» Super Stallion on a…. er galleon (sort of)
05/03/14 11:22 from Flight Image of the Day
I can’t for the life of me remember how I stumbled on this one, but it’s a great shot capturing a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) (Reinforced) 265 as it takes off f...
» Super Stallion on a…. er galleon (sort of) - Flight Image of the Day
05/03/14 11:22 from Flightglobal
I can’t for the life of me remember how I stumbled on this one, but it’s a great shot capturing a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) (Reinforced) 265 as it takes off f...
» Time on the ground improves performance in the air
05/03/14 09:13 from Ariel View
The changing Israeli northern front requires the country’s air force to deal with new threats and instability in neighboring countries. This is why cadets from the Operational Training Course for the combat helicopter squadrons c...
» Time on the ground improves performance in the air - Ariel View
05/03/14 09:13 from Flightglobal
The changing Israeli northern front requires the country’s air force to deal with new threats and instability in neighboring countries. This is why cadets from the Operational Training Course for the combat helicopter squadrons c...
» Straight & Level 4 March
04/03/14 17:59 from Flight International Editors Blog
Don’t invade us: we’re still asleep The hours of darkness would be the ideal time for anyone contemplating an invasion of Switzerland, judging by an admission by a spokesman for the country’s air force. Asked why the nation’s fighters ha...
» Straight & Level 4 March - Flight International Editor's Blog
04/03/14 17:59 from Flightglobal
Don’t invade us: we’re still asleep The hours of darkness would be the ideal time for anyone contemplating an invasion of Switzerland, judging by an admission by a spokesman for the country’s air force. Asked why the nation’s fighters ha...
» Week on the web 4 March - Flight International Editor's Blog
04/03/14 17:46 from Flightglobal
While the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows display team showed off new tail livery to celebrate its 50th display season, safety and operations editor David Learmount recalled their predecessor – the Black Arrows team of 16 Hawker Hunters (pi...
» Week on the web 4 March
04/03/14 17:46 from Flight International Editors Blog
While the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows display team showed off new tail livery to celebrate its 50th display season, safety and operations editor David Learmount recalled their predecessor – the Black Arrows team of 16 Hawker Hunters (pi...
» Chief executive or titan? - Flight International Editor's Blog
04/03/14 17:36 from Flightglobal
This article first appeared as a Comment in the 4 March issue of Flight International Anyone who saw a dinner-suited Tom Enders address the Royal Aeronautical Society in December or saw him deliver Airbus’s annual results in Toulouse las...
» Chief executive or titan?
04/03/14 17:36 from Flight International Editors Blog
This article first appeared as a Comment in the 4 March issue of Flight International Anyone who saw a dinner-suited Tom Enders address the Royal Aeronautical Society in December or saw him deliver Airbus’s annual results in Toulouse las...
» Wild blue spending - Flight International Editor's Blog
04/03/14 14:27 from Flightglobal
This article first appeared as a Comment in the 4 March issue of Flight International The target in 2010 was stopping production of the Lockheed Martin F-22. A year later, the goal was to halt years of unsolicited funding for the Boeing ...
» Wild blue spending
04/03/14 14:27 from Flight International Editors Blog
This article first appeared as a Comment in the 4 March issue of Flight International The target in 2010 was stopping production of the Lockheed Martin F-22. A year later, the goal was to halt years of unsolicited funding for the Boeing ...
» Out with the old - Flight International Editor's Blog
04/03/14 14:13 from Flightglobal
The US Air Force’s Lockheed U-2 surveillance aircraft features on our cover this week (4 March) as one of several types proposed for retirement as part of the latest budget-cutting plans from the Pentagon. Jon Hemmerdinger assesses...
» Out with the old
04/03/14 14:13 from Flight International Editors Blog
The US Air Force’s Lockheed U-2 surveillance aircraft features on our cover this week (4 March) as one of several types proposed for retirement as part of the latest budget-cutting plans from the Pentagon. Jon Hemmerdinger assesses...
» Swansong of the DC-10 - Flight Image of the Day
04/03/14 09:05 from Flightglobal
By: Máximo Gainza When two engines are too few and four are too many, the logical solution must be three. Or so both McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed concluded in the late-1960s when conceiving large airliners to compete with Boeing’...
