Comparte esta historia El 29 de julio de 2026, en la planta de Korea Aerospace Industries en Sacheon, Corea del Sur logró algo que solo un puñado de naciones ha conseguido: declaró terminado su propio caza supersónico. El KF-21 Boramae —’halcón joven“— es...
Comparte esta historia Sobre los pinares de la Gironda, una silueta demasiado grande para ser un avión cisterna se inclina hacia abajo, abre su rampa de carga trasera y deja caer una cascada roja de retardante sobre las copas de los árboles. No es un Canadair amarillo. Es un Airbus A400M Atlas, el más grande...
Comparte esta historia. Algunos aviones de guerra se hicieron famosos en combates aéreos, surcando el cielo con sus ametralladoras disparando sin cesar. El McDonnell F-101 Voodoo se hizo famoso haciendo lo contrario: volando bajo, a toda velocidad y completamente desarmado, directamente sobre la gente que intentaba...
Comparte esta historia. Algunos aviones impresionan por su ingenio. El Tupolev Tu-160 impresiona, en primer lugar, por sus enormes dimensiones. Con 54,1 metros (177 pies 6 pulgadas), es más largo que un Boeing B-52, y con las alas extendidas mide 55,7 metros (182 pies 9 pulgadas) de punta a punta...
Comparte esta historia. De vez en cuando, la historia de la aviación nos presenta un avión cuyo mayor logro fue simplemente existir. El Bell P-59 Airacomet es el santo patrón de ese club. Fue el primer avión a reacción de Estados Unidos, un verdadero hito, y sin embargo fue tan...
Share this story Most military aircraft can be summed up in a single job. Fighters fight. Bombers bomb. Attack helicopters attack. And then there is the Mil Mi-24, a machine that looked at the neat little boxes military planners like to draw and cheerfully refused to...
Share this story Ask anyone who was there and they will tell you the same thing: you heard it before you saw it. A low, chopping pulse rolling in over the treeline, whop-whop-whop, growing until it filled the whole sky. For a generation of soldiers, that sound meant...
Share this story Few aircraft announce themselves before they are seen. The Tupolev Tu-95, known to NATO as the “Bear,” is one of them. It is a large, four-engine turboprop strategic bomber, and yet it cruises at speeds normally reserved for jets. That...
Share this story Some aeroplanes are admired. A rare few are loved. The Hawker Hunter belongs firmly to the second category, and it has done so since the day it first slipped into the air in 1951. Ask a British pilot of a certain vintage to name the most beautiful jet...
Share this story Say “four-engine British heavy bomber” to almost anyone and you will get the same answer: the Lancaster. The Avro Lancaster is the one that flew the Dambusters raid, the one still cruising over air shows on a summer afternoon, the one...
Share this story Some aircraft whisper. The Avro Shackleton announced itself from three valleys away. Long before you could see it, you felt it: a deep, chest-rattling drone that rolled across the North Atlantic like distant artillery, the unmistakable sound of four...
Share this story Picture a field in occupied France. It is a little after midnight, and there is a full moon riding above the poplars. Three people stand in the wet grass, holding bicycle lamps, hearts going like drums. They are listening. And then they hear it: a...
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