FAA Wraps Up SpaceX Starship Explosion Investigation, Demands Corrections Are Made
10 Sep 2023, 20:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In their report, the FAA cited several different factors that directly contributed to the first test-worthy Starship vehicle to turn into a fireworks display.
Martin Marietta's Spacemaster Shuttle Concept Was Bonkers, Comes to Life on YouTube
8 Sep 2023, 20:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Martin Marietta had every intention of building a fleet of Spacemaster orbiters had the program gotten the green light from NASA over other companies.
This LTV A-7E Corsair II is the World's Coolest Lawn Ornament, Now for Sale
8 Sep 2023, 20:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though undoubtedly never taking to the air ever again, the asking price of $50,000 is a small one to pay for an eccentric millionaire
Convair ConVairCar: The Adorable Flying Car From the Team That Gave Us the B-36 Peacemaker
7 Sep 2023, 20:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the story of the Convair Model 118, the flying car prototype that almost made sense in the late 1940s. Safe to say, it didn't quite make the cut.
Reno Air Races' Most Famous P-51 Mustang Back in the Air After Four Year Restoration
7 Sep 2023, 02:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / First accepted into the U.S. Army Air Force in the mid-1940s, this Mustang started its life much the same as any other military aircraft.
This 1933 Caproni Ca.100 Is Italy's Oldest Flight-Worthy Aircraft, and It's for Sale
5 Sep 2023, 17:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With a nickname like Caproncino (little Caproni) to throw around, this pipsqueak little twin-seater trainer was so many Italian pilots introduction to aviation.
Pragyan: The Plucky Indian Moon Rover That Deserves Your Respect
5 Sep 2023, 02:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A product of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Chandrayaan-3 mission was far from the first attempt at an Indian presence in deep space.
This MiG-21 Trainer Just Finished a Major Overhaul, For Sale to Eccentric Millionaires
3 Sep 2023, 17:33 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Hailing from the peak era of Soviet stagnation that was 1974, this particular MiG-21 is the special two-seater UM variant.
NASA's LRO Spots Crater Where Russia's Luna 25 Probe Went Splat
2 Sep 2023, 17:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Using impact-site coordinates published by Roscosmos themselves, NASA's LRO could pinpoint and precisely pinpoint the location of Russia's doomed lunar probe.
Sports Car in the Sky: How the Boeing 757 Became the Most Overpowered Airliner Ever Built
2 Sep 2023, 02:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After a global crisis nearly brought the airline industry to its knees, such a special breed of jet liek the 757could have easily gone extinct.
Ukraine Might Never Get the A-10 Warthog, But the Renderings are Still Awesome
28 Aug 2023, 22:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Thanks to the DCS World community, a player by the name of Alex Horest gave us a first-hand glimpse of what the Warthog would look like in Ukrainian service.
This Fiat G.59 Was Italy’s Answer to the Spitfire and Mustang, It’s Up for Grabs
28 Aug 2023, 02:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though largely overlooked in modern aviation circles, we doubt any self-respective av-geek would turn their nose at this 1951 Fiat G.59
Another V-22 Osprey Crashes Over Australian Island, Three Marines Lost and Five Wounded
28 Aug 2023, 01:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Loss-of-hull incidents involving the V-22 airframe stretch back to 1991, a time when the Osprey had only recently been fashioned from the XV-15 prototype.
Embraer's Legacy 600 Had a Near Perfect Safety Record, Until Prigozin's Final Flight
27 Aug 2023, 21:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The particular Legacy 600 that claimed the lives of Prigozin and his men was manufactured by Embraer in Brazil back in 2007
Sukhoi Su-15: A Soviet Interceptor Defined by One Tragic Shootdown
26 Aug 2023, 15:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the story of the Sukhoi Su-15, the twin-engine Soviet interceptor defined by Korean Air Lines Flight 007. But there's more to it than just that.
Combat Vet Focke-Wulf Fw-190 Pulled from River, Needs TLC and a Few Gallons of Degreaser
23 Aug 2023, 15:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It doesn't look like there's much left of anything to restore on this crusty mass of metal. But veteran av-geeks know there's plenty to work with here.
India Beats Russia to the Moon, Chandrayaan-3 Probe Lands at the Lunar South Pole
23 Aug 2023, 14:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Chandrayaan-3 probe was launched out of Satish Dhawan Space Centre off the Bay of Bengal on Jul 14th of this year and had been scouting since Aug 5th.
Indonesia Goes All In on the F-15EX Eagle II, Here's Why It's a Big Deal
23 Aug 2023, 03:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / That's right. It's not Japan or Saudi Arabia that's become the second country outside the U.S. and Israel to get dibs on the F-15 Eagle II. It's Indonesia.
Boeing’s Big Clapback: Will the 777X Bring the Fight to Airbus? The FAA Will Decide
21 Aug 2023, 21:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After Boeing's CEO was denied a whopping $7 million annual bonus thanks to delays in the 777X program over the last year, the pressure is on like never before.
Russian Space Agency Humiliates Itself, Luna 25 Crashes Into the Moon
20 Aug 2023, 17:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the moment, the follow-up Luna 26 mission flown in tandem with the Chinese Chang'e 7 Lunar Polar Orbiter is set to launch in 2027