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Lockheed L-133 Starjet - The Nearly Built '1st' Jet Fighter!
swept-wing design, and a speed double that of WWII aircraft, it could have revolutionized air combat years ahead of schedule. But the U.S. military rejected it, favoring propeller-driven planes ...
10 Of The Worst-Looking Planes To Ever Hit The Sky
Some airplanes are graceful, beautiful machines that soar effortlessly through the sky. Others, not so much. Which airplanes ...
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US Fighter Jet Generations: A Complete History
The Ryan XFR-1 Fireball flew by propeller until it was ready ... strategic bomber and tactical strike aircraft, which introduced the variable swept wing, and the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom ...
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The History Of The Gulfstream Jet Commander
The manufacturer built the initial design as a twin-propeller namesake ... adding a new wing center section and the addition of winglets to the tips of the wings. After a combined total of 442 ...
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First Blended Wing Body Aircraft in Decades to Fly With Pratt & Whitney Engines
Like everything else around us, aviation is changing too, and it does so at a rapid pace. From new ways to power the planes to new and more efficient shapes of airplanes' bodies, the biggest ...
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Freezing the problem of futuristic planes: How scientists are beating ice on aircraft wings
his artist’s concept shows the transonic truss-braced wing concept. NASA’s Advanced ... These tests are critical because before any new aircraft design can be approved, it has to meet strict ...
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Air Force revives Skyraider name for new light attack aircraft
Natalie Fiorilli/Air Force) FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida — Air Force Special Operations Command has dubbed its newest aircraft Skyraider II, a nod to the Cold War-era propeller plane that ...
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Florida Air National Guard now in fifth-generation fighter era
The Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing started its week by becoming the fourth Air National Guard unit to be equipped with fifth-generation fighter aircraft, according to a unit ...
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China’s new sixth-generation aircraft likely for air superiority role: USAF
Sixth-generation aircraft that appeared in the skies over ... internal weapons bays and blended-wing fuselages. Communist party authorities in Beijing have not officially acknowledged the new ...
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Dramatic moment cargo plane skids off runway after landing gear collapse - before crew miraculously escape as wing prevents aircraft flipping over
The left wing wedged into the frozen ground, preventing the aircraft from flipping over but left it tipped to the side in the snow. There were sparks on the runway as it landed - but fortunately ...
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Sikorsky reveals S-92A+ Phase IV gearbox as it recommits to civil segment
On 10 March, Sikorsky disclosed that in January it completed 30 “transitional” flights of the rotor-blown wing demonstrator. The twin-prop aircraft, with a 3.1m (10.3ft) wingspan, takes off ...