Aircraft Lands and Passengers Are Baffled By Massive Dent
"...We looked over and that's what we saw and nobody's kind of been able to figure out what it is," one of the passengers ...
Airline passenger shares photo of 'reclined' seat debacle: 'Dude is in my lap'
A passenger paid for a first-class ticket on an American Airlines flight, but the seat in front of him trapped him in his ...
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The Secretive Spaceplane of the U.S. Space Force Conducts First-of-Its-Kind Maneuvers
Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and some are ...
Passenger captures mysterious dent on nose of Delta plane after landing
On Monday afternoon, Delta flight 1648 from Detroit to Denver landed at the Denver International Airport without incident. ...
Airlines cancel flights after volcanic eruptions. An aviation expert explains why that’s a good thing
Ash particles that get inside aircraft engines will melt and build up, causing disruption of the airflow. This could cause ...
YF-12 Interceptor: The US's Cold War Mach 3+ Defense Against Soviet Bombers
The Soviet Union continued to invest heavily in the development of capable next-generation fighter and bomber aircraft ...
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X-59 Engine Roars, Lockheed Martin Starts Last Major Ground Test
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA Aeronautics, started X-59 engine run testing, marking the aircraft's final major system check-out ...
How NASA’s X-59 recycled decades-old plane parts to make silent supersonic flight possible
The new supersonic plane breaks the mold with a radical new shape and digital cockpit, but it relies on ancient parts to make ...
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NASA's Funky Supersonic Test Aircraft Fires Its Top-Mounted Engine for the First Time
American space agency NASA announced it has begun engine testing for the X-59 experimental aircraft, first flight expected early next year.
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The NGAD Fighter Will Cost More Than 3 Times the F-35 Per Plane
The high cost of the NGAD program—$300 million per airframe, more than three times the F-35’s cost per plane—has put it on shaky ground. Initially touted as the next generation in U.S. air combat ...
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Skunk Works Reveal New Stealthy Tanker Concept With Twin Flying Booms
The notional concept comes as the U.S. Air Force prepares for an analysis of alternatives for the Next Generation Aerial ...
NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time
But NASA wants to show that faster-than-sound travel is possible without the annoyance of the boom, which is where its X-59 ...