Aviation News
The CIA has declassified the 1959 copy of the U-2 flight manual, Japlonik has kindly made available a copy on Scribd.
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Eclipse Aerospace has responded to a USAF T-1A Jayhawk RFI to upgrade or replace the trainer. The company claims that its Eclipse Jet could save the USAF 13 million gallons of fuel per year and is 70 percent less costly to support.
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The U.S. Navy determined that the crash of a Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) was due to a faulty ruddervator.
Continue reading “Investigation report on crash of BAMS-D faults pilot”
South Korea’s new government is pushing for the development and deployment of new long-range missiles that can strike all of North Korea.
Continue reading “South Korea to speed up development of new missiles”
During a routine patrol mission by HMCS Ottawa’s CH-124 Sea King helicopter, the crew chanced upon a family of trapped sea turtles.
Continue reading “HMCS Ottawa helicopter crew saves sea turtles”