Mondo dell'aviazione, Storia e leggende
Il 15 giugno 1919, alle 8:40 del mattino, un biplano Vickers Vimy con due motori Rolls-Royce Eagle e senza alcun contatto radio con il mondo esterno si lanciò in picchiata tra le nuvole sopra la costa occidentale dell'Irlanda, finendo dritto in una palude a Derrygimlagh, vicino a...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
Quick FactsNationalityAustro-Hungarian 🇦🇹Aerial Victories32 (highest k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppen ace)Aircraft FlownAlbatros D.III, Hansa-BrandenburgWarsWorld War IBorn / Died5 Feb 1895 – 1 Aug 1981 (age 86)UnitFlik 6, Flik 55J Julius Arigi — via Wikimedia Commons Every war...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
On October 3, 1967, test pilot William J. “Pete” Knight climbed into a black, dart-shaped aircraft bolted to the wing of a B-52 bomber. At 45,000 feet over the Mojave Desert, the B-52 released him. Knight lit the rocket engine. In the next 84 seconds, he accelerated...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
On September 6, 1976, a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor appeared on Japanese radar screens without warning. It was flying fast, low, and heading straight for Hakodate Airport on the northern island of Hokkaido. The pilot had not filed a flight plan. He had not...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
The next generation of Portuguese military pilots will learn to fly in an aircraft that weighs less than a family car. On April 9, 2026, Tecnam and Spanish aviation services provider World Aviation announced that the Portuguese Air Force has selected the Tecnam...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
Il video si apre con una clip di un torneo di eSport. Gli schermi si illuminano. I controller cliccano. La folla ruggisce. Poi la telecamera inquadra una torre di controllo del traffico aereo e una voce pone la domanda che la Federal Aviation Administration spera possa cambiare per sempre l'aviazione americana:...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
For forty days, the skies over Iraq were empty. No airliners cruised overhead at 35,000 feet. No cargo planes descended into Baghdad International. No transit fees were collected, no passengers moved, no overflights logged. From late February to April 8, 2026, one of...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
On April 3, 2026, an F-15E Strike Eagle with the callsign Dude 44 was hit by a shoulder-fired missile over Iran’s Zagros Mountains. Both crew members ejected. The pilot was recovered within hours. The weapons systems officer — a colonel — was not. He landed on a...
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