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US Set to Lose Hundreds of Planes in Pentagon Budget Cuts
The mighty US Air Force is set to lose around 200 aircraft from its 4,000-strong fleet, in the latest round of Obama administration budget cuts. We assume numbers at “the Boneyard” will once again swell.
F-117 Nighthawk at Holloman Air Force Base Heritage Park
This YF-117 full scale development Stealth Fighter of the Baja Scorpions is seen under tow to the Heritage Park at Holloman Air Force Base, where production Nighthawks spent most of their operational careers.
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Crash, Guam (in Pictures)
These grainy images depict the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, named Spirit of Kansas, that crashed within the confines of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on February 23, 2008.
Ex-Russian Pilot Transforms his ZAZ Tavria into a Flying Car
Retired Russian pilot Valery Bulgakov transformed his ZAZ Tavria into a flying car, or roadable aircraft. It is pictured here at the Autoexotics motor show in Moscow in July.
US Naval Academy F-18 Hornet: The Ultimate Stadium Accessory
This McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F-18 Hornet, formerly of the Blue Angels demonstration team, stands outside the US Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, and could be described as the ultimate stadium accessory.
Did Chinese Farmer’s Homemade Helicopter Ever Fly?
Two years ago the web was buzzing with news of a 20-year-old Chinese farmer called Wu Zhongyuan who had cobbled together a homemade helicopter, which was subsequently banned from flying by the government. Did it ever, ultimately, take to the air?
Lockheed’s CALF Aircraft Powered Model Seen on Google Earth
Sitting in a junk filled corner of Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth, Texas, is a corroding aircraft that formed the basis of Lockheed’s Joint Strike Fighter design – then known as the Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter and ASTOVL.
The University Engineering Department With its Own Fighter Plane
UK airshow goers from the 1980s might remember an early Eurofighter Typhoon lookalike with a Tornado’s vertical stabilizer. The same aircraft – British Aerospace EAP – now sits in the Engineering department at Loughborough University.
A Brief Historical Introduction to the Flying Car
The flying car concept has been around since the early days of motoring, when intrepid aviators and auto pioneers envisioned a time when cars ruled the sky as they did the road. But what happened to them? Find out in this brief introduction.
Retired Space Shuttle Orbiters in Rare Nose-to-Nose Encounter at Kennedy Space Center
These photographs would have been hard to imagine a year ago when NASA’s Space Shuttle programme was ongoing. But on this occasion, retired Space Shuttle orbiters Discovery and Endeavour met face-to-face at Kennedy Space Center – a rare event.
