Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts
 
Day: <span>July 8, 2022</span>

A-29 Super Tucano: A Prop-Driven Powerhouse Plane

As humankind proceeds through the third decade of the 21st century, jet-powered aircraft are seemingly all the rage when it comes to combat aircraft nowadays: 5th Generation fighters like the F-22 F-35, J-20, and Su-57; 4.5 Generation fighters like India’s Tejas; and even suped-up variants of 4th generation jets like the F-16V “Viper” and F-15EX. […]

Read More

The rise of the autonomous fighter plane

Several countries are about to introduce jet-propelled drones which are expected to evolve into fully-fledged robotic fighter aircraft, what will this mean for the future of warfare? Asks Steven Cutts

Read More

Pilot in Whitman County plane crash expected to survive

Jul. 8—LACROSSE — The pilot injured in a July 1 airplane crash in Whitman County is expected to survive. Kevin Kennedy, 65, of Arlington, Wash., was flying from Arlington to Colfax when his single-engine plane lost power and crashed north of State Route 26 near LaCrosse. According to a Washington State Patrol news release sent out Thursday, Trooper Travis Brawdy located the plane with the …

Read More

X-38: The Space Plane That Could Have Broken All the Rules

Had the NASA designed X-38 crew return vehicle (CRV), with its wingless lifting body, ever become operational, it would have become the first reusable human spacecraft produced since the Space Shuttle (which was first built in the 1970s). The X-38 was canceled however, a victim of NASA budget cuts – and still, in the twenty […]

Read More

Content not attributed to or linked to original, is the property of AirFlightDisaster.com; all rights reserved.

Site Credits