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America’s Vought F4U Corsair Terrified the Japanese Military in WWII
The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio ...
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Bering Air plane that crashed in Alaska was overweight before it took off, new NTSB report says
The NTSB found the airplane’s estimated gross takeoff weight at departure was about 9,865 pounds, which was about 1,058 pounds over the maximum for flights into icing conditions, and more than ...
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The science behind airplane deicing – a mechanical engineer explains how chemistry and physics make flying a more uplifting experience
As a mechanical engineer who studies frost growth and water droplets on surfaces, I have come to appreciate the importance of deicing planes. Indeed, deicing is an important safety step performed ...
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Three years after China Eastern plane crash, regulator has not released report
But on Saturday, after the third anniversary of the crash, relatives were still waiting to learn what caused the plane to nosedive from cruising altitude. CAAC and China Eastern did not respond to ...
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Right main landing gear collapsed on impact in fiery Toronto plane crash: Preliminary report
There was no final cause of the crash in the report released Thursday, but the investigation found that the right main landing gear broke and collapsed on impact as the plane landed at a high ...
Business Insider12d
New planes are changing how people fly across the Atlantic
Your next ride across the Atlantic may be smaller than you expected. Several airlines are flying more narrow-body planes between North America and Europe this year — a shift from larger ...
Task & Purpose28d
Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft
Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest airplane has been named the Skyraider II, a tribute to the legendary A-1 Skyraider, which saw service in Korea and Vietnam and was made famous by ...
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Plane Crash in Honduras Kills 12 Including Well-Known Garifuna Musician Aurelio Martínez Suazo
Honduran Air Force (FAH) soldiers carry a coffin with the body of one of several people who died in a plane crash on the island of Roatan, in the Honduran Caribbean, at the Armando Escalon Espinal ...
New York Post12d
Air Canada apologizes for replacing Israel with the name ‘Palestinian territories’ on its planes’ maps
This slight didn’t fly under the radar. Air Canada was forced to apologize after it was discovered that some of its planes did not show Israel as a state on maps featured as part of their in ...
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FedEx cargo plane makes emergency landing after bird strike, engine fire
A FedEx cargo plane made an emergency landing at a busy New Jersey airport on Saturday after a bird strike caused an engine fire that could be seen in the morning sky. The plane landed at Newark ...
NDTV29d
46 Killed After Sudan Military Plane Crashes Into Residential Area
Forty-six people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Khartoum, the regional government said Wednesday. The Antonov ...
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Planes receive mysterious false midair collision alerts near Reagan National Airport
Several flight crews reported the mystery alerts on their Traffic Collision Avoidance System, known as TCAS, on Saturday “indicating another aircraft was nearby when no other aircraft were in ...