An Army Apache Goes Down in Texas

An Army Apache Goes Down in Texas

A routine flight over central Texas ended in tragedy on August 12, 2026, when a U.S. Army AH-64E Apache crashed near the town of Salado, killing both crew members aboard. The helicopter came down at around 1:30 in the afternoon, and the wreckage sparked a grass fire...
The Cargo Plane That Loads Itself

The Cargo Plane That Loads Itself

Most cargo aircraft need three things the battlefield rarely offers: a runway, a pilot, and a ground crew to load them. Elroy Air’s Chaparral needs none of them. On August 12, 2026, the California company demonstrated new unattended delivery modes for the U.S....
Qatar Just Flew a 283-Seat Jet 80 Miles

Qatar Just Flew a 283-Seat Jet 80 Miles

The Airbus A350 was built to cross oceans. It can fly seventeen hours nonstop, carry a few hundred people from Doha to Auckland, and burn through time zones like a paper napkin. On August 12 and 13, 2026, Qatar Airways used one to fly eighty miles. For two days the...
Trump Orders the Navy Back to Steam

Trump Orders the Navy Back to Steam

For a quarter of a century the U.S. Navy bet the future of its supercarriers on a catapult with no steam and no pistons: a magnetic sled that flings a 30-ton fighter off the bow with a silent electromagnetic pulse. It cost billions to build and took years to tame. On...
XP-81, Amerikas erster Turboprop-Begleitjäger

XP-81, Amerikas erster Turboprop-Begleitjäger

Von vorn sieht sie aus wie eine Mustang, die ordentlich zugebissen hat. Ein vierblättriger Propeller, eine lange, schlanke Nase, eine kuppelförmige Cockpithaube. Dann fällt einem der Triebwerksstrahl am Heck auf, und die Convair XP-81 ergibt im besten Sinne des Wortes keinen Sinn mehr. Das war ein Jagdflugzeug der besonderen Art ….
Bristol 188, Edelstahl-Flammenbleistift

Bristol 188, Edelstahl-Flammenbleistift

On the ground it gleamed like cutlery. Long, thin and unpainted, its polished skin caught the Filton light, and its shape earned it a nickname that stuck for life: the Flaming Pencil. The Bristol 188 was Britain’s bold, doomed attempt to fly through the thermal...