Last month, engineers found small cracks in the wings of Singapore Airlines’ A380s. Now, Qantas has been forced to ground one its A380s because of the same problem. More »
Last November I flew a P-40 in California, one with three confirmed kills, rescued after a crash in a Pacific island. If I get to fly a P-40 again, I hope I get to do it like the Texas Flying Legends: over St. Barths island. More »
Since the dawn of time, man has continually sought bigger and badder stunts to prove his mettle. First it was “Slap the Cave Bear and Run.” Then it was “Who Can Hold the Lightning Rod Longest.” Now, it’s “Grab the Inverted aeroplane Tail from the Back of a Motorcycle.” More »
The Boeing 747 Airborne Laser project has been mothballed despite successfully destroying a ballistic missile and other targets. But don’t dispair, pew-pew destruction fans: the US Missile defence Command now wants to use small high altitude drones armed with lasers. More »
Those F-18 canopies are not made of oil-repellent Gorilla glass, but they’re cleaned with care. Here you can see a sailor wiped one down on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, now deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet region. [Flickr]
There’s a simple reason why this Boeing 737 wasn’t destroyed this week at Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport, China, and instead destroyed this concrete runway using its landing gear: it’s neither a runway nor concrete. At least, not in the traditional sense. More »
An UFO was seen on top of a military truck four days ago travelling down US 77. Residents of Cowley County, Kansas, thought the military were trying to haul an alien spaceship wrapped in plastic. On plain sight. In daylight. More »
The 196th and final F-22 Raptor has rolled out of Lockheed Martin’s factory in Marietta, Georgia. That means yesterday marked an end to more than 14 years of production for what’s widely considered the most fearsome jet fighter in history. And also one of the costliest. More »
The F-22 may have not been a resounding success, but this video gives a good idea of the power of the US Air Force, complete with some pseudo-Wagner(ish) music that makes me want to invade Poland More »
