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The People’s Liberation Army Air Force, commonly known as the Chinese Air Force, released a video on its Weibo social media account showing its WZ-7 jet-powered high-altitude, long-endurance, reconnaissance unmanned aircraft. The footage includes clips showing the WZ-7 Xianglong drone, also known as “Soaring Dragon”, during a routine training
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The A-10 Warthog ground-attack jet, already in the process of receiving new wings, is also set for a series of improvements including new weapons, cockpit upgrades, helmet-mounted controls, and a laser designator pod. The upgrade of A-10As to A-10Cs from 2005 onwards was a huge leap for the Warthog. The
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Despite entering service nearly a half-century ago, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle remains one of the most potent and capable air superiority fighters on the planet. The Eagle may not be as technologically advanced as its fifth-generation stablemates, the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but what it lacks
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Peruvian police have been hailed for their noble act of rescuing a pigeon stuck in a high voltage electric wire in the capital Lima. According to local media reports, the pigeon after almost 12 hours of being stuck on the power cable, was rescued with the help of a drone.
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https://youtu.be/DhpMlI8jb5o Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptionally nimble and capable of complex movements. Part walking robot, part flying drone, the newly developed LEONARDO (short for LEgs ONboARD drOne, or LEO
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Axial flux motors are considered the ultimate future of electric vehicles and most importantly of electric aviation because they have a high torque-to-weight ratio, which is ideal for aircraft. Companies like Rolls Royce and Magnax have intense research and development in progress on these motors. Interestingly, the first-ever electrical generator,
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Stunning aerial footage captured a school of fish moving through the sea in the shape of a perfect love heart. The group of Crevalle Jack reflect the sunshine as they move together in the heart shape before morphing into a swirling ring on Tuesday (5/10). The clip is reminiscent
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The World's Highest Time DC-3 Pilot with over 50 years of DC-3 experience, Buffalo Joe shows us how he starts the Radial Engines on the DC-3. The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and
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Why didn't the USAAF ask for Merlin powered P-38s when the Merlin upgrade worked so well on the P-51s? Why did the P-38 soldier on without paddle props and limited to 60 inches of manifold pressure throughout the war when both the 47 and 51 got paddle props
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.18, powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon engine. Flown by Rob Davies at the Hangar 10 Fly In 2019. The Rolls-Royce Griffon engine was designed in answer to Royal Naval specifications for an engine capable of generating good power at low altitudes. Concepts for adapting the Spitfire
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Of the three outstanding U.S. Army Air Corps fighters of World War II (the others being the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang), the Lockheed P-38 was the first to fly by almost two and a half years. Built by the Lockheed Aircraft Company, it was designed to a
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The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the first truly modern fighter. With its all-metal stressed-skin construction, mono-wing design, enclosed cockpit, and retractable landing gear, it had no equal. It was the fastest military plane in the sky for six years — until another German plane, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, supplanted it. Because