Lockheed P-38 Flight Characteristics (1943)

Normal and emergency operating characteristics of the Lockheed P-38. Demonstrates precautions and techniques for taking off, flying, and landing, showing in detail how controls and
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Brian Shul on piloting the SR-71

In this talk at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Vietnam-era attack pilot and retired Air Force major Brian Shul, author of “Sled Driver: Flying the World’s Fast
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L.A. Speed Story by SR-71 pilot Brian Shul

This is an expanded excerpt from Brian Shul’s book Sled Driver : Flying the World’s Fastest Jet. There were a lot of things we couldn’t do in an SR-71, but we wer
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The Last Boeing 747 for Paying Passengers Has Been Built

The final passenger airframe of the current generation 747-8i is currently undergoing test flights for the Korean Air. The Seoul-based carrier is one of only three passenger airlin
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Abandoned Soviet Buran Space Shuttles

Hidden inside hangars at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, you can find two Space Shuttles dating back from the Space Race during the Cold War. The Buran programme was the largest and the m
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Lockheed Martin F-35A Performs Flight Demonstration at Paris Air Show 