#aircraft
Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous
B-52: The Air Force Bomber That Could Fly for 100 Years?
Even after nearly 70 years in service, the United States Air Force's B-52 Stratofortress remains the workhorse of the bomber fleet.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Crazy Fact: The SR-71 Blackbird Outran 4,000 Missiles
While no SR-71 was ever shot down, political infighting and funding issues finally grounded the speedy Blackbird.
Science & Technology | TECH
F-22 Test Pilot Details The Raptor’s Incredible Speed
A chief test pilot on both the F-117 and the F-22, James “JB” Brown III, provides a fascinating inside look at these remarkable stealth jets.
News | News
Four-phase Warbird Museum expansion forges ahead
Plans are moving forward for a four-phase expansion of Titusville’s Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, which features an extensive vintage aircraft collection and event space rentals at Space Coast Regional
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
Watch An F-35 Go Into Beast Mode
The video leak comes hot on the heels of another air show teaser clip.
News | News
Hundreds of planes are parked in giant 'boneyard' in the Arizona desert after coronavirus pandemic sees travel plummet by 95% - with some aircraft unlikely to ever take to the skies again
Delta Air Lines, among others, are turning to Pinal Airpark some 90 miles south of Phoenix, to keep planes in good condition while they are not in use during the global health crisis.
Miscellaneous | The Hometown
Uh, a Fighter Plane With World War II-Era Nazi Insignia Just Crashed in California
The German Luftwaffe suffered another devastating defeat today when a plane bearing its World War II-era insignia crash-landed on the center divider of U.S. 101 in California on Tuesday, promptly going up in an inferno like its historical predecessors.
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
How the Soviet Concorde crashed and burned
With just 55 completed flights and two fatal crashes, the Concorde's Soviet rival, Tupolev Tu-144, was one of civil aviation's biggest failures.
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
Lockheed Martin Announces Progress in Hypersonic SR-72 Aircraft Program
Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs discussed the future of the SR-71 Blackbird's successor: a Mach 6 strike and reconnaissance aircraft.
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
This dogfight between 200 Israeli and Syrian jets was one of the biggest of all time
The Israeli pilots had benefited from great training and a lot of combat experience, but the Syrians had also screwed themselves.
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
'107 feet of fire-breathing titanium': A US Air Force major describes flying the fastest plane in history
In the 1960s, when a single military incident had the potential to spark a nuclear war, the US government needed a surveillance plane that absolutely could not be detected, intercepted, or shot down.
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
The Stratolaunch Will Soon Be the Largest Plane in the World
Over the years, man has built some truly colossal airplanes. But in 2016, an even larger aircraft is expected to take flight, and when completed, it will officially be the largest plane in the world. That massive aircraft is known as the Stratolaunch.
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
Here's a B-52 Stratofortress and all of its ammunition in one photo
This photo shows the entire arsenal of a B-52 Strartofortress. The standard loadout for this...
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
15 Incredible Facts About the SR-71 Blackbird (With Even MORE Incredible Photos!)
The SR-71 Blackbird was a strategic reconnaissance (SR) aircraft built by Lockheed Martin and designed by Clarence Johnson. It took flight in 1964 and kept going until being retired by NASA in 1999. Although this next-gen-looking aircraft never made it to
Science & Technology | Science
Every Ship That Has Carried Humans Into Space, In One Chart
Space is big, humans are small, and spacecrafts, well, vary more in size than you might think. Redditor Heaney555 has compiled an a chart, to scale, of every rocket, spacecraft, and space station involved in human spaceflight. And man, Saturn V is huuuuuu
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
Clean Sweep: F-35 Fighter Confounds Critics With Perfect Performance In First Tests At Sea
There's a tradition in the U.S. Navy that when missions are a complete success, a broom gets raised up the mast to signal a "clean sweep." That's what happened on November 14 when the F-35C Lightning II completed its first series of developmen
