Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
Quick Facts Company Vertical Aerospace (Bristol, UK) Aircraft Full-scale VX4 demonstrator (piloted) Milestone First piloted thrustborne-to-wingborne transition flight Test Pilot Paul Stone Location Cotswold Airport, southwest England Date April 2, 2026 Production...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
Quick Facts Airport San Francisco International Airport (SFO) What Changed FAA permanently banned simultaneous side-by-side landings on parallel runways 28L and 28R Runway Separation 750 feet — closer than any other major U.S. hub Capacity Impact Arrival rate cut from...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Related: Mystery in the Sky: RQ-180 Stealth Drone Photographed Over Greece Quick Facts Aircraft Northrop Grumman RQ-180 (classified stealth reconnaissance UAV) Nickname “Lady of Larissa” (informal, from spotting community) Sighting Date April 6, 2026 —...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Quick Facts Aircraft L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call (electronic attack variant of Gulfstream G550) Replaces EC-130H Compass Call (only 4 remain in service) Deployed From Davis-Monthan AFB via RAF Mildenhall to the Middle East Aircraft Serials 17-5579 and 19-1587 (55th...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Quick Facts Aircraft General Atomics YFQ-42A (Gambit family CCA prototype) Incident Date April 6, 2026 Location Company-owned airfield, California desert Cause Under investigation — no injuries reported Programme USAF Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) — unmanned...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Storia e leggende
In 1799, a 26-year-old Yorkshire baronet engraved a small silver disc with two drawings — one on each side. On one face: a diagram of the forces acting on a wing in flight, showing lift, drag, and thrust as separate vectors. On the other: a sketch of a fixed-wing...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
Quick FactsOfficial NameUnited States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (SFTI) programFoundedMarch 3, 1969, NAS Miramar, CaliforniaFounderLt. Cdr. Dan “Yank” Pedersen — the “Godfather of TOPGUN”Why It Was CreatedThe Ault Report revealed Navy kill ratios had...
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