Introducing the Saker – A Mach 0.99 Personal Jet

Saker Aircraft Corp. has introduced the Saker S-1, which company officials claim will be “one of the world’s fastest and most efficient civilian aircraft available for purchase whe
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Pair of ‘Geeks’ Sifts Through History for Aviation Ruins

BY W.J. HENNIGAN, Los Angeles Times PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN VAN DER BRUG, Los Angeles Times VIDEO BY DON KELSEN, Los Angeles Times Peter Merlin and Tony Moore, self-confessed aviation
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US Navy’s Triton Unmanned Aircraft System Completes First Flight

The Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight
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F-35 Flight Testing at Edwards AFB – Code One

  By Eric Hehs, Editor of Code One, Lockheed-Martin The first thing members of the F-35 Integrated Test Force see when they walk through the main entrance to the hangar at Edw
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X-47B Carrier Catapult Launch “A Pivotal Moment in Naval Aviation”

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia today
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NASA M2-F2 Lifting Body Crash

The battered hulk of the M2-F2 lifting body rests upside-down on Rogers Dry Lake after its crash on May 10, 1967. On May 10, 1967, NASA research pilot Bruce Petersen was severely i
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Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project

[hr4] WWII veteran, prisoner of war, accomplished test pilot, pace plane for the Unlimited Reno races, air show pilot – R.A. “Bob” Hoover was considered by Jimmy Doolittle to be “…
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AVX Presses Case For Coaxial-Rotor Demonstrator

By Graham Warwick, Aviation Week & Space Technology Can a small company pull off an upset and win a role in the most important rotorcraft demonstration of this decade? It may f
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Flying the Fork-Tailed Devil – A P-38 Pursuit Pilot Remembers Combat In The Southwest Pacific

By Carroll R. Anderson, in the May 1988 edition of Airpower Editor’s Note: Wings & Airpower have published a multitude of articles on the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, includi
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Terrafugia introduces TF-X Vertical Lift Flying Car Concept

Terrafugia Inc., the developer of the Transition® street-legal airplane, announced its vision for the future of personal transportation. Building on its experience with the Transit
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