Air Race Rivals Fly over Chiba Before Season Finale

by Editorial Staff - 09/05/201909/05/20190

The top three pilots in the 2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship flew their raceplanes over Japan’s Tokyo Bay on Thursday, just 24 hours before Free Practice starts for the sport’s first-ever season finale in Asia. Martin Šonka, Matt Hall and Japan’s home favorite Yoshihide

New Jets and Turboprops Purchased For Hurricane Hunting

by Editorial Staff - 08/27/201908/27/20190

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded contracts to Textron and Gulfstream for the purchase of new aircraft that will augment the agency’s environmental and hurricane data-gathering capabilities. NOAA awarded a contract to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation for the purchase of a new Gulfstream G550.

Watch A Pilatus Jet Land On Grass Runway At Speed Festival

by Editorial Staff - 07/05/201908/27/20190

A first in England at the legendary Festival of Speed: the Pilatus PC-24 Super Versatile Jet landed on the grass runway at Goodwood Aerodrome and will be on display for the general public to admire throughout the Festival of Speed from 4 to 7 July

DC-8 Flying Laboratory Explores Antarctic Icebergs

by Chris Clarke - 10/24/201808/27/20190

Operation IceBridge, NASA’s longest-running aerial survey of polar ice, flew over the northern Antarctic Peninsula on Oct. 16, 2018. During the survey, designed to assess changes in the ice height of several glaciers draining into the Larsen A, B and C embayments, IceBridge senior support

Mysterious Experimental Aircraft Emerges From Secrecy

Aviation

by Chris Clarke - 10/21/201708/26/20190

Scaled Composites is known for making some of the most important experimental aircraft in history. Among them are SpaceShipOne and, more recently, the Stratolaunch megaplane that holds the claim as world's largest aircraft by wingspan. Amid all that fanfare, Scale Composites has quietly announced a major

Commemorative Air Force P-51 Mustang Makes Emergency Landing

Aviation

by Editorial Staff - 02/04/201602/05/20160

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, confirms that Wednesday morning, February 3, their P-51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen was involved in a gear-up landing at Dallas Executive Airport (DEA). The aircraft was landing back at DEA, the national

The Amazing B-29 Had Computer Aided Remote Control Guns

Aviation

by Chris Clarke - 12/10/201512/10/20150

In the early ‘40s Boeing spent more money to build the pressurized bomber than was invested in the entire Manhattan project. The result was a fascinating display of military technology that included anti-aircraft machine guns that used computers to compensate for airspeed, gravity, temperature, humidity

History Is Made With Flight Of Three NASA WB-57s

Aviation

by Chris Clarke - 11/27/201511/30/20150

Three WB-57s from NASA fly over foggy downtown Houston, Texas during their historic formation flight over the area on Nov. 19, 2015. This photo flight was the first time that all three WB-57s have been aloft simultaneously since the early 1970s, when the U.S. Air

Remember To Yield For The Passing Soviet Biplane

Aviation

by Chris Clarke - 07/17/201509/19/20150

If you happen to be cruising down a Romania country road, keep a watchful eye out for old Polish built, Soviet era biplanes that might be landing directly through your path. Although this vintage Antonov AN-2 happens to be registered to the Christian Charity Flyers, its used primarily as