Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
A month ago, the U.S. Air Force cleared its first two “fighter drones” for production. This week, the factories actually started building them — and one of them dropped a letter from its name.On 27 July 2026, the first Ohio-built Fury rolled off...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
Portugal has put its flag carrier back on the block, and on 29 July 2026 two of Europe’s three airline mega-groups laid their cards on the table. Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group both filed binding offers for a stake in TAP Air Portugal. The third giant, IAG —...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Le 29 juillet 2026, l'armée de l'air ukrainienne a annoncé la perte d'un F-16 lors d'une mission de combat visant à intercepter des cibles aériennes russes. Le pilote s'est éjecté et a survécu. Selon l'armée de l'air, les contrôleurs aériens ont perdu le contact avec l'appareil alors qu'il était engagé au-dessus d'un secteur...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
On 30 July 2026, India’s government told Parliament something that, more than a year after the Air India 171 disaster, only makes the central mystery harder to solve: the Boeing 787’s fuel control switches — the very components at the heart of the...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Vers 14h30 le 30 juillet 2026, des capteurs le long de la frontière entre la Corée du Sud et le Nord ont détecté un objet non identifié : un drone, près d’un avant-poste de la ligne de front, n’émettant aucun signal amical. Dans la zone la plus militarisée….
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
On 6 July 2026, British Airways flight BA919 from Düsseldorf was on its initial approach to London Heathrow’s Runway 27L when the aircraft, an Airbus A320-232 registered G-EUUN, lost a piece of information most passengers never think about: reliable airspeed. An...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Le 29 juillet 2026, dans l'usine de Korea Aerospace Industries à Sacheon, la Corée du Sud a accompli un exploit que seules quelques nations ont réalisé : elle a déclaré son propre chasseur supersonique achevé. Le KF-21 Boramae – ’ jeune faucon “ – est officiellement terminé….
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Over the pine forests of the Gironde, a shape far too large to be a water bomber banks low, opens its rear cargo ramp, and lets a red cascade of retardant fall across the treetops. This is no yellow Canadair. It is an Airbus A400M Atlas, the biggest tactical airlifter...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
Some warplanes make their name in dogfights, twisting through the sky with guns blazing. The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo made most of its name doing the opposite: flying low, flying flat out, and flying completely unarmed straight over the people trying to kill it,...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
Some aircraft impress by their cleverness. The Tupolev Tu-160 impresses first by its sheer dimensions. At 54.1 metres (177 ft 6 in) it is longer than a Boeing B-52, and when its wings are spread it measures 55.7 metres (182 ft 9 in) from tip to tip. Painted in...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
Every so often aviation history throws up an aircraft whose greatest achievement was simply existing. The Bell P-59 Airacomet is the patron saint of that club. It was America’s first jet aircraft, a genuine milestone, and yet it was so underwhelming in the air...
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