As you probably know – we are currently trying to cover questions we are often being asked by potential clients. We recently talked about flying with the Blue Angels and how you can rent a fighter jet as a non-military pilot. In the Blue Angels post, we also...
Our most famous pilot Yves Rossy, or better known as the “Jetman” is a Swiss former fighter pilot of the Swiss Air Force, flying military fighter aircraft like the British Hawker Hunter, the French Dassault Mirage III and the American Northrop F-5 Tiger...
We all know that in the history of military aviation, a lot of interesting events and developments have been made. Our friend Marko Radovic from Belgrade selected 15 interesting facts and created this nice post for us: Thanks a lot for creating this nice post for us....
The U.S. Navy is getting ready to launch the first ship-board tests of a new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System designed to replace steam catapults and propel fighter jets and other aircraft off the deck of an aircraft carrier, service officials said. “In June,...
It’s pretty cool what different types of metal can get airborne with enough engines, wings, effort, determination or just sheer creativity. There are many wild designs with aircraft ranging from flying saucers to planes that take off vertically. [CSSBUTTON...
The V1 Flying bomb was the worlds first cruise missile. An unmanned gyro guided plane that delivered a tonne of high explosive each time one hurtled into the ground. 2419 were to explode in London between June 1944 and March 1945, which is just 9 months....
The main technology that a military aircraft takes advantage of to lock on and track an enemy aircraft is its onboard mounted radar. Aircraft monitors generally have two modes: search and track. In search mode, the radar sweeps a radio beam across the sky in a zig-zag...
Ever wondered how a jet engine works? Jet engines create forward thrust by taking in a large amount of air and discharging it as a high-speed jet of gas. The way they’re designed allows aircraft to fly faster and further compared to propeller-driven aircraft. Their...
We’ve lately been talking about aircraft which have gone for combat several times. Now we’ve been thinking of some statistics of various fighter aircraft in use. Below you can find the details – but first of all we would like to show you an overview,...
The aircraft Its first flight was on December 30, 1947 with the original British engine, later manufactured as “Klimov RD-45″. The first MiG-15 manufactured in series appears in December of 1948 and the first Regiments of MiG-15 are ready for 1949....
A lot of real world military aircraft have appeared in several movies. These appearances show the popularity of the aircraft with the general public. They also get the opportunity to showcase their capabilities to the public. We aviation geeks from around the world...
A typical pilot. A fighter jock (Pilot) is quite an abnormal phenomenon. He would have a weird fascination for flying boots, money gambling, cigars (bigger meaning better), and breaking simple glasses. A typical pilot likes flying single stick fighters only,...
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