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Aircraft Carriers - Global Comparison

America has nearly four times the weight in carriers compared to the rest of the world combined. The only countries with carriers who can even be considered as potential adversaries are Russia and India, whose two carriers combined weigh less than a single American carrier

5 comments    us navy defense spending lcs
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Payne Stewart Plane Crash

It was a morning like any other morning. Or so it seemed.  The weather was perfect in Orlando that day; October 25, 1999.  I was in my office at SunJet Aviation, when one of my pilots, Captain Michael Kling, a retired United States Air Force...

170 comments    lear plane crashes payne stewart
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Aviation Piston Engines

Aviation Piston Engines and the categories in brief presentation.

1 comment    aircraft radial rotary engine
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Eurofighter Sales – Britain Cannot Expect Any ‘Gratitude’ From India

British Prime Minister David Cameron has shouted in the House of Commons that India has shown ingratitude by awarding the fighter airplane contract to France. The British Prime Minister should know that quality, performance, after sales service, price and such issues are taken into account while awarding international contracts and not gratitude or ingratitude.

2 comments    david cameron rafale mmrca
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Dan (D.B.) Cooper and America's Only Unsolved Hijacking - Mystery Files

On November 24th 1971, An airplane passenger calling himself Dan Cooper successfully Hijacked a Boeing 727, collected $200,000 in ransom, and then using parachute, left the aeroplane in flight, somewhere over the south west Washington area - And was never seen again. The caper continues to be, to this day, the only unsolved hijacking in US Aviation History, and possibly, the perfect crime.

7 comments    america mystery flight
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Eleven most expensive fighter jet aircraft in the world

A few days ago, a group of my colleagues in my office were talking about something. I got close to them and the question was, “Do you know which are the most expensive fighter jets in the world?” Some were saying B-2 Spirit is the most expensive...

63 comments    united states aircraft us navy
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Stealth Aircrafts – How system works?

Purpose of Stealth The purpose of stealth in simple words means shielding your fighter jet from radar, so that when you are in enemy's territory, the enemy cannot find you on their radar system. Read more about how stealth works? Indian Sukhoi...

13 comments    aircraft plasma radar
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Chemtrails over Ireland

Modified weather patters are man created and not natural, and done with using weather as a weapon.

23 comments    green pics weather
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Birdstrike

An unfortunate situation, when a bird hits an aircraft and how both suffer.

2 comments    bash bird hit bird ingestion
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20 Worst Accidents Involving US Carriers

Aviation disasters are becoming more and more frequent in the recent times and have attracted the attention of pilots and non-pilots equally. This is due to the increased interest to learn from these accidents. This section provides you information...

9 comments    aircraft disasters aircrash
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