Author: Crew Daily

The aircraft we present today is the Sukhoi PAK FA T-50which is better known by its name Sukhoi Su-57. The Sukhoi PAK FA T-50 is the internal name of the aircraft. The words “PAK FA” in its name represent the company behind its creation whose full name is Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii.  The Sukhoi PAK FA T-50 is the fifth-generation multirole stealth fighter for the Russian Air Force under Russia’s 5th Generation Fighter Program. The Sukhoi PAK FA T-50 happens to be the first-ever aircraft in the service of Russian Air Force which has the stealth capability and it…

While the world of aviation is a marvel in its own self, there are still multiple errors and mishaps that occur in this field of technology much like any other. Any aircraft have suffered horrible crashes during their testing phases but some of them suffered the crashes and ejections from pilots in between their normal performances. Taking this into account, we present a few of the well-known jet ejections of the aviation history (part 1). 2 MiG-29s Collided with each other Mid-Air during an Air Show An Airshow was being held back in 1993 at the RAF Fairford located in…

Who here does not know about the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the supersonic multirole jet fighter developed originally by the General Dynamic which is the pain backbone of the US Air Force? Since the first time the aircraft was introduced in 1976, nearly 4600 of these aircraft have been developed and are still in production. Although the US is only using the older ones with sufficient upgrades made to them, the newer ones are being sold to other world militaries. The aircraft is not only in active duty service of US Air Force, but it is also the part of the…

The aircraft we present today is the Lockheed AC-130, the gunship aircraft that was built to be a heavily armed and along with endurance aircraft for ground attack missions developed a variant of the original C-130 Hercules. The aircraft ah been upgraded to not nobly have a range of the weapons but also other systems for navigation, fire control, and sensors. The Lockheed AC-130 is not like any other military gunship because of its large size. Due to the aircraft only being able to fly at a low altitude of 7000 feet, most close air support mission that this aircraft…

Today we present to our readers an iconic aircraft which is known by its nickname as The Fat Albert. This aircraft is actually in service of the famed aerial team known as The Blue Angels of the United States Air Force and the Fat Albert is their workhorse aircraft. Fat Albert is actually the C-130 Hercules aircraft that has been in use of The Blue Angels for the past 50 years. Before getting started into the features of the Fat Albert, we would first like to give you a little intro of the C-130 Hercules itself. This jumbo size aircraft…

The aircraft we present today is the trainer aircraft known by the designation Aero L-39 Albatros which was designed and created back in the 1960s by the company named Aero Vodochody working in Czechoslovakia. The aircraft was created to be a replacement aircraft for another trainer named Aero L-29 Delfin. The Aero L-39 Albatros went on to become the very first trainer aircraft of the world that was fitted with the Turbofan powerplants. Many of the world air forces saw the potential of the Aero L-39 Albatros as the trainer aircraft and as a result it was exported heavily throughout…

The North American B-25 “Mitchell” was introduced first back in 1941 as the medium-range bomber to serve the aviation unit of the US military. The aircraft was named after famed military personnel named Major General William Billy Mitchell who happened to be the pioneer for the aviation in the US military. The aircraft after its first flight went on to serve many of the allied forces and most notably performed action in nearly every theater of World War II. Even after the war, the North American B-25 “Mitchell” proved to be a capable aerial asset for Air Forces and remained…

The aircraft we present today is the famed Boeing EA-18G Growler which sit eh carried based aircraft used for electronic warfare by the Untied States Navy. This is a specially modified version of the other US navy aircraft known as the F/A/-18F Super Hornet. The Boeing EA-18G Growler was specially designed in order to replace the US navy’s aging aircraft fleet of Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers. As for the electronic warfare capabilities of the Boeing EA-18G Growler, they are the same which were provided in the Northrop Grumman EA-6B prowlers but with upgrades. The production of the Boeing EA-18G Growler…

Today we are not introducing one but two of the aircraft which have nearly the same designation as well as the specifications. The names of these aircraft are Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet and Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. Both of these aircraft come in twin-engine design and are the multirole fighter jets which have been based on the design of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The thing that makes these aircraft different is the seating feature. The F/A18E is the single-seat version while the F/A-18f is the one with tandem seat design. These two aircraft are the advanced variants if their…

The aircraft we introduce today is known as the Lockheed YF-12 Blackbird which is the prototype aircraft for interceptor missions created by the Lockheed Martin back in the 1960s to serve the United States Air Force (USAF). Lockheed YF-12 Blackbird actually comes in two design variants; one is with single-seat design while the other one is of two-seat design. The single-seat version of this aircraft was built in secrecy and is known by the named Lockheed A-12 which serves the USAF in its reconnaissance missions. The Lockheed A-12 was the aircraft that led to the birth of the famed Lockheed…