A screenshot of the video showing the latest F-35A DCA test. The footage shows the recent F-35A Full Weapon System Demonstration (FWSD) with two B61-12 mock nuclear bombs. As we have already reported in detail recently, the F-35 Joint Program Office has announced earlier this month that the F-35A successfully executed the first Full Weapon…
Photo: Boeing Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt has been almost a year since the Federal Aviation Administration ungrounded the Boeing 737 MAX, and the recertified jet has already flown more than half a million hours. Speaking alongside the release of Boeing’s Q3 results, the company’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, commented, “During the third quarter, we delivered…
Volocopter is exhibiting a scaled version of its VoloCity eVTOL at Fiumicino Airport this week as part of a new partnership with Atlantia and Aeroporti di Roma that seeks to bring electric air taxi operations to Italy in the next 2-3 years. (Volocopter) German urban air mobility developer Volocopter has established a new partnership with…
Photo: travelpress.com Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinnair has inaugurated Stockholm Arlanda to Bangkok, Phuket, and Miami. New York JFK and Los Angeles will be coming from Arlanda in the next two months. On October 22nd, its first flight from Stockholm Arlanda to Bangkok launched, followed the next day by Miami, and on October 24th by…
F-16 Barak of the 115th Squadron “Flying Dragon”, the IAF aggressor squadron. (All images credit: Avi Scharf) Take a look at these shots of the aircraft, from 8 nations, taking part in Blue Flag 2021. Blue Flag 2021 is the fifth iteration of Israel’s main aerial exercise, organized every two years at Ovda Air Base,…
Photo: BAA Training Reading Time: 3 minutesType Rating (TR) is the stage when a licenced pilot must stay especially focused, undistracted and collected. A lot has been achieved already, so failing in the hallway to a dream come true would be sad. While instructors and examiners can contribute to the result, the biggest power is…
A screenshot shows the MC-130J Commando II after the highway landing on Gotland, Sweden. The MC-130J Commando II Special Operations aircraft unloaded an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that was then loaded onto a Swedish C-130 during recent drills on Gotland island. A really interesting training mission was carried out on Saturday Oct. 23,…
Mesa Air Group has an order agreement to purchase four Flirtey Eagle drones, with the option to purchase an additional 500. (Flirtey) Mesa Air Group has become the first scheduled U.S.-based airline to launch a commercial drone delivery service, according to an Oct. 21 announcement. The Phoenix, Arizona-based Mesa Air Group — a holding company…
One of the F-15E Strike Eagles deployed to Aviano AB for Steadfast Noon 2021. (All images: Claudio Tramontin) “Steadfast Noon” gathers aircraft and personnel from 14 NATO countries. The bases used for the drills are Aviano AB and Ghedi, in Italy. NATO’s yearly “deterrence” exercise, codenamed “Steadfast Noon”, kicked off on Oct. 18, 2021. Dozens…
Photo: shutterstock.com Reading Time: < 1 minuteAer Lingus has performed its inaugural flight from Manchester to Barbados. Apart from Barbados, the airline will start flying to New York, JFK and Orlando. Radarbox.com reports that the first flight departed Manchester on 20 October 2021 at 10:46. It had the call sign ‘Green Flight 931’, and the…
Former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot Mark Forkner has been indicted in Northern Texas for allegedly deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration’s evaluation of the 737 MAX flight control system. (Boeing) Mark A. Forkner, former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas,…
An image of Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi. In boxes, a FAF Mirage 2000D and an MQ-1 Predator, two aircraft that took part in the raid that contributed to his capture. On this day in 2011, an air strike by NATO aircraft contributed to the capture of Col. Gaddafi. Here’s…