#Aircraft

As VIP jets are all the rage, I’m reminded of Italy’s presidential A340-500 procurement cock-up. The aircraft, purchased second hand from Etihad Airways (A6-EHA) was marred in political controversy. THREAD:

very factual statement: We will never get old roaviation back by bringing free aircraft, here's why. Some people think making aircraft free and having items open to the public (like

1/Earlier, I anecdotally said that aircraft were flying higher because 10% load factors mean the optimum altitudes increase. That thread's here:https://twitter.com/ethanklapper/status/1248647269517275138 2/Now, I quantified and statistically test

North American Aerospace Defense Command

F-22 fighters, supported by KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 AWACS aircraft from the North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted two Russian IL-38 aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on

Siddharth Zarabi

Govt sources respond to @RahulGandhi on VVIP aircraft, say process to buy the planes was begun 10 years ago by UPA Govt."Like most other initiatives of the UPA, does Rahul

North American Aerospace Defense Command

#NORAD F-22 Raptors and an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, supported by KC-135 air refuelers, positively identified two Tu-160 bombers and two Su-35 fighter aircraft entering the Alaskan

Dakota / C-47 Skytrain Thread The Dak was a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War 2.

We keep getting asked why we have so many aircraft at Cosford; about 60 Jags, 9 Tornados, 7 Hawks, 4 Sea Kings, 2 Gazelles and a facsimile Typhoon, plus other

Fast on the draw, too fast sometimes

1/ I am a #vaccine skeptic in the same way that I am a Boeing 737 MAX skeptic. I'm quite familiar with modern aircraft and their principles of operation. I

Is @CNN actually publishing this #China Communist Party propoganda as news?https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/13/asia/china-coronavirus-aircraft-carrier-deployment-dp-hnk-intl/index.html *propaganda

So the Navy fires this captain after he complains about inaction bc the virus is on his ship. Ok, he violated chain of command. Fine. But how does this positively

CNN: China’s military is handling Coronavirus much better than America’s armed forces. CNN’s source: The website of the People Liberation Army of Communist China.Seriously.https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/13/asia/china-coronavirus-aircraft-carrier-dep

PIA A-320 Crash, Assumptions 1- What we have seen that aircraft was unable to maintain its altitude and loss both engine due to bird strike.2- Fuel starvation ( as fuel

Phillips P. OBrien

PhillipsPOBrien

The real answer to this question is France's contribution in the victory was extremely important--for reasons that are not always understood. Though the Germans conquered France, the Luftwaffe losses in

My take on the Indian Navy 3rd aircraft carrier:-The Indian Navy wants a 3rd aircraft carrier so that at any given point of time atleast 2 aircraft carriers are at

Lutyens' Rasputin™

Idiots claiming glitch glitch.Glitch doesn't make an aircraft move in enemy airspace for minutes.A specialist aircraft went into enemy territory...moved around there..went dark.. and suddenly after few minutes was in