See 12 B-52 Nuclear Bombers Takeoff Together Military by Chris Clarke - 09/19/201609/23/2016 The United States 5th Bomb Wing B-52s and their crews recently performed a mass takeoff during Prairie Vigilance exercise at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Prairie Vigilance is an annual exercise designed to test the wing's ability to conduct conventional and nuclear-capable bomber
Watching A B-1 Bomber Do Aileron Rolls Is A Thing Of Beauty Military by Chris Clarke - 09/19/201609/19/2016 Airshows are cool. B-1 Bombers are cool. Afterburners are also cool. I like planes. See this amazing airshow display of the supersonic B-1B Lancer as a high speed pass ends with a double aileron roll. https://youtu.be/dNzStrhjN5k
See Schiphol Airport Transform Before Your Eyes Airports by Chris Clarke - 09/16/201609/23/2016 What started as a humble grass strip in the first part of the 20th century has now evolved into a massive hub of transportation connecting all of Europe. Watch this beautiful rendering visualize the evolution of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol over its one hundred year history. The international
Witness A B-1 Bomber Depart RAF Fairford With Full Afterburner Military by Chris Clarke - 09/13/201609/19/2016 The 489 Bomber Group of Dyess AFB and Abilene, Texas sets off car alarms after an impressive takeoff during a visiting to Fairford, England in the United Kingdom. This mission is in support of the NATO exercise Ample Strike ongoing in the Czech Republic. Exercise Ample
Airbus Seeks Patent For Strange Hybrid Vertical Flight Airplane Technology by Chris Clarke - 09/07/201609/07/2016 Sure, we’ve seen Airbus throw some shitty ideas up against the wall to see if anything sticks. Like this ridiculous stacked passenger cabin design or this silly multi stage supersonic transport. Now they’ve upped the ante with this weird gas-electric powered aircraft that can also
FAA Expands Drone Detection Pathfinder Initiative Drones by Editorial Staff - 05/10/201605/10/2016 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding the part of its Pathfinder Program that focuses on detecting and identifying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying too close to airports. Today the FAA signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRDAs) with Gryphon Sensors, Liteye Systems Inc. and Sensofusion.
The Story Of The Ultimate High Flying Beer Run History Military by Chris Clarke - 03/07/201603/07/2016 Normandy, 70 years ago, and one of the biggest concerns of the British troops who have made it over the channel, survived the landings and pushed out into the bocage against bitter German resistance is not the V1 flying bomb blitz threatening their families back
Skydiver Makes The Ultimate Gender Reveal Stunt From A 65 Year-Old Warbird Warbirds by Chris Clarke - 03/07/201603/07/2016 When you and your skydiving cohort are the only ones who know the sex of your buddies new baby, then leaping from a perfectly good airplane with blue smoke streaming from your body is the only option. But when the scheduled Bonanza to jump from
How Not To Build A Blimp Accident Helicopters by Chris Clarke - 03/04/201603/04/2016 Back in a day when America was running rich on ingenuity and poor on common sense, the U.S. Forest Service decided to make a bold experiment in lighter-than-air flight. The ultimate balloondoggle ensued. The Piasecki PA-97 Helistat was an American experimental heavy-lift aircraft, built by Piasecki
Five Survive Nasty Helicopter Crash At Pearl Harbor Helicopters by Chris Clarke - 02/18/201602/18/2016 Authorities claim only one of the five occupants is in critical condition after the sightseeing helicopter plunged into the water just feet from the shoreline. The rest of the passengers survived sustaining only minor injuries. [jwplayer mediaid="998"] Coast Guard Petty Officer Melissa McKenzie tells The Associated Press