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Checklist Bloopers

At stake was a competition to build the military’s next generation long range bomber. Soon after takeoff, the aircraft pitched up, stalled and crashed in a huge fireball. Major Ployer and Leslie Tower died of their injuries.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Emb 314 Super Tucano

Embraer's light attack aircraft has achieved success in numerous countries as an ideal aircraft in the continuous battle against insurgents and terrorists, particularly in Afghanistan where the US is supplying the Afghan Air Force with 26 A-29 Super Tucano (A-29 being the US name) aircraft under the Afghanistan programme.

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Strange Technologies: Electrogravitics

Electrogravitics is claimed to be an unconventional type of effect or anti-gravity propulsion created by an electric field's effect on a mass.

Helicopters And Marginal Weather

You had been hoping to go flying, but the weather is horrible.You’re sitting in the café at the flying club, looking out through the window at complete gloom. The cloud base is about 600 ft, light rain is falling, and you can barely see to the end of the runway. No aircraft have arrived or departed all day, apart from a couple of instrument-rated pilots in a suitably equipped machine – commercial pilots with work to do, for no-one would fly in these conditions for fun. All private pilots are grounded, and console themselves by remembering that it’s better to be down here wishing you were up there, than vice-versa.

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Japan's New Advanced Fighter May Be Based On Existing Foreign Design

Japan is seeking proposals for a new advanced jet fighter based on an existing Western aircraft and wants American and British cooperation to help kickstart development of the project, which is estimated to cost around $40 billion, three sources said.

USAF To Start B-52 Re-engine Competition In The First Quarter Of 2019

The US Air Force has finally decided to fund a re-engining of the B-52H bomber, and has described a plan to keep the fleet of 76 jets in service until at least 2050.

Tiny African Country Overshadows Silicon Valley

The United States has its technological wizards in Silicon Valley, yet the tiny central African state of Rwanda was able to launch the delivery drones back in 2016 when 'sky ambulances' started to drop off lifesaving blood supplies by parachute to remote hospitals and clinics located hours outside the Rwandan capital of Kigali. The drones were developed and operated by Zipline, a San Francisco based company.

Putting It Simply Flying Cessna Citation M2

The Citation M2 is Cessna’s ‘entry level’ business jet for those looking for the ultimate in personal air travel. As such, it is tasked with both providing luxury and a manageable transition into jet operations for the aspiring owner-operator. On all counts, it would appear that Cessna has met the challenge.

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NATO Tiger Meet 2018

When 74 squadron was first re-equipped with the Lightning in 1960, its CO, John Howe, was already well aware of the US Air Force Tigers at Woodbridge, the 79th TFS of the 20TFW. Correspondence between the two units had been going on since the first contacts had been established a few years previously, and occasionally a social meeting was arranged.

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