Lyte Aviation SkyBus: A 40 Seater eVTOL Concept With Huge Potential
24 Mar 2023, 16:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With a projected range in the vicinity of 1,000 km (540 NM) and a projected top speed of 186 mph (300 kph), the SkyBus means business.
MQ-9 Reaper: The American Drone That Just Took a Russian Jet to the Face
16 Mar 2023, 16:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, let's look at the life of the U.S. Air Force's favorite drone. As you'll find, it was only a matter of time before the thing found itself in some bother.
Californian Startup Helps Bring Hydrogen-Powered Aviation to Japan
14 Mar 2023, 06:17 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Universal Hydrogen has partnered with Mitsubishi HC Capital and two other major companies in Japan, in order to develop an infrastructure system
This Pioneer Built Better Airplanes Than the Wright Bros, He Deserves Our Respect
12 Mar 2023, 20:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / in Europe, there's another cornerstone aviator who, in some ways, was even better at building airplanes than the Wright Brothers. His name is Traian Vuia
Panavia Tornado ADV: The British Swing-Wing Attack Jet That Tried to Be a Tomcat
8 Mar 2023, 21:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For so many reasons, the Tornado ADV will forever live in the shadow of not only the F-14 Tomcat but also the Tornado IDS the thing was derived from
Uncle Sam's Apaches: Five Million Flight Hours for the 2,000 AH-64s in the U.S. Military
3 Mar 2023, 21:01 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / In service with the world’s number one military power since 1986, the attack helicopter was built in over 2,500 units, used by 20 different countries
Spirit Airlines: How a Lowly Trucking Company Got Its Wings for Better or Worse
3 Mar 2023, 21:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Founded in 1964 as Clippert Trucking Company by a Michigan native Ned Homfeld, what would become Spirit Airlines started with simple intentions.
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod: The First Commercial Jet Airliner Gone Full Rambo Mode
1 Mar 2023, 21:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Outside of the handful of tragic and preventable accidents at the hands of Comet 1, the British Military also flew them with distinction as the Nimrod
2022 Was a Banner Year for Embraer, Brought the Fight to Airbus and Boeing
21 Feb 2023, 21:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To understand why Embraer laid its own claim to the airliner market, we need to know the remarkable story behind its origin.
Tupolev Tu-116: A Soviet Luxury VIP Airliner That Started Life as a Nuclear Bomber
21 Feb 2023, 00:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Seriously? An airliner fashioned out of the same airframe as a nuclear-capable bomber? That's the most Soviet thing we've heard in a long time
This Couple Flew Cross Country on America's Most Hated Regional Jet, Not a Fun Experience
11 Feb 2023, 03:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With only 12 inches of shoulder room to work with, Jeb's quick to note you'd better know your travel companion pretty well if you're flying this jet.
Airbus A320neo: The European Twin-Engine Airliner That Dunked All Over Boeing
5 Feb 2023, 19:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As far as narrow-body, single-aisle airliners, the true book-end to Boeing's unrivaled dominance came in the form of one plane; the Airbus A320neo.
This Man Was the Warbird Whisperer, Tested the "Quirks and Features" of Over 400 Planes
4 Feb 2023, 19:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the story of Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, the Guinness Book of Records holder for testing more airplanes than anyone else in history.
Blackburn Beverly: Proof America Built Better Cold War Cargo Planes Than the British
3 Feb 2023, 06:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Aviation junkies who know the story of the Blackburn Beverly decried that comparing it to the C-130 Hercules was unfair. But the math doesn't lie
Boeing Puts $2.3B Worth of Wings on the USAF Pegasus Program, With 15 New Air Tankers
31 Jan 2023, 13:23 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The aerial refueling fleet of the U.S. Military’s newest KC-46A aircraft gets reinforcements to put the total of combat-ready air tankers to 73
This Autonomous Electric Cargo Plane Promises to Revolutionize the Shipping Industry
31 Jan 2023, 09:49 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / Pyka's new Pelican Cargo is built on the company's autonomous electric flight engine and feaures extended range and increased payload capacity
Aero L-159 ALCA: A Millionaire's Toy Fighter Equipped Like a Legit Attack Jet
28 Jan 2023, 19:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The L-159 is an airplane developed at a pivotal time in Czechoslovakian history. A time in which the country needed decide to split up or remain intact.
Navy Aircraft to Attend the Superbowl, Commemorating 50 Years of Female Aviation History
28 Jan 2023, 15:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / This year, one of the largest events in America will host a flyover of some of the most advanced aircraft in the U.S. navy in a special commemorative display
Decommissioned Boeing 737 Gets New Lease on Life as Luxury Holiday Villa in Bali
13 Jan 2023, 17:22 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / Russian entrepreneur Felix Demin bought a derelict Boeing 737 and turned it into a two-bedroom, two-bathroom holiday rental
New American Supersonic UAV Will Mimic Russian and Chinese Fighters, Packs AESA Radar
9 Jan 2023, 22:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / F-22 pilots can spend all day, and then some, doing mock dogfights with other Raptor pilots. Or, they could use the Revenant supersonic UAV instead