Flugzeugträger, Luftfahrtwelt, Militärische Luftfahrt
The U.S. Navy is getting ready to launch the first ship-board tests of a new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System designed to replace steam catapults and propel fighter jets and other aircraft off the deck of an aircraft carrier, service officials said. “In June,...
Luftfahrtwelt, Bomberflugzeuge, Experimentelle Flugzeuge, Kampfflüge, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
It’s pretty cool what different types of metal can get airborne with enough engines, wings, effort, determination or just sheer creativity. There are many wild designs with aircraft ranging from flying saucers to planes that take off vertically. [CSSBUTTON...
Kampfflüge, Militärische Luftfahrt, Fotografie
Pilots have been looking to buzz photographers by passing as low as possible, or as fast as possible while near photographers. We’ve seen several types of low passes or low landings. First of all – due to the popularity of this topic – we recently...
Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt, Fotografie
Red Flag is the world’s largest military exercise which occurs quite frequently every year. A few years ago, photographers were interviewed on their perspective on this military exercise. Day 1 – March 14, 2012 Red Flag 12-3 started off with the traditional...
Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Im Inneren von MiGFlug, Militärische Luftfahrt
A fighter pilot is a military aviator who is specially licensed, after training, to engage in air-to-air, and often air-to-ground combat while in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting (close...
Luftfahrtwelt, Militärische Luftfahrt, UAV
The V1 Flying bomb was the worlds first cruise missile. An unmanned gyro guided plane that delivered a tonne of high explosive each time one hurtled into the ground. 2419 were to explode in London between June 1944 and March 1945, which is just 9 months....
Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt, Weltrekorde in der Luftfahrt
When these images cropped out on the internet a few months ago, some knew the photos were a photoshop masterpiece, and the rest were skeptical, or believed this ‘claim’. A note to acclaimed aviator, Skip Holm was in order to validate the images and provide...
Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Im Inneren von MiGFlug, Militärische Luftfahrt
Watching films like Top Gun or Operation: Red Flag the appeal of being a fighter jet pilot, is easily seen, but would the famous actor Tom Cruise have made a real fighter pilot, let alone you or me? The cockpit of a fighter plane is a very restricted and highly...
Bomberflugzeuge, Militärische Luftfahrt, Fotografie
Maria, who is a mathematician from Novosibirsk “scientists city” as it was called in Soviet times, has a rather unusual hobby. Can you guess what is she up to just by looking at the photo above? Probably the first thought that comes to mind is that her...
Luftfahrtwelt, Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt
The main technology that a military aircraft takes advantage of to lock on and track an enemy aircraft is its onboard mounted radar. Aircraft monitors generally have two modes: search and track. In search mode, the radar sweeps a radio beam across the sky in a zig-zag...
Bomberflugzeuge, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Throughout the Cold War the Soviet Union and the United States were constantly trying to check each other’s military power. This drive for each country to outdo the other led to some truly bizarre pieces of military hardware. The Bartini Beriev...
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