AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyBoeing From The Archives: A Timeline Of The 747 aviationweek.com From conception to development, we look back at key milestones for the Boeing 747. Take a look at the 100+ years of Aviation Week in the full archives.
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyUnited States 1945 North American P-51D Mustang "Little Rebel" – $2,250,000 USD silodrome.com - Ben Branch This is an original 1945 North American P-51D Mustang, it’s been comprehensively restored and it now has just 88 hours of air time since …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyAviation Car ferries in the skies: The rise and fall of the Aviation Traders Carvair verified_publisherCNN - Miquel Ros(CNN) — If an aviation enthusiast were to compile a roster of the world's weirdest looking planes, the ATL-98 Carvair would definitely merit a place of honor. Its bulbous nose, seemingly out of proportion...
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyDon Bacon Offutt's Open Skies jets headed for desert scrapyard journalstar.com - Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald 1 of 2 Two Offutt-based OC-135B jets, shown parked at Lincoln Airport last month, will soon be retired. The planes, which for nearly 20 years have …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyAirlines Japan Airlines to retire 777 planes with Pratt & Whitney engines after United incident verified_publisherReuters(Reuters) - Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) said it had retired its fleet of 13 Boeing Co 777s with Pratt & Whitney engines a year earlier than planned, having suspended operations in February after an engine...
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyAlitalia Alitalia Is Running Out of Cash and Italy Can’t Help This Time verified_publisherBloomberg - Alberto Brambilla, Chiara Albanese Italy’s bankrupt airline Alitalia SpA is running out of cash just as negotiations with the European Union to create a new national carrier are at a …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyAirlines Record Low Flight Prices Are Coming, Thanks To New ‘Continuous Pricing’ godsavethepoints.com - Gilbert Ott But not for everyone…For once, it might actually make sense to buy early, or super late. Airlines, after their worst year, pretty much ever, are …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyRoyal Navy The Royal Navy's Crowsnest helicopter readies for carrier deployment verified_publishernewatlas.com - By David Szondy The Royal Navy is ready to begin operational training of its new Merlin "Crowsnest" Airborne Surveillance And Control (ASaC) helicopter as it …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyMilitary Navy breaks its deep-sea salvage record with recovery of Seahawk helicopter near Okinawa stripes.com - By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 26, 2021 The Navy has recovered a Seahawk helicopter lying 3.6 miles below waters off the coast of Okinawa, breaking its depth record for recovery of sunken …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyCornwall Red Arrows grounded after Hawk T1 jet crash - pilots are stable after first Navy ejection in 18 years sky.com - Tim Baker, news reporter The famous Red Arrows display team have been grounded after a military plane crashed in woodland yesterday. Both pilots ejected from the plane before …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyMilitary First female Commander of F-35A Demo Team hopes to inspire girls to dream big fox13now.com - Erin Cox OGDEN, Utah — At Hill Air Force Base, one woman is making history with the F-35-A Demo Team. Captain Kristin “Beo” Wolfe is one of four female fighter …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyFlying The Planedemic: Where Have All The Airplanes Gone? kjzz.org - By Phil Latzman For those of us who frequent the Phoenix to Tucson corridor along Interstate 10, you’ve probably noticed plenty of glistening aluminum in the desert …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyMoscow 3 Russian bomber pilots killed by ejection system glitch Associated Press - APMOSCOW (AP) — Three members of a Russian bomber's air crew died Tuesday when their ejection seats accidentally activated during preflight checks, the military said. The Russian Defense Ministry said the...
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyNASA NASA engineer Glynn Lunney dead at 84 United Press International - Christen McCurdy March 20 (UPI) -- Glynn S. Lunney, the engineer who played a key role in NASA's early efforts to launch astronauts into space and who led Mission …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyApollo 7 Glynn Lunney, NASA flight director who led from 'trench' to the moon, dies at 84 space.com - Robert Z. Pearlman An engineer who was involved from the start in NASA's efforts to launch the first astronauts into space and who later led Mission Control through …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyAviation Proposed US submarine-hunting plane prompts hand-wringing in Germany Defense News - Sebastian Sprenger COLOGNE, Germany – The U.S. government has cleared the sale of five P-8A maritime patrol aircraft to Germany, but Berlin is nowhere near ready to …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyMilitary Here’s the Air Force’s plan to diversify its pilot corps airforcetimes.com - Rachel S. Cohen Air Force leaders have signed off on a new plan to build a more diverse pilot corps by 2030, looking to level the playing field in a profession that …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily Witness to History: The First Flight of the Bristol Brabazon I | TheAvGeeks theavgeeks.com - TheAvGeeks Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes From the Wright brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk to the success of NASA’s Perseverance Rover and from the …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build verified_publisherfuturism.com The private sector is closer to taking over the rocket business than ever before. Last Rocket It took almost a decade and tens of billions of dollars …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailyNASA NASA test firing of huge SLS moon rocket sets stage for maiden flight verified_publisherCBS News NASA and Boeing test fired a gargantuan Space Launch System rocket for the second time Thursday, a full-duration eight-minute "hot fire" needed to …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily Backers fight to save Marines' Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum ahead of April 1 closure sandiegouniontribune.com - Andrew Dyer With only two weeks of operations remaining, members of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Foundation are asking the Marine Corps to reconsider …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek DailySnakes This Is the F-36 Kingsnake. It Could Be the Air Force's Next Fighter Jet. verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Kyle MizokamiMeet the new, non-stealthy fighter that may replace the F-16. Last month, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown caused a stir when he announced the service was looking into buying a brand-new jet...
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily The World War II B-29 bomber at the bottom of Lake Mead tucsonsentinel.com - Frani Halperin Click photo to enlarge An SRC diver assesses the B-29 in 2013 - Brett Seymour, NPS Submerged Resources Center More by Frani Halperin In 1948, a World …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily Lockheed Martin's new sustainment depot receives its first F-16 United Press International - Ed Adamczyk March 15 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin's new sustainment support facility in Greenville, S.C., received its first F-16 fighter plane for maintenance, the …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily Warbird Fans Welcome Return of EAA’s B-17 on Tour Flying Magazine - EAA Now that millions of people in the US are being vaccinated against the coronavirus each week, the country is inching towards some sort of return to …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily7:45Videos How the world's largest airplane boneyard stores and regenerates 3,100 retired aircraft Business InsiderThe 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group stores thousands of retired military, forest service, and NASA aircraft in the Arizona desert. The massive collection of F-16s, C-5s, B-52s, A-4 and...
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily Vital new radar plagued by delays fixed in time to protect HMS Queen Elizabeth portsmouth.co.uk - Tom Cotterill PROBLEMS plaguing a cutting-edge radar system built to protect the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers have been fixed in time for HMS Queen …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily Red Arrows flying for their lives as 'clock is ticking' to find finance express.co.uk - Marco Giannangeli THE RED ARROWS have been saved from the axe but the "clock is ticking" as senior defence sources admit the Ministry of Defence can no longer afford …
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily The F-35 Fighter: Too Pricey to Fail verified_publisherThe New York Times - The Editorial BoardLast week, the new head of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Adam Smith, said in an interview that the F-35 fighter jet was a “rathole” draining money. He said the Pentagon should consider...
AvatarTheAvGeeksflipped into The #AvGeek Daily The KC-46 tanker’s most infamous problem isn’t the one that impacts pilots the most Defense News - Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is on its way to ameliorating a technical glitch that has left KC-46 tanker pilots waiting to take off, sometimes for …
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