Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On February 1, 1943, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress flew home from Tunisia with its tail section barely attached — connected to the rest of the plane by little more than a few metal longerons and a strip of aluminum skin. The ten men inside didn’t know if the...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Aviation photographer Jarod Hamilton captured the sharpest images yet of an F-22A Raptor flying with both stealthy external fuel tanks and specialised sensor pods at Edwards Air Force Base on March 21, 2026 — providing the clearest look to date at a significant...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On February 9, 1943, a fully fueled American military cargo aircraft took off from Florida with a crew of eight — and landed in Mexico four and a half hours later with a crew of zero. No hijacking. No remote control. Just the most incredible solo flight of the Second...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Imagine falling out of an airplane at 15,000 feet with no parachute. Now imagine landing back inside it. For one Royal Flying Corps gunner in 1918, this wasn’t a nightmare — it was just another Tuesday. Aviation has always been a realm where the extraordinary...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
South Korea reached a landmark milestone on March 25, 2026, when the first series-production KF-21 Boramae fighter jet rolled out of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) factory in Sacheon under its own power — marking the birth of a new chapter in the nation’s...
Erstaunliche Geschichten aus der Luftfahrt, Luftfahrtgeschichte, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt, Zweiter Weltkrieg
Im April 1942 wurde der sowjetische Jagdflieger Alexej Maresjew hinter den feindlichen Linien über den Wäldern des Gebiets Nowgorod abgeschossen. Was folgte, war eine der außergewöhnlichsten – und weitgehend unbekannten – Geschichten menschlicher Ausdauer in der Geschichte der Luftfahrt. Abgeschossen hinter feindlichen Linien ….
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