One Wrong Turn, Two Planes, No Time
Share this story A Cessna 152 trainer — the type of aircraft most commonly found in the traffic pattern at uncontrolled airports. (Wikimedia Commons) Two aircraft, same altitude, converging at a combined closing speed that left neither pilot with time to react. One...
Das Schwarze Loch, das Piloten tötet
Share this story Runway lights at night — sometimes the only visual reference a pilot has. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Imagine flying toward a runway on a moonless night. No city lights below. No horizon ahead. Just a rectangle of white and amber lights floating in...
F-35 Down in Nevada — Pilot Walks Away
Share this story An F-35A Lightning II — the same variant involved in the Nevada crash. (Photo: U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons) The pilot reported trouble maneuvering. Seconds later, the canopy blew off, the Martin-Baker US16E ejection seat fired, and a...
Engine Out: Best Glide or Minimum Sink?
Share this story The engine goes silent. One moment you have 180 horsepower pulling you through the sky; the next, you have a very expensive glider and a finite amount of altitude to spend. Every pilot trains for this moment. Most learn the same mantra: pitch for best...
Australiens vergessener Kampfjet fliegt nach 81 Jahren
Share this story On March 13, 2026, a sound not heard since September 1945 echoed across Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport in Queensland. A Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp radial engine — 14 cylinders, 1,200 horsepower — roared to life, and a stubby, pugnacious little fighter...
Die Meerenge, die die Luftmacht nicht öffnen kann
Share this story Related: Dozens of Warthogs Gear Up for Iran Four weeks into the air campaign against Iran, the United States has struck more than 10,000 targets. Roughly 80 percent of Tehran’s integrated air defence network lies in ruins. Its navy has been...
SAS wird 80: Vom Polarpionier zum unwahrscheinlichen Überlebenden
Share this story SAS at 80: From Polar Pioneer to Unlikely Survivor QUICK FACTS Founded: August 1, 1946 | Founders: Denmark, Norway, Sweden (Tripartite) | First Intercontinental: Stockholm-New York, Sept 1946 | Polar Pioneering: 1954 (first regular transpolar routes)...
IndiGo wirbt den weltbesten Airline-Chef ab
Share this story IndiGo Poaches the World’s Top Airline Boss QUICK FACTS Airline: IndiGo (India’s Domestic Giant) | New CEO: Willie Walsh | Previous Role: IATA Director General | Career Arc: Aer Lingus → British Airways → IAG | Announcement: March 31, 2026...
NetJets erhält den Businessjet mit der weltweit größten Reichweite.
Share this story NetJets Gets the World’s Longest-Range Business Jet QUICK FACTS Aircraft: Bombardier Global 8000 | Range: 8,000 nm (14,800 km) | Speed: Mach 0.94 | Power: 2× Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X | Cabin Zones: 4 living spaces | Operator: NetJets Inc. | First...
Die weltweit einzige Yak-7B hebt in Wanaka ab.
Share this story This week at Warbirds Over Wanaka—New Zealand’s premier warbird airshow—the most historically significant Russian fighter aircraft ever to fly in the Southern Hemisphere will take to the sky. The world’s only airworthy Yakovlev Yak-7B is...
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