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A private Hawker Hunter aircraft of the ATAC private company crashed off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii. The aircraft reportedly crashed shortly after it took off from Honolulu Airport, which was close to the Joint Base Perl Harbor-Hickman on Wednesday. Photos were posted on Twitter, which shows the pilot ejecting moments before the aircraft was going to crash into the water. According to the local news media, the pilot was a 47 years old civilian contractor who was flying for ATAC. Some reports have also made news that the pilot was a “Hawaii Air National Guard civilian contractor”. At the…
Back on November 17th, 207 a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER was being towed toward the Terminal 3 of the Singapore-Changi Airport by two tow trucks when it suddenly caught fire. Luckily, at the time of towing, the aircraft did not have any passengers onboard. If you look at the pictures down below, you will see that the aircraft has been majorly damaged by the fire. However, there was one technician sitting inside the cockpit of the plane. However, he too was safely evacuated from the burning plane via the emergency slide. Airport security and services immediately arrived on the scene…
The female reporter seems to be excited about the arrival of the two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers earlier this week in Venezuela. She was so excited that she backed nearly halfway on to the runway as one of the bombers touched down on the runway. The video of the reporter has surfaced just recently right after the news of the two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers arriving in Venezuela. The news has been vial all across the social media and now with this rare reporting footage. Seeing the enthusiasm of the reporters in this video, we are hopeful that we…
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is and America Tiltrotor military aircraft that is used for multi-mission purposes. The aircraft is able to do both vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) along with short takeoff and landing (STOL). This aircraft was designed to present the functionality to the likes of a conventional helicopter along with the cruise speed performance like a Turboprop aircraft. For our readers today we present to you a few of the amazing facts about the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey which are as follows. Dual Purpose:- This aircraft cannot be called a helicopter because its official name is a…
On December 10th, 2018 an Airbus A320neo of the IndiGo Airlines was scheduled on a domestic flight in India from between Jaipur and Kolkata. The flight was suddenly forced to make an emergency landing after smoke started to fill inside the cabin of the aircraft. Below is one of the mobile footage from the passengers as the cabin filled with smoke. The pilots after learning of the situation declared an emergency and immediately steeped the aircraft towards the Kolkata Airport. Watch the footage of the passengers safely evacuating the aircraft via emergency slides. Shortly after landing, the emergency evacuation procedure…
On December 6th, 2018 news started circulating on Twitter which indicated that two of the US Military aircraft crashed during the midair refueling operation. At the time of the refueling, these two aircraft were off Iwakuni, Japan where this incident happened. According to these early reports, one aircraft involved in the crash was an F/A-18, an unspecified variant while the other was C-130. Both of these aircraft had a total of seven crew members onboard who are still missing. According to the reports, the F/A-18 was a two-seat variant while the C-130 had five crew members onboard. The news was…
On December 10th, 2018 two of the Russian Tupolev/ United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Tu-160M1 supersonic bombers, NATO codename “Blackjack” arrived in Venezuela. After the arrival of these two aircraft, there has been an ever growing concern between Russia and USA with another major question raising on the events, “What is the Status of Venezuelan Government?” this is the third deployment with previous being carried out back in 2003 and 2008. These two massive Tu-160 “White Swan” bombers arrived in Venezuela at the Simón Bolívar International Airport which is located outside of the Caracas on Monday morning. These aircraft came after…
On January 1st, 2018 the parade goers who were celebrating the New Year at the Tournament of Rose were treated with a magnificent display of the US Air Force’s state of the art airpower. The display was given by the USAF’s two F-35A Lightning IIs and a B-2 Spirit when they made a spectacular flyover of the parade route. This Rose Parade Flyover was given in honor of the USAF Major Benjamin “Chex” Meier, who was the pilot for the USAF F-16 aircraft. He flew in combat missions over countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. He received the Air Force…
US Air Force as officially confirmed to the aviation media that the photographs for the Chinese Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon at the military Air Base inside the Savannah-Hilton Head Airport, Georgia, US on last Wednesday; December 5th, 2018 is actually a mock up for training for the US Marine Corps. Col. Emmanuel Haldopoulos, Commander of the Savannah Air Dominance Center wrote in his statement to media, “It is a full scale replica of the aircraft which remained at the Air Dominance Center for a short period in week of 40-6 December. The US Marine Corps is the one who are…
In Russia recently an online pool was taken all across Russia for the renaming of its 47 old airports. This online poll was the part of the Great Names of Russia project. According to this polling Moscow’s gateway international airport Sheremetyevo will now be renamed as the Aleksandr Pushkin International Airport. This name is given after the beloved 19th-century Russian poet named Aleksandr Pushkin. The second main airport of Moscow which is Domodedovo Airport will no e be renamed after the 18-century Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov. As for the third largest airport in Moscow located in Vnukovo, it will be…