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Boeing 737 MAX Gets New Orders

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Boeing easily beat rival Airbus in orders for new planes last month, but Chicago-based Boeing trailed its European rival in delivering planes to airline customers. Boeing said that it took orders for 31 planes in July while 17 others were canceled, resulting in a net gain of 14. That compared with two orders for Airbus. It was Boeing’s sixth straight month of positive net orders after seeing cancellations exceed orders for most of 2020. Boeing has reported 270 net orders so far in 2021. Brazil’s Gol ordered nine 737 Max jets last month and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines ordered six. Boeing delivered 28 planes in July, including nine 737 Max jets sent to Irish airline Ryanair. That fell short of Airbus, which delivered 47 planes last month. For the year, Boeing has delivered 184 planes, more than all of 2020. This despite the halt in shipping its 787 jet because of production flaws in the fuselage and nose. Last month, the company said it will cut production of 787s. Deliveries are cri...
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Worlds Fastest Fighter Jet MiG-31BM Goes Mach 2.3

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The currently world’s fastest interceptor now enters service with Russia’s Aerospace Forces It was on November 30, 2016 that three squadrons of MiG-31BM fighter-interceptors landed at Tsentralnaya Uglovaya air base near Vladivostok to enter service with the Russian military. This new aircraft will be replacing the Sukhoi Su-27SM and previous modifications of MiG-31 fighters. The first 24 modernized MiG-31BM fighter jets were delivered to the Russian military back in April earlier this year. MiG-31BM Foxhound Supersonic Long-Range Interceptor Fighter Jet The Russian Air Space Forces plan is to finally have around 130 MiG-31BM aircraft in service. With 12-13 fighter jets to undergo modernization into the BM version each year. According to Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov, after the modernization the plane can remain in active service for 40-50 years. The MiG-31 (Foxhound) is a long range, two-seat, high-speed, high-altitude fighter aircraft developed on the basis ...
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Location: Artiom, Primorskij, kraj, Ryssland
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The Story of The Northrop YB- 49 Flying Wing

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Concept from 1930s  The Flying Wing was the brainchild of Jack Northrop, who started work on the concept in the 1930s. Jack Northrop also desigened the wings on the Douglas DC2 and DC3's and had also a scaled down wing flying in the early 1940's. That model is on display and flying at the Planes of  Fame Museum in Chino California. Back then Northrop advocated "The Wing" as a means of reducing drag and structural weight. The Story of The Northrop YB- 49 Flying Wing It may be hard to believe today, but the original Northrop Flying Wing's innovative design was often used against it by detractors from competing aircraft companies ("An airplane that doesn't have a tail") Because of this Northrop Aircraft produced this information film to extol the Wings virtues and answer her critics. The result is a film that gives a compelling overview of the principles of advantages of the Wing design, delivered by Northrop's Director of Enginee...
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Russian Zeppelin Carry 200 Military Personnel

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Zeppelins The airship industry is slowing making a comeback since now almost seven decades after the German Hindenburg disaster that left 35 people dead. Estimates suggest that there are about 50 zeppelins in existence around the world most in use by private firms, but also the military. Airship manufacturers have long insist that they are cheaper to fly than helicopters and airplanes and that they can carry more cargo and are capable of reaching very remote and hard-to-reach areas. Nikolai Gogol once wrote that the two problems plaguing Russia are “fools and roads”. Roads and infrastructure have long been a major problem for Russia. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. But soon for the Russian military roads or runways might not be such an issue. Russian Zeppelin Atlant Ship By Augur RoseAercoSystems Vladimir Putin is set to kit out the Russi...
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Location: Moskva, Ryssland
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Space Drone’X-37B to Blast Off

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Top Secret X-37B   The TOP secret US Air Force space-plane called X-37B will blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida today on a classified military mission. The pilotless military space vehicle, a quarter the size of a NASA shuttle, is officially called a test vehicle. Amazingly this is the X-37B's fourth mission. US Air Force Drone Space-Plane called X-37B The space drone is designed to orbit the earth and its longest flight has lasted nearly two years. The craft is unmanned and operated robotically. Previous speculation over X-37B's purpose is that it is used by America to spy on China. While the Pentagon refuses to discuss its missions, Spaceflight magazine has in the past said snooping on the Asian powerhouse was its most likely purpose. Editor Dr David Baker said: "Space-to-space surveillance is a whole new ball game made possible by a finessed group of sensors and sensor suites, which we think the X-37B may be using to maintain a close watch on Chi...
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Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
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Antonov Spy Plane Spotted Over Lancashire UK

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Antonov An-30 Spy Plane A RUSSIAN spy plane has been spotted flying low over Lancashire as tensions between Vladimir Putin and the West mount to near emergency levels. The Antonov An-30, armed with five high-resolution cameras, was spotted by photographer Steve Bradley, 41, who was astonished to see it over his garden in Colne, Lancashire. Russian Antonov An-30 Spy Plane - Photo By Steve Bradley It comes as British Typhoon jets were forced to intercept a Russian spy plane last week and escort it away from UK airspace. In the last month, three Russian warships have been monitored sailing through the English Channel. MPs in east Lancashire have raised concerns about what the spy plane was doing just 30 miles from Menwith Hill, a hi-tech NATO monitoring station, and 22 miles from BAE Systems military aircraft factory at Samlesbury. Mr Bradley said he was shocked to spot the military turboprop while working in his garden on Friday. The semi-professional photographer captur...
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Location: Colne, Lancashire, Storbritannien
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Russian Mi-24 Attack Helicopter - IKEA Parking Lot

