What’s a day in the life of an airline pilot like?
Being an airline pilot isn’t easy. You sometimes have to wake up super early, deal with bad weather and even have to coordinate with a flight attendant to go to…
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How do you kill an ME-262?
American fighter pilots in the skies over the Reich quickly realized the best counter to the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet was to catch it at its airfields during takeoff and…
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How Many Hobbits can you fit in a Boeing 777-300ER?
An Air New Zealand Boeing 777-300ER lands at LAX. Photo by Jim Mumaw, a regular contributor to avgeekery.com
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Is that a Russian fighter? Nope, just the Aggressor Squadron.
“Let’s Go!”… 65th Aggressors’ F-15C…
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Is a refreshed A-330 in the Works?
Airbus has been lukewarm about reengining the A330 along the lines of the A320neo, even though many industry pundits believe such a step has merit. Now some high-level sources are saying the decision to proceed could be imminent.
With a total of 1,313 firm orders until the end of 2013, the A330 is by far the most successful widebody Airbus has built. That figure compares to 816 for the A300/A310 family, 812 for the A350, 377 for the A340 and 304 units for the A380. And even after Boeing launched the competing 787, the A330 continues to have remarkable market success: Airbus sold 534 A330s during the past five years; most were the larger A330-300.
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A B-2 Stealth Bomber Takes Off at Red Flag 14-1
Spirit of Ohio Off to the Range for Red Flag 14-1.
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A brand-new Can of Whoop Ass will soon be on Shelves
AGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - After more than a year of modification maintenance, the newly created AC-130J Ghostrider took to the skies for the first time as a gunship here Jan. 31.
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Re-learning To Fly The Same Plane Every Year
Sean D. Tucker comes in low from the left to cut three ribbons sequentially strung low across his flight path at air show center. His signature red Oracle Challenger III…
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Civilian C-130J’s on the way?
While the C-130 has been a staple of Western military transports for decades, its civilian counterpart, the L-100, has been a niche airplane at best. Now Lockheed Martin is looking to sell C-130Js to companies and foreign governments. They are specifically targeting the energy and mineral industries.
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Did you know? The A-319 and 737 have really similar engines?
With a large 737-800 fleet powered by the CFM56-7B, it was a no-brainer that American would select the CFM56-5B for their new A319s. Both engine types share a common core,…
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The Only Thing Keeping the F-35 Lightning Relevant Is the F-22 Raptor
Even if they are primarily just cheap knockoffs, China's rapidly growing fleet of next-gen aircraft are poised to seriously challenge American air superiority in the coming years. To prevent that, argues Chief of U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command Gen. Michael Hostage, we'll need plenty of fifth-generation fighters of our own—no matter the cost.
Image: Lockheed Martin
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