aircraft
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The Enormous Antonov An-225 Mriya Flies Again in Microsoft Flight Simulator
The world’s largest aeroplane, the Antonov An225 Mriya, was born in the Soviet Union in 1988. It measured 83.82 m long and weighed nearly 190,509 kg, designed to piggyback the USSR’s Buran space shuttle much the same way NASA plopped its shuttles on top of a modified 747. After the fall of the Iron Curtain,…
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The Grognard Was the Strangest Jet Bomber of the Early Cold War Era
The Sud-Est Grognard looked more like a drawing of a spaceship than a fighter jet. The experimental French jet fighter, of which only two were built, belongs to my favourite era of aircraft: early Cold War experiments. While jet engines saw their combat debut in the flak-ridden skies of the waning days of World War…
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NASA’s Odd Flying Observatory, SOFIA, Will Go on Display at Arizona Museum
NASA’s flying observatory SOFIA is scheduled to make one last flight to its final resting place. The jumbo jet will be spending its retirement years at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, where it will be on display for its adoring fans.
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DJI’s Mavic 3 Classic is a Cheaper Option That Loses the Telephoto Lens
The DJI Mavic 3 arrived a year ago, with an impressive 46 minutes of flight time and a telephoto lens camera capable of capturing close-up footage from afar. It also came with an expensive price tag: a downside that DJI is trying to address with a new addition to the Mavic 3 lineup called the…