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Cargo plane makes a crazy low pass over fighter jets at an air base
Here’s a role reversal of sorts: an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane does a low pass right over some SU-25 fighter jets on a Ukrainian air field. Seeing the big boy plane delicately flying close to the...
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This Interactive Web App Lets Your Play at Being an Air Traffic Analyst
If you’ve ever wondered what it must be like to study the movement of airplanes as they take off and land across the entire world, then this interactive app let’s you do just that. Read more...
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Watch a fighter jet land on the middle of a highway road
Here’s really cool footage of a Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighter jet landing on a road in Finland. The Aviationist says both Finnish and Swedish aircraft were conducting a military force exercise at...
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F-18s against a wall of fire totally look like they're escaping explosions
Oh, nothing to see here. Just two F-18 fighter jets sitting there, looking cool... while a giant wall of fire blazes on behind them. The photo was taken at the 2015 Air Show at the Marine Corps Air...
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How the USAF pilots and chase cars land the U-2 Dragon Lady
The Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady is a beautiful spy plane that flies at high altitudes (70,000 feet in the air) to provide reconnaissance for the military. It’s also a pain in the ass to land too,...
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Watch Teddy Roosevelt's First Aeroplane Flight, 105 Years Ago Today
On October 11, 1910 Teddy Roosevelt became the first president to fly in an airplane. Well, technically he was an ex-president at the time. But that somehow makes it even more badass.Read more...
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MH17 Crash Report: The Airplane Was Shot Down By a BUK Missile
In July 2014, flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed over the Ukraine. Today, the Dutch Safety Board has issued its report on what happened.Read more...
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FAA Says You Must Not Pack Lithium Batteries in Your Hold Luggage
If you squirrel away batteries in hold luggage ready to power your kit through a trip, you may need to rethink: the Federal Aviation Administration is making a push to ensure you don’t.Read more...
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Watch a part of an airplane wing horrifyingly fall off during take off
No matter how many times you’ve flown or how many years you’ve lived, it’s always fun to peer out the window of an airplane and watch it take off. It’s flying, man. However, the worst thing is if you...
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Cool photo of fighter jets flying over an aircraft carrier
This photo shows US Navy fighter jets flying side-by-side with Chilean Air Force fighter jets next to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier. It’s like seeing little ducklings follow the big mama...
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FAA Is Doing Nothing About Continued Boeing Dreamliner Battery Failures
In 2013, the troubled Boeing 787 Dreamliner was grounded for nearly four months because the plane’s lithium-ion batteries caught fire. It’s had at least three more cell failures since the plane was...
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Here's what it's like to rent a MiG-29 to fly you above the clouds in the...
It’s good to be rich. Because when you’re rich you can easily justify the $18,000 necessary to rent—yes, rent—a MiG-29 fighter jet that will take you on the flight of your life to the edge of space....
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Awesome photo of a V-22 Osprey inside a rainbow
Just a perfect photo of a Marines MV-22 Osprey landing on the flight deck of the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry. The timing is lovely because it’s landing right through a rainbow, making the color...
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What it's like to be inside the cockpit of an A-10 Thunderbolt when it flies...
Here’s a video from inside the A-10 Thunderbolt as it flies through Arizona. The perspective is really cool because you get to see how the world looks from inside the aircraft and see things flip and...
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A plane landing in the snow and doing donuts is the funnest thing
An untouched snow-covered plot of land? Let’s get a plane to land on it and then immediately do donuts for a few rounds and then take off again! That’s obviously the first thing that comes to mind,...
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Watch how supersonic Russian bombers drop their giant cruise missiles
The Russian Air Force’s Tupolev TU-160 is a gorgeous-looking plane with sweeping wings and the capability to reach supersonic speeds. It’s also a scary powerful bomber aircraft with the ability to...
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Watch These Jetmen Fly Wing-to-Wing With an Airbus A380 Above Dubai
Well, this is insane. In this video, Jetman pilots Yves Rossy and his protegeVince Reffet fly wing-to-wing with an Airbus A380, the world’s largest airliner. It’s incredible.Read more...
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The flight of a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane from beginning to end
Getting inside the cockpit and seeing the flight of a U-2 spy plane is so damn cool. Not only because it’s such a gorgeous looking plane—it’s basically a glider with an engine attached that can take...
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Watch two guys in jet packs fly right next to a super jumbo jet
Awesome. Just awesome. The craziest human, Jetman Yves Rossy, and his protege, Jetman Vince Reffet, did one of the coolest stunts imaginable: they flew in jet packs right next to an Airbus A380 on top...
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Japan's First Ever Passenger Jet Just Took Its Maiden Flight
Japan doesn’t have a track record for manufacturing airplanes—but now its first ever domestic passenger jet has finally taken its maiden test flight.Read more...
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