The SR-72 Son of Blackbird is envisioned as an unmanned, reusable hypersonic ISR and strike aircraft capable of Mach 6 flight,…
NASA
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Military Aviation
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The Team has worked on the aircraft for the last few months and now she is ready! Good news from the…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Here are the materials you should use instead of titanium to build Blackbird Mach 3 spy planes today
by Dario LeoneThere are lots of opportunities to improve on the SR-71 Blackbird’s original design with new materials, and there are a lot…
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Military Aviation
Impressive video features controlled fire as seen from U-2 Spy Plane’s camera at 70,000 feet
The aircraft is capable of looking at a controlled fire burning near Flagstaff, Arizona, from nearly 70,000 feet. Posted on YouTube…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Valkyrie Down: the unsolved mysteries behind XB-70 AV2 Crash
by Dario LeonePossibly Joe Walker was looking for a B-58A approaching at higher altitude while his F-104N (N813NA) inexplicably moved slightly closer to…
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Military AviationWeapons
Here’s why NASA Equipped an F-15 with an AIM-54 and why USAF Never Outfitted its Eagle fleet with the mighty Phoenix
by Dario Leone‘The AIM-54 Phoenix is too heavy for the F-15 to use and keep all of its fantastic air to air capabilities,’…
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Losses and Aviation Safety
Three US Crew Members killed after Coulson Aviation C-130 Firefighting Aircraft Crashes in Australia
by Dario LeoneThe Lockheed Martin EC-130Q firefighting aircraft has crashed in the Australian state of New South Wales while combating forest fires. On…
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Military Aviation
NASA to Build X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft, First Piloted X-Plane in more than Three Decades
by Dario LeoneThe X-59 will be flown above select U.S. communities to generate data from sensors and people on the ground in order…
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Space
The Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane Lands After 780 Days in Orbit and Sets New Record
by Dario LeoneThe 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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Space
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…