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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 glide speed. But...
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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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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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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...
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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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Quick Facts Program: Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) Replacing: Boeing T-45C Goshawk (in service since 1991) Aircraft needed: 216 new jet trainers EMD cost cap: ~$1.8 billion Contract award: March 2027 Competitors: Boeing T-7B, Lockheed/KAI TF-50N, Leonardo...
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Quick Facts Who: Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson (1922–2024) Record: 16¼ aerial victories — triple ace, 357th Fighter Group Aircraft: P-51 Mustang “Old Crow” Missions: 116 combat missions, never hit by enemy fire Ceremony: March 30, 2026,...
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Fifteen U.S. military aircraft lifted off from southern Spain on Sunday and scattered across Europe. Nine KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling planes flew north to Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Two flights headed for southern France. Four more simply disappeared from...
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The T-45 Goshawk has been teaching Navy and Marine Corps pilots how to fly jets since 1991. Now, after more than three decades of carrier touch-and-goes, hard landings, and thousands of freshly winged aviators, the little British-designed trainer is getting a...
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