The X-37B spaceplane was designed for an on-orbit duration of 270 days. The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed…
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719 Days of Orbital Spaceflight and Counting: the Mysterious X-37B Set New Spaceflight-Duration Record
by Dario LeoneThe current X-37B mission has broken a new spaceflight-duration record that was previously set at 717 days, 20 hours and 42…
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Military Aviation
Cool Video Shows Starfighters’ TF-104G Intercepting Gulfstream G650ER Business Jet during World Record Flight “One More Orbit”
by Dario LeoneStarfighters’ operates the world’s only fleet of flight-ready F-104 supersonic aircraft. Taken on Jul. 9-11, 2019 the cool video in this post…
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Civil AviationMilitary Aviation
NASA Releases unique photos of T-38 Talon Trainers Flying at Supersonic Speeds
by Dario LeoneNASA Captures First Air-to-Air Images of Supersonic Shockwave Interaction in Flight. The unique images in this post were brought to my…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
NASA WB-57 runway excursion at Ellington Field
by Dario LeoneThe WB-57 is reported to have nose wheel problem while rolling down the runway. As the video in this post shows…
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In a single flight in 1984 F-106B N816NA was struck 72 times in the space of only 45 minutes while penetrating…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Bailing Out at Hypersonic Speed: the X-15 Ejection Seat
by Dario LeoneBecause of its hypersonic speed and extreme altitude performance, the X-15 required one of the most complex ejection seats ever put…
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Aviation HistoryLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The Story of Mike Adams, the only Pilot to lose his life during the X-15 Flight-Test Program
by Dario LeoneThe loads on the airplane built up beyond the structural limits, and the X-15-3 aircraft broke up at approximately 62,000 feet…
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Military AviationSpace
Video shows first of three “new” F/A-18B Hornets arriving at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center
by Dario LeoneThe second F/A-18B is coming from NAS Patuxent River and is expected to arrive in the coming weeks. The third Hornet…
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Using shape memory alloys to move a full-sized wing section could increase aircraft performance by reducing weight and drag, while improving…
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