US Congress May Approve Supersonic Flight Over Land With New NASA ‘Quiet’ Technology

US Congress May Approve Supersonic Flight Over Land With New NASA ‘Quiet’ Technology

Congress is considering lifting the ban on supersonic flight over land due to dramatic new developments in ‘quiet’ supersonic flight technology. They are including directives in the FAA re-authorization bills to study the regulation that banned supersonic flight over land and to consider changing it. “It is important to create bias for action…so we can lead […]

Breaking: United Airlines Jet Catches Fire at Denver International Airport

Breaking: United Airlines Jet Catches Fire at Denver International Airport

BREAKING United plane just landed with engine on fire at Denver Airport https://t.co/YuyQevJO1W (pic:@raiyansyed) pic.twitter.com/SR6WPDzg6C — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) July 2, 2017 The left engine of the Bombardier CRJ-701E (reg.N796SK) was on fire during landing at Denver. Passengers were immediately evacuated on the runway and the emergency crew quickly reacted to extinguish the fire. The United flight #UA5869 took […]

Watch: F-22 Raptors Refueling off KC-135 Stratotanker

Watch: F-22 Raptors Refueling off KC-135 Stratotanker

Interesting video includes pre-flight and startup, taxi, and aerial refueling. Just like you were there! A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker provides aerial refueling to U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and an F-15 Strike Eagle in support of Operation Inherent Resolve on June 21, 2017. The 340th EARS, part of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, […]

Watch: Small Plane Lands on California Freeway and Burns

Watch: Small Plane Lands on California Freeway and Burns

If you find yourself driving down the 405 freeway in California you may want to keep your eye on the sky! You never know when an airplane may land next to you! Cessna 310 aircraft landed on the 405 freeway short of the runway at 9:35 am. Airfield is closed to arrivals. Ck airlines for […]

Top High School Civil Air Patrol Cadets Graduate from Pilot Training Course at Laughlin Air Force Base

Top High School Civil Air Patrol Cadets Graduate from Pilot Training Course at Laughlin Air Force Base

Congratulations to the 30 high school aged Civil Air Patrol cadets that successfully completed recent training at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas! The Cadets attended the week long Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Familiarization Course (SUPT-FC) which allowed them the opportunity to experience some of the training a US Air Force student pilot might encounter. Great Video Showing […]

Watch: Jet Forms Massive Vapor Trail Across the Skies Somewhere in Russia

Watch: Jet Forms Massive Vapor Trail Across the Skies Somewhere in Russia

Imagine sitting in your passenger seat and seeing this heading your way! This incredible footage shows a Boeing 787 Dreamliner create a giant cloud of vapour trail as it soars through the skies over Russia. The amazing video, filmed from another plane, shows the contrail forming 33,000 feet in the air. The passenger who shot the […]

Picture of the Day: US Marine Rappelling from an MV-22B Osprey

Picture of the Day: US Marine Rappelling from an MV-22B Osprey

Sgt. John Portugal, bottom left, acts as a belay man for Lance Cpl. Will Bunch, as he rappels from an MV-22B Osprey assigned to the “Dragons” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) onto the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The ship and its expeditionary strike group are operating in the […]

Trump Administration Approves Sale of MQ-9B Guardian Drone to India

Trump Administration Approves Sale of MQ-9B Guardian Drone to India

India just secured the blessing of the Trump administration to purchase the MQ-9B drone under a $2 billion dollar deal. The sale of at least 22 of the MQ-9B unarmed SkyGuardian unmanned aircraft, an upgraded version of the armed MQ-1 Predator drone equipped with multiple radar platforms designed for use in maritime search operations, had […]

Laser Weapon Being Tested on AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter

Laser Weapon Being Tested on AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter

Working with Raytheon, the US Army has successfully tested a high energy laser weapon system on an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter that actually engaged and fired on a target. The recent test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, “marks the first time that a fully integrated laser system successfully engaged and fired on a […]

Boeing Outshines Airbus with More New Orders at Paris Air Show

Boeing Outshines Airbus with More New Orders at Paris Air Show

Boeing scored a home run at the 2017 Paris Air Show by taking in more new aircraft orders than their main rival Airbus. On the final business day of the Paris Air Show, Boeing emerged the clear winner over rival Airbus, thanks largely to sales of the 737 MAX. The 737 MAX 10 successfully launched […]

USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Returns to San Diego from WESTPAC Cruise

USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Returns to San Diego from WESTPAC Cruise

The USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 aircraft carrier and other ships from the strike group arrived back to San Diego after an almost six month deployment to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC). Commander Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, Rear Adm. James W. Kilby spoke to media gathered for the Carl Vinson homecoming at Naval Air Station North […]