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Japan Airlines opens market to Airbus
Japan Airlines became the A350 XWB’s first Japanese customer with a purchase agreement for 31 aircraft – composed of 18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s. © Airbus S.A.S 2013 Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed...
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Technology Takeover: Electronics will Soon Be Allowed at All Times on Planes
There has been at least one person who refused to turn his or her phone off during takeoff and landing on every single flight I’ve been on in the last few months. Every. Single. One. The more that I...
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Desert Memorial Can Be Seen from Google Maps
Courtesy of Google Earth On September 19th, 1989, a DC-10 airliner flying from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo to Paris, France, was blown up when six Libyans set off a suitcase bomb. UTA Flight...
View ArticleEarthTalk: What affect do sonar tests have on marine life?
Active sonar is a technology used on ships to aid in navigation, and the U.S. Navy tests and trains with it extensively in American territorial waters. The Navy also conducts missile and bomb testing...
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Syrian rebels now also using L-39 in offensive role
A Syrian Rebel L-39 (Video grab from Times of Israel) A year and a half ago, we reported that the Syrian government was using a modified L-39 training jet in a ground attack role. The L-39ZA aircraft...
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Lockheed Martin firefighter dies while responding to call
A member of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Fire Department in Marietta, Ga. died on Friday night while responding to a fire alarm call. FireFighterCloseCalls.com reports that Firefighter Christ Swan...
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Vietnam Farmers Transform Airplane Fuel Tanks into Canoes
During the Vietnam War, jet fuel tanks were dropped across farmland in South Vietnam. Years later, those tanks are still being put to use… as canoes. Military tactical jet planes during the war used...
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Canadian medevac plane crash kills pilot and paramedic, two survive
The plane was a Piper PA-31. It crashed after returning to Grand Manan Island from a Medevac Flight (CBC Photo)A Piper PA-31 on a medevac mission crashed on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada...
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Chinese J-11 makes “dangerous intercept” of U.S. Navy P-8
A Chinese Su-27 performed a series of maneuvers apparently designed to intimidate an American J-8 reconnaissance plane in international waters earlier this week. NPR reports that the P-8 “Poseidon”...
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Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15C Crashes in Virginia
A Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15 (File photo/Wikimedia) Media outlets are reporting that an F-15C “Eagle” out of the Massachusetts Air National Guard has crashed in Deerfield, Va. this morning....
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Navy Promotes Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) in New Video
The US Navy is promoting its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), the wave of the future in which aircraft will be launched on future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. The...
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Russian Su-24 “Fencer” shot down by Turkish forces
Turkish forces claimed Friday that at least two of its F-16 fighters fired upon and destroyed a Russian Su-24 “Fencer” strike fighter after it violated the NATO ally’s airspace. The move is likely to...
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Russian Air Force An-26 Cargo Plane Crashes in Syria, Killing 32
A Russian Air Force An-26, similar to the one seen here in this stock photo, crashed in Syria on March 6. (Wikimedia) A Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 “Curl” cargo plane crashed on descent in Syria on...
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Weymouth, Mass. Native Serves aboard USS George H.W. Bush
A Weymouth, Massachusetts, native and 2017 Weymouth High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush.Seaman Benjamin MacDonald is serving aboard the...
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Syrian rebels now also using L-39 in offensive role
A Syrian Rebel L-39 (Video grab from Times of Israel) A year and a half ago, we reported that the Syrian government was using a modified L-39 training jet in a ground attack role. The L-39ZA aircraft...
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Lockheed Martin firefighter dies while responding to call
A member of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Fire Department in Marietta, Ga. died on Friday night while responding to a fire alarm call. FireFighterCloseCalls.com reports that Firefighter Christ Swan...
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Vietnam Farmers Transform Airplane Fuel Tanks into Canoes
During the Vietnam War, jet fuel tanks were dropped across farmland in South Vietnam. Years later, those tanks are still being put to use… as canoes. Military tactical jet planes during the war used...
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Canadian medevac plane crash kills pilot and paramedic, two survive
The plane was a Piper PA-31. It crashed after returning to Grand Manan Island from a Medevac Flight (CBC Photo)A Piper PA-31 on a medevac mission crashed on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada...
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Chinese J-11 makes “dangerous intercept” of U.S. Navy P-8
A Chinese Su-27 performed a series of maneuvers apparently designed to intimidate an American J-8 reconnaissance plane in international waters earlier this week. NPR reports that the P-8 “Poseidon”...
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Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15C Crashes in Virginia
A Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15 (File photo/Wikimedia) Media outlets are reporting that an F-15C “Eagle” out of the Massachusetts Air National Guard has crashed in Deerfield, Va. this morning....
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