Space Shuttle Discovery Pictures

Discovery touchdown

These are pictures from the NASA archives that I thought I’d share. All pictures are courtesy of NASA. Discovery was retired after its last mission and is for sale to a museum or similar institution that wants to have it for display. Here’s video from the last mission: And of course, now some pictures.   [...]

5th Generation Russian Stealth Plane

Sukhoi PAK FA

This is video that shows a Sukhoi PAK FA, aka T-50, which is also known as the 5th Generation Russian Stealth Plane. The most interesting thing about this plane, is that it’s super cruise capable. Super cruise means that it can cruise at supersonic speed. The other interesting thing about this plane, is that it [...]

A10 Demo Team Interview

Sgt. Riebe

This is a chat that I had with SSGT Riebe at the Bluebonnet airshow in the spring of 2010. I was standing on a rickety platform next to the A-10 and had my then 6 year old daughter with me. SSGT Riebe gives us a “walk through” of the A10 cockpit.

WWII Helldiver Raised From San Diego Reservoir

S2BC Hell Diver Being Pulled Out Of Lower Otay

Recovery divers from A&T recovery of Chicago spent a few days clearing mud and other debris from a Helldiver plane that crashed into the Lower Otay Reservoir. Speculation is that this plane suffered an engine failure when it crashesd, by all accounts, the Helldiver was not a particularly good plane. The first two Helldiver prototypes [...]

CF-18 Pilot Stayin Alive

This is an interview with the pilot of that CF-18 that crashed while practicing maneuvers for an air show in Canada a few weeks ago. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Video: CF-18 Crashes During Training Flight

Pilot Ejecting From CF-18

This is some video from NBC of the CF-18 crashing during a training flight in Alberta Canada. They don’t have an embed link for the video, so you’ll need to click the link to see it. This is a news report from Canada about the crash:

K-8 Training Jet Crashes In Venezuela

255884436_4c9d020557_z

A Venezuelan Air Force K-8 Karakorum crashed in the outskirts of the Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto. No word has been given on a possible cause for the crash.

Video: Airbus A400M Arrives At Farnborough

I love the props on this plane. I don’t know if they’d look this cool in person. The effect we’re seeing is mostly related to the CCD on the digital camera capturing the frames, but the props still look cool.

Non-Crew In Cockpit Of Polish President’s Tu-154

154with-moon, originally uploaded by mikhail_serbin. An investigation has discovered that non-crew members were in the cockpit of the Polish presidential Tupolev Tu-154 plane at the time of the crash on April 10. The plane crashed, killing all passengers on board while en route to Smolensk in western Russia. Tatyana Anodina, head of the inter-state air [...]