F-35 test pilot shares what it's like to jump from flying an old F-16 to Lockheed Martin's newest 5th-gen stealth fighter
Monessa Balzhiser, whose call sign is "Siren," explained to Business Insider the surprises of moving from one aircraft to the ...
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Americas plane that flies backwards - X-29
The X-29 was one of the most bizarre aircraft ever built—a jet with forward-swept wings that seemed to fly backward. Designed in the 1980s, this experimental aircraft pushed the limits of aerodynamics ...
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The U.S. Air Force’s F-35 “Franken-Bird” Is Ready To Fly
A brand-new F-35 costs about $80 million. The Franken-bird project, however, will cost U.S. taxpayers just $6 million—less ...
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The Flying Potato & 10 More Of The Oddest Food-Related Military Aircraft Nicknames
The Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" is an aircraft that routinely appears on lists of the oddest-looking aircraft. It was an unorthodox disc-shaped aircraft that looked like a flapjack or pancake. One ...
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Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that grounded firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire
Akemann was charged with unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft after his drone which authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on January 9, struck a Super Scooper. The collision caused a ...
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Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in ...
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Is flying still safe? Here’s what experts say
And in 2023, a string of near-collisions at U.S. airports spurred the creation of a new independent safety review team.Understandably, anxiety around flying ... sector.Among jet aircraft, there ...
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Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire
The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty to a ...
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Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire
Los Angeles — A man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, Federal authorities said ...
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Is flying still safe? Here’s what experts say
Understandably, anxiety around flying has spiked ... a total of 30 accidents in the commercial aviation sector. Among jet aircraft, there were no fatal accidents or hull losses in 2023, resulting ...
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Is flying really safer than driving? What the stats show after devastating Washington D.C. plane crash
Officials in the US have sought to reassure citizens that flying is safe ... (Facebook/AP) It is the third international passenger aircraft disaster to hit the headlines in just five weeks ...