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Hello everyone, I thought this was an interesting video captured by AirMaster on youtube recently showing a Russian Mi-24 Attack Helicopter idling on the IKEA parking lot. (And yes that's the one from Rambo) Now because there are so many variations of this helicopter I'm not really sure if it's the Mi-24, Mi-25 or Mi-35 but I did find a picture that display all the early model variations of the helicopter so maybe that can narrow down the exact model. From wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-24 The Mil Mi-24 (Russian: Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship and attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and has been operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force and its successors, along with more than 30 other nations. In NATO circles, the export versions, Mi-25 and Mi-35, are denoted with a letter suffix as "Hind D" and "Hind E...
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Ukraine Su-25 Fighter Jet RTB Without Missiles

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The Malaysia Ukraine Crash   Ukraine SU-25 Fighter Return To Base with Missing Missiles There have been many questions surrounding the Malaysia Crash in July 2014, and the blame have been on everyone yet the Ukraine Government still have refused to release Radar Data. But now some of the people behind it have started to come out talking. An airbase employee, who claims to be an eyewitness, said on July 17 that three Ukrainian combat jets took off, and that one of them, an Su-25 fighter Jet, was carrying air-to-air missiles. “After a while only one of the jets (of the three) returned, it was the fighter jet which had had those missiles. But it returned without the missiles. The Su-25 pilot was very frightened,” the man said. The employee stressed that only the returned Su-25 had been equipped with air-to-air missiles, and said he was sure it was not air-to-ground missiles. The airbase worker said he remembered the Su-25 pilot saying “the wrong plane” and "the plane was ...
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Super Drone MQ-4C Triton Bigger Than a 737

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MQ-4C Triton Drone   This is the Huge Unmanned Navy Drone MQ-4C Triton that is bigger than a Boeing 737, and it now takes to the skies for flight across America. Scroll down for the transcontinental flight video. The new Super Drone is supposed to be used in fleet operations in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, as well as the Atlantic. It is part of the Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance program. The airliner-sized Super Navy surveillance drone made it's first transcontinental flight on Wednesday night, when it flew 11 hours across the United States from Southern California crossing the Gulf of Mexico and Florida before landing Thursday morning at a Navy base in Maryland. The unmanned super drone flew above 50,000 feet (above 15 km) to avoid commercial air traffic and  after 11 hours it had covered 3,290 miles and landed safely in Maryland. The massive MQ-4C landing on Thursday morning in Maryland after flying overnight from California In comparisson the ...
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Location: Maryland, USA
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Chinese SU-27 Barrel Roll Over US Navy Recon Plane

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Chinese SU-27   It was this Monday Aug 18, 2014 that an Chinese SU-27 Interceptor Fighter Jet did a barrel roll "very, very close" over an American Navy P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft in International Airspace Near Japan about 135 miles east of China's Hainan Island. The rather reckless maneuver by the Chinese Su-27 pilot was to show that the SU-27 fighter jet was armed with missiles. Chinese Su-27M Interceptor Jet Fighter Armed Missiles The US has lodged a formal protest with Beijing after the Chinese fighter jet conducted the barrel roll over the American Navy plane this week, the Pentagon has said. Rear Admiral John Kirby said the Chinese plane exposed its undercarriage to show that it was armed to the P-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft during the Monday's incident in international airspace near Japan. He said the Chinese aircraft came within 30ft (9 metres) of the American plane, while the wing tips of the two aircraft were just 20ft apart. Ad...
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✈ Ideas About Aircraft Carriers - Battleship Destruction Capability ✈

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Came across a think tank about Aircraft Carriers that I think might be a good read. Some interesting facts came to light that say alot about the current situation and for anyone interested you might want to give this one a read. Floating ideas about aircraft carriers Original Story at www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/23/aircraft-carrier-navy-think-tank/ Your article “New doubts about future of carriers” (utsandiego.com, March 20) by Gary Robbins left out one obvious solution: the battleship. The United States Marine Corps has not had any credible surface-fire capability since Desert Storm when two battleships were on station to provide this needed and massive level of close-in support. This was all documented by the CNO on Dec. 3, 1996, and GAO on Aug. 6, 1997. A single battleship can lay down more devastating firepower in one hour than can all the attack aircraft operating from two carrier battle groups.  A single battleship can provide more lethality in that per...
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✈ B-52 Stratofortress Rusting Away at Museum of Aviation ✈

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This is an interesting story about how downsizing and economic trouble causes museums to scrap Cold War icons and other military aircrafts that belong to future generations.  Yes there is no possibility to keep all our relics intact, however what strikes me with this story is how hard can it really be to build a roof for the planes? It's just so sad for me to hear what they are planing to do with all the planes..
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Aviation Books - The World's Greatest Test Pilot Tells His Story

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No test pilot in history has flown so many types of aircraft as Commander Brown and certainly no other test pilot writes as clearly and interestingly as he does. "Wings on my Sleeve" was first published in 1961 in a much shorter form. In this new edition he answers so many questions that come to mind when reading his other books - notably "Wings of the Navy" and "Wings of the Luftwaffe" - and sets these books into a much wider context of his amazing life. This is the story of his life from his first flight, with the legendary German WW1 ace and later stunt pilot and finally Director of Air Armaments in Goering's Luftwaffe, Ernst Udet, through his experiences in Nazi Germany and his encounter with the SS when they came to tell him that the two counties were at war and on through a life that included convoy escort duties and hair-raising encounters with FW Kuriers before his outstanding deck landing skills led to his being appointed to RAE Farnborough....
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