The aggressive take-off profile of the Soviet TU-144 supersonic passenger airplane (right) vs. the French-British Concorde (left). Continue reading
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Merlin-Powered Messerschmitt 109 s
This short film features “Battle of Britain” movie aircraft Buchon G-AWHR. This is the latest of five Buchons featured in the movie to be restored. Continue reading
Okhotnik-B First Flight – Video
The Russian S-70 Okhotnik-B (Hunter) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, made its first flight on Saturday, August 3rd. 2019. Continue reading
Why Do Backwards Wings Exist?
Two X-29A aircraft, featuring one of the most unusual designs in aviation history, were flown at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, as technology demonstrators to investigate a host of advanced concepts and technologies. The multi-phased program, conducted from 1984 to 1992, provided an engineering data base that is available in the design and development of future aircraft. Continue reading
Low Flying Jets Compilation
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A compilation of low flying airplanes and helicopters. Continue reading
WW2 Catalina PBY-5a Flying Boat
The New Zealand Catalina Preservation Society is focused on the preservation and operation of New Zealand’s only PBY-5A “Catalina” twin-engine World War Two Canso amphibious flying boat, ZK-PBY. Continue reading
Forgotten US Air Battle over Europe, 1953
During the height of the Korean conflict, another air confrontation broke out in the skies over communist Czechoslovakia Continue reading
X-56A Flight by NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
The X-56A remotely piloted research aircraft is suppressing flutter, which is a potentially destructive oscillation, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The video of the aircraft takes the viewer on a journey through preparation, takeoff, mission flight, the control room and landing. Continue reading