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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 rolled down the...
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A cockpit warning light flashes. Nine minutes into just its second flight ever, NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less brings the X-59 back to the runway at Edwards Air Force Base. The flight is over — but the setback is temporary. Within days, engineers confirm...
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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 functionally...
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Today, we make aviation history. Not the ordinary kind — the kind where you need a pressure suit just to get dressed for your flight. MiGFlug is proud to announce that, effective immediately, we are adding the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird to our civilian flight experience...
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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) | Milestone:...
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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 | Market Share:...
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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 Delivery: March...
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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 coming. Not the...
Aviation World
The wind sock is standing sideways. It looks aggressive, almost mocking. You’re on short final, and your knuckles are white on the yoke. The runway keeps sliding sideways no matter what you do with the controls. Your instructor—if you’re lucky enough to...
Aviation World
The cabin is silent except for the wind through the vents. Your instructor’s seat sits empty, and your hands grip the yoke so hard your knuckles have gone white. The runway stretches ahead, indifferent to the hammering in your chest. In exactly ninety seconds,...
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Quick Facts: SAFE Complex Facility Name SAFE Complex (Strategic Academic Flight Education) Opening Date March 13, 2026 Investment $16 million Location Prescott Regional Airport, Arizona Training Building 20,000 sq ft Ramp Space 263,000 sq ft of aircraft parking/ops...
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Quick Facts: Sonex Closure Closure Date Late March 2026, effective immediately Aircraft Affected ~700 Sonex, Waiex, and Onex aircraft worldwide Location Oshkosh, Wisconsin Owner Mark Schaible (purchased 2022) Founded John Monnett (1990s), Oshkosh, WI Reason...
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