displayed the same 9G capabilities as the standard F-16, according to test pilots, but the former appeared to operate more readily at or near Mach 2 General Dynamics…
The XB-70A Valkyrie, which was once intended to be a Mach 3 bomber, was only ever utilized for flight testing This post’s most noteworthy photo is a close-up shot of…
Carriers
Satellite Imagery Shows USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier Shadowed By 20 Iranian fast Inshore Attack Crafts while Transiting the Strait of Hormuz
Airborne- and surface-based fleet air defense elements, such as F/A-18s and at least two guided-missile destroyers safeguarded the US Navy flattop during the exfiltration. Released on Dec. 4, 2019, by…
In 1980, an order was placed for seven preproduction F-20s with options for another 83 production models. The F-20 was a truly amazing aircraft that a lot of people outside…
Carriers
Huge Fire breaks out on Russia’s only Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. Two People Missing.
Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov caught fire during repairs while docked at the Barents Sea port of Murmansk. Fuel is reportedly burning aboard the ship. A huge fire has broken out…
South Korea’s first indigenously developed fighter jet, the KF-21, has been unveiled. This is a significant milestone for South Korea’s aviation and military sectors. The single-engine FA-50 Golden Eagle was…
F-14 Tomcat
Former F-14 Pilot Explains How He Managed to Land His ‘Missing Radome’ Tomcat aboard USS Eisenhower
‘We were going about 600 knots at 28,000 feet, so it was a loud boom, explosive decompression, and the airplane was damaged, a lot of glass in the cockpit, a…
The T-28 was a trainer aircraft produced for the US Air Force by North American Aviation. The T-28 served as the primary jet trainer for the United States from 1949…
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…