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The Philippine Mars took its final flight. See photos of the flying-boat aircraft from WWII to its last 800-mile journey.
The Navy's largest World War II-era aircraft The Mars flying boats were ... including up to seven military jeeps. Rocket-powered takeoffs Despite its hulking size, the four-engined flying boats ...
Fox Business on MSN10d
Elon Musk's Starship rocket suffers 'minor setback' during test flight
The Big Money Show' panel reacts to SpaceX Starship disintegrating during its eighth test flight.
AZ Central27d
Pima Air and Space Museum: What's new and why the Boneyard is closed
Along with the outdoor displays, they fill six massive indoor hangars, three dedicated to the planes of World War II. The museum also ... and drop-launch the sleek rocket-powered X-15 that would ...
Popular Mechanics19d
China Has Developed ‘Powerful Weapons’ to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers. The Effects Could Be Devastating.
The United States has been the world’s foremost master of carrier warfare since World War II. While other countries ... Each of its 11 world-class aircraft carriers is a seagoing city capable ...
New Republic10d
FAA Halts Flights as Elon Musk’s Rocket Blows Up Yet Again
In its eighth test flight, the 400-foot rocket launched from Brownsville ... war heroes such as Marine Corps World War II Medal of Honor recipient Private First Class Harold Gonsalves, and ...
Forbes19d
Ukraine Is Daring Russia To Open Fire On Swarms Of New Trembita Drones. Many Of The Drones Will Be Decoys.
Seven feet long with a brute-simple layout—engine on top, rocket booster in the back ... actually repeating the design of World War II aircraft,” Pars CEO Akim Klemenov told Militarnyi ...
Miami Herald13d
Thousands of war artifacts — and body of Red Army soldier — unearthed on Poland coast
From the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s to World War II, the land of north-central ... excavated a crater caused by the explosion of an aircraft bomb dropped Sept. 2, 1939, officials said.
Foreign Affairs27d
The False Promise of Strategic Bombing
Gone are the fleets of hundreds of bombers that were deployed to drop thousands of bombs in World War II ... or rocket engines allow them, and such bombardments no longer require expensive additional ...
Task & Purpose8d
80 years ago the Allies found their bridge across the Rhine
The capture of the bridge at Remagen, a surprisingly intact path into Germany, helped U.S. troops hasten the end of World War II. By Nicholas ... with Nazi Germany throwing planes, artillery ...
Interesting Engineering5d
A brief history of drones: from pilotless balloons to roaming killers
Moving forward a bit in time, the first pilotless aircraft was developed in 1916 ... adapt the technology for this for their V1 rocket program in WWII. Although Low’s projects had some success ...
Simple Flying20d
The 2 Companies That Make Ejection Seats For US & UK Fighter Jets
During World War II, pilots had to bail out of their stricken aircraft manually and were unable to punch ... including the ejection seat rocket motors. Parts for Martin-Baker ejection seats are banned ...