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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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US Spy Plane Flew With Transponders Off

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Transponders Off  Moscow is furious after an US spy plane endangers civilian planes on the Russian border over the Sea of Japan. Russia said it summoned the U.S. defense attache on May 23 after an American military aircraft flew into civilian airspace during a reconnaissance mission near Russia's far-eastern border. US Reconnaissance Plane Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint The spy plane flew into the civilian airzone with the transponders turned off and could not be tracked by civilian traffic control. Russia's defense ministry said that the U.S. Air Force RC-135 surveillance plane risked colliding with passenger planes as it flew over the Sea of Japan on May 22 because it had turned its transponders off and could not be detected by civilian radar, although it was flying at an altitude typically used by passenger jets. The U.S. crew did not inform regional authorities of the plane's route, said the ministry. "The U.S. plane crew's unprofessional actions creat...
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Russian Fighter Jet Encounters US Spy Plane

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Sukhoi Su-27 US military officials said that an US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft encountered with a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea last month. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told CNN on Thursday that the two aircraft came within 10 feet of each other on May 30. US Boeing RC 135 Rivet Joint Reconnaissance Aircraft According to the officials, the Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet, flying at high speed, flew alongside the US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft at the same altitude, broke off, and shadowed the plane before leaving the area. ABC News reported that a top defense official described the encounter as "an unsafe intercept" by Russia. The two superpowers are engaged in series of military encounters during the past months. In another similar incident in April, the United States announced that US RC-135U was intercepted by a Russian SU-27 Flanker in an "unsafe and unprofessional manner." Meanwhile, the Pentagon relea...
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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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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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✈ 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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✈ GoPro® HERO3 - Quadcopter DJI Phantom Aerial UAV Drone ✈

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This amazing piece of kit comes complete with everything you can possible need to capture stunning events from far above. You charge the LiPo battery, mount your GoPro® HERO3 camera, and install the 4 ordinary AA batteries in the transmitter and you are ready to start filming. And that's it, just that quick! This kit comes with everything you need to start Aerial Filming using your GoPro® HERO3 camera. The compact and highly integrated design means that it is easier for you to pack it into your backpack. The streamlined design brilliantly reflects the aesthetics of its industrial design and the fantastic visual effects allows you to become the focus of the crowd. Moreover, you can mount a GoPro camera or if you like a light and handy camera on your Phantom to shoot some footage from the air! The Phantom has an integrated flight dynamics system, the Naza-M + GPS multi-rotor autopilot system, as well as the dedicated remote controller and receiver. Flight parameters and func...
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✈ Mysterious Space Weapons X-37B Top Secret Spy Plane ✈

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"There is no one on the ground with a joystick flying it," Lt. Col. Troy Giese, X-37B program manager in the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, said before the first X-37B mission blasted off last year. The Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane sits on the runway after landing at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on June 16. The plane was in orbit for more than 15 months on a classified mission. (Photo: Boeing) The X-37B looks like NASA's now-retired space shuttle, only much smaller. The vehicle measures just 29 feet (8.8 meters) long and 15 feet (4.5 m) wide, with a payload bay about the size of a pickup truck bed. For comparison, two entire X-37Bs could fit inside the payload bay of a space shuttle. It is designed to launch vertically inside the nose cone of a rocket, stay in orbit for months at a time, and then land horizontally on a runway like a space shuttle. But unlike NASA's shuttles, the X-37B space plane does everything autonomously...
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