» Swansong of the DC-10
04/03/14 09:05 from Flight Image of the Day
By: Máximo Gainza When two engines are too few and four are too many, the logical solution must be three. Or so both McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed concluded in the late-1960s when conceiving large airliners to compete with Boeing’...
» It’s the simple ideas that produce the most useful tools
04/03/14 08:00 from Ariel View
It normally begins with a bottle of cold beer on the table. Friends that served in the Israeli Defense Forces and saw unmanned air systems (UAS) in action come up with a bright idea. In many cases in recent years, these meetings have res...
» It’s the simple ideas that produce the most useful tools - Ariel View
04/03/14 08:00 from Flightglobal
It normally begins with a bottle of cold beer on the table. Friends that served in the Israeli Defense Forces and saw unmanned air systems (UAS) in action come up with a bright idea. In many cases in recent years, these meetings have res...
» German NH90 - Flight Image of the Day
03/03/14 17:01 from Flightglobal
Spotted on the flickr stream for the Bundeswehr is this lovely image of a NH90 transport helicopter being operated by the German army in Afghanistan. Bundeswehr
» German NH90
03/03/14 17:01 from Flight Image of the Day
Spotted on the flickr stream for the Bundeswehr is this lovely image of a NH90 transport helicopter being operated by the German army in Afghanistan. Bundeswehr
» Gravity wins seven Oscars and triggers NASA into revising space rescue plans
03/03/14 11:47 from Hyperbola
While our previous generally positive review of the film Gravity tipped Sandra Bullock for an Oscar for her performance in the space jeopardy movie Gravity, in the end, while she deservedly received an Academy Award nomination, Sandra B...
» The Sky Shield on its (long) way to the air - Ariel View
03/03/14 10:38 from Flightglobal
A final test has proved the Elbit Systems Sky Shield can protect aircraft from the threat of shoulder-launched missiles. The technological achievement is outstanding, but at the same time Israeli politicians proved once again that they l...
» The Sky Shield on its (long) way to the air
03/03/14 10:38 from Ariel View
A final test has proved the Elbit Systems Sky Shield can protect aircraft from the threat of shoulder-launched missiles. The technological achievement is outstanding, but at the same time Israeli politicians proved once again that they l...
» H-IIA launches GPM rain study mission successfully from Tanegashima
28/02/14 17:54 from Hyperbola
A spacecraft called Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory which has been to measure rainfall on Earth has been launched by an H2A launch vehicle from the Japanese launch site at Tanegashima on 28 February 2014. The mi...
» Cause of “drowning risk” fault in NASA spacesuits found but non-safety-first engineers get flack
28/02/14 13:41 from Hyperbola
The cause of the water leak fault that endangered the life of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano while on a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station (ISS) has been discovered. NASA has revealed that after a long investigation ...
» Cause of “drowning risk” fault in NASA spacesuits found but engineers gets flack for not being safety-first
28/02/14 13:41 from Hyperbola
The cause of the water leak fault that endangered the life of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano on a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station has been discovered. NASA has revealed that after a long investigation it has been...
» A350 test-fleet’s newest arrivals - Flight Image of the Day
27/02/14 15:07 from Flightglobal
Rather nice picture this one, showing the latest additions to the Airbus A350 test fleet – MSN2 and MSN4 – which took to the skies on the same day. Airbus
» A350 test-fleet’s newest arrivals
27/02/14 15:07 from Flight Image of the Day
Rather nice picture this one, showing the latest additions to the Airbus A350 test fleet – MSN2 and MSN4 – which took to the skies on the same day. Airbus
» Straight & Level 25 February - Flight International Editor's Blog
27/02/14 12:20 from Flightglobal
You’re not the one that I want John Travolta has revealed that he has stopped flying his Boeing 707. The actor and aviator told Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2 that he is retiring the former Qantas airliner – one of several aircraft he owns....
» Straight & Level 25 February
27/02/14 12:20 from Flight International Editors Blog
You’re not the one that I want John Travolta has revealed that he has stopped flying his Boeing 707. The actor and aviator told Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2 that he is retiring the former Qantas airliner – one of several aircraft he owns....