Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Im Inneren von MiGFlug, Militärische Luftfahrt, Marine
Can I fly with the Blue Angels in an F/A-18? Yesterday we published an article about this blog about customers who think they can rent a supersonic fighter jet just like a car, today we want to cover another topic that is very popular among potential clients –...
Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Im Inneren von MiGFlug, Militärische Luftfahrt
Here’s what it’s like to rent a MiG-29 to fly to the stratosphere After Gizmodos article with the title “Here’s what it’s like to rent a MiG-29 to fly you above the clouds in the stratosphere” by Casey Chan – covering the...
Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
An Air Force with an interesting history during the Cold War is the Finnish Air Force. Finland hat a lot of restrictions after the Nazi years – to still have a working air force it purchased dual use two seater jets as trainers – as the numbers of fighters...
Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt, Marine, Weltrekorde in der Luftfahrt
It had always been U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katie Higgins’ dream to become a pilot, and follow in her family’s steps. This became reality in 2011, when she received her wings. But last weekend was probably the best day of her life, when she successfully...
Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Im Inneren von MiGFlug, Militärische Luftfahrt, Videos
How can cameras sustain such high speeds? First of all: MiGFlug did attach cameras outside before – so that’s nothing revolutionary. Among other – cameras have been attached with a lot of tape for BBC productions and for the German Galileo that is...
Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt, Fotografie
Lieutenant Chris Nigus sent us a jaw-dropping selection of spectacular images he took while flying on missions during the last couple of years of his deployment in Japan. Above you can see him flying at a low level in Japan’s well known Orange Route. Some of the...
Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Im Inneren von MiGFlug, Militärische Luftfahrt
MiG-29B, MiG-29UB and MiG-29SE compared How do different Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum versions perform? We wanted to have a closer look and compared the MiG-29B, the MiG-29UB and finally the MiG-29SE. Video I: MiG-29UB doing an Edge of Space flight: The MiG-29UB (Product...
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...
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...
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...
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