267 Eagles: Die große Wette der Luftwaffe

267 Eagles: Die große Wette der Luftwaffe

Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht

Ein Jahrzehnt lang versuchte die US-Luftwaffe, die F-15 auszumustern. Der Plan war, eine symbolische Serie neuer Eagles zu beschaffen und die Produktion dann stillschweigend einzustellen, während alles auf Tarnkappentechnik umgestellt wurde. Die Eagle gehörte der Vergangenheit an. Die F-35 und der geheime Jet der sechsten Generation waren die Zukunft….
Der Mann, der vom Rande des Weltraums sprang

Der Mann, der vom Rande des Weltraums sprang

Geschichte & Legenden

On 16 August 1960, a tiny open gondola hung beneath an enormous helium balloon, 102,800 feet above the New Mexico desert. That is more than 31 kilometres up — high enough that the sky overhead is black, the horizon curves, and there is almost no air left to breathe....
Die sowjetische SR-71, die nie flog

Die sowjetische SR-71, die nie flog

Militärische Luftfahrt

Before the SR-71 Blackbird ever ripped across the sky, a Soviet aircraft designer was already trying to build something to beat it. His name was Pavel Tsybin, and his creation — the RSR — was meant to streak over the United States at three times the speed of sound,...
Where Asia’s Jets Will Go to Be Fixed

Where Asia’s Jets Will Go to Be Fixed

Luftfahrtwelt

When an airliner needs more than a routine turnaround — one of the deep, weeks-long teardowns that strip it to the structure, inspect everything and put it back together — it doesn’t just taxi to a gate. It disappears into an MRO: a maintenance, repair and overhaul...
Sydney’s New Airport Never Closes

Sydney’s New Airport Never Closes

Luftfahrtwelt, Nachricht

For as long as most Sydneysiders can remember, the city’s air traffic has run into a wall every night. Kingsford Smith Airport — Sydney’s only major gateway — shuts to most aircraft between 11pm and 6am under a hard legal curfew. After dark, one of the busiest...
Das Flugzeug, das beide Testpiloten tötete

Das Flugzeug, das beide Testpiloten tötete

Geschichte & Legenden

There are bad aircraft, and then there is the Christmas Bullet — a machine so misconceived that it holds a record no other aeroplane will ever want: it killed a test pilot on its first flight, and then killed a second test pilot on the first flight of the second...