Francia capturó un raro avión espía ruso.

Francia capturó un raro avión espía ruso.

Comparte esta historia. En algún lugar del Báltico este verano, un Rafale francés se deslizó en formación junto a un avión ruso que casi nunca se deja ver. La aeronave era un Tupolev Tu-214PU, un avión de mando poco común y especialmente equipado que los analistas de fuentes abiertas vinculan con...
How Many Aircraft Are There in the World?

How Many Aircraft Are There in the World?

Share this story Ask most people to picture “the world’s aircraft” and they imagine airliners — rows of jets at a busy airport. Yet airliners are a tiny slice of the real total. Add up everything with wings and an engine, from a two-seat trainer at a...
The Friendly Jet Trainer That Went to War

The Friendly Jet Trainer That Went to War

Share this story Most fast jets seat their crew one behind the other, the passenger staring at the back of the pilot’s helmet. The BAC Jet Provost and its armed cousin, the BAC Strikemaster, do it differently. In these aircraft you sit shoulder to shoulder with...
El avión espía con un ala negra

El avión espía con un ala negra

Share this story Here is a strange way to predict a North Korean missile test. Open a flight-tracking website, and watch for a single, ageing American jet to take off from Nebraska, cross the Pacific, and start flying long racetrack patterns over the Yellow Sea. When...
1,000 More Horses for the Black Hawk

1,000 More Horses for the Black Hawk

Share this story It is not often that an aircraft gets fifty percent more power without getting any bigger. That is exactly what the U.S. Army is trying to bolt into thousands of its helicopters — and on 12 August 2026 the effort passed one of its hardest gates. GE...