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Airbus A380 cockpit panorama
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Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation Retirees Finish Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” Following 8-Year Restoration Effort
The Flying Pancake dates to World War II when the Chance Vought Division of the United Aircraft Corporation built and flew the airplane to test Charles H. Zimmerman’s theories about extremely low-aspect ratio wing design that allowed an aircraft to fly at very slow speeds.
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Carbon nanotube-based anti-icing coating proves itself in wind tunnel testing
Battelle has recently tested its carbon nanotube-base HeatCoat technology that it claims is lighter and less power hungry than conventional aircraft anti-icing systems. It also has no moving parts...
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Boneyard
Commonly referred to as the “Boneyard,” the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., contains about 5,000 retired military aircraft throughout 2,600 acres. Crews at the Boneyard preserve aircraft for possible future use, pull aircraft parts to supply to the field, and perform depot-level maintenance and aircraft regeneration in support of Air Force operations.
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The World's Most Secretive 737 Is America's Key To Better Stealth Tech
Nobody knows exactly where "Rat 55" lives or precisely what technology it uses to accomplish its mission, but it sure is an exotic beast.
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Inside the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber
Take a look inside the most advanced, invisible and deadliest aircraft built in world history...the B2 bomber. This documentary covers the origins, the growth and the maturity of the magnificent flying wing.
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“Family flight” – Five A350 XWBs together in flight
The five test and development A350-900s took to the skies for a formation flight in September 2014, bringing together all of the aircraft used for Airbus’ successful campaign leading to certification of this latest Airbus widebody jetliner
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National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - Virtual Tour
If you have a flash blocker installed, click on the f to start.
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Lower than a Snake's Belly in a Wagon Rut
There are two types of flying that are for the skilled and the experienced only - aerobatics and low level. A show of aerobatics is a beautiful thing indeed, poetry in motion. If aerobatics are ballet, then low level flying is slam dancing - violent, aggressive and heart stopping.
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Assembly of Airbus A380
This time lapse video shows the complete assembly of an Airbus A380 in under three minutes
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Photo: B-52 Fly By
This is not photoshopped. It happened in early 1989 off the coast of Mexico. The U.S. carrier Ranger and B-52s were holding joint exercises. At this time Russian Bears and Badgers would locate carriers and take photos. The Air Force was playing the role of the Russians and the carrier’s fighter wing’s goal was to intercept the bombers once they were in range to escort them through the carrier air space.
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FlightGear Flight Simulator
Sophisticated, professional, open-source. Fly Free!
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EPA confronts ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy talk
Conspiracy theorists believe the government uses jets to spray chemicals.
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Quantum radar can detect what’s invisible to regular radar
The latest application of entangled particles uses correlations between entangled microwave and optical beams to detect objects of low reflectivity, creating in effect, a quantum radar.
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The future of e-aircraft
Airbus Group is developing a roadmap towards full hybrid electrical propulsion, aiming to achieve CO2-free, all-electric flight for both unmanned and passenger aircraft over the next three decades.
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 1:5 Model
If anyone asked me why I set to build a Spitfire in one-fifth scale, and detailed to the last rivet and fastener, I would probably be hard-pushed for a practical or even sensible answer.
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F-35 JSF Not Ready for Prime Time
The newest report from the Department of Defense's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shows that the F-35 will not be capable as soon as the Marine Corps and Air Force claim.
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Rolls-Royce signs $1bn engine deal with Air China
Engineering group to furnish airline’s new Boeing Dreamliner fleet with Trent 1000 engines.
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360° Panorama of the Cockpit of Concorde
The now retired supersonic airliner
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Why Pilots Still Matter
In the two weeks since the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, there has been no lack of commentary about the failures and future of piloted aviation — much of it frustratingly ill informed.
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