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Airlines Evacuating Travelers From Middle East Conflict as Thousands Remain Stranded
Airlines evacuating travelers from Middle East conflict are scrambling to move passengers as airspace closures cripple regional aviation.Almost a week after military strikes and missile attacks led to widespread airspace closures in the Middle East, flights in the region...
WATCH: Air France 787 Dreamliner Captured as You’ve Never Seen It Before
This Air France 787 takes center stage in a breathtakingly beautiful aviation film that highlights the beauty of modern widebody flight.Few things lend themselves to beautiful cinematography quite like aviation.Metal, light, motion, and altitude all come together when filming...
Antonov An-22: The World’s Biggest Turboprop That Sounded Like A Buzz Saw
It didn’t just fly. It thundered. The Antonov An-22 was a 176,000-pound Cold War workhorse whose unmistakable sound echoed for 60 years.Cargo planes have an unmistakable sound. Seasoned avgeeks can identify a plane just by the sound it makes...
USAir Flight 499: Snow, Tailwind, and a Runway That Ran Out
Forty years after USAir Flight 499 overran a snowy runway in Erie, Pennsylvania, we examine how tailwind, speed, and snow combined to narrow the margins.On the morning of 21 February 1986, USAir Flight 499 was approaching Erie International Airport...
Movie Star Aircraft: The Top Gun P-51 Mustang in Top Gun: Maverick
The Top Gun P-51 is a movie star all its own.In this storyThe Top Gun P-51 is a movie star all its own.Back Before...
The Supermarine Spitfire: Engineers kept improving Britain’s best fighter
Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Supermarine SpitfireHighlights of our Supermarine Spitfire story:Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Supermarine SpitfireThose Wonderful Wings...
The Bearcat: The Last and the Best of Grumman’s Propeller Driven Cats
Developed to Operate from Escort Carrier Decks, the F8F Bearcat Barely Missed the Action in World War IIOn 23 June 1943, a meeting took...