Archive for November, 2017

Dream Chaser Free Flight Test 2017

Posted on November 21st, 2017 · Posted in Aviation News

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announces a successful atmospheric Free-Flight test of its Dream Chaser spacecraft, signaling the program is another achievement closer to orbital operations. The full-scale Dream Chaser test vehicle was lifted from a Columbia Helicopters Model 234-UT Chinook helicopter on Saturday, released and flew a pre-planned flight path..
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Maiden Flight of Russia’s A-100 Early Warning Aircraft

Posted on November 21st, 2017 · Posted in Factory Fresh

Russia’s new A-100 Premier airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft completed its first flight on November 18 from the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex (TANTK), located near the Sea of Azov in the far west of the country. According to prime contractor Vega, the first A-100 prototype tested..
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Russia Unveils New Tu-160M2 Strategic Bomber

Posted on November 20th, 2017 · Posted in Factory Fresh

Russia has rolled out the latest upgrade of the world’s largest supersonic strategic bomber, the Tupolev Tu-160M2 “White Swan” NATO codename “Blackjack. While the original version of the Tu-160 first flew in December of 1981, the program was halted with collapse of the Soviet Union. Ukraine acquired several of the..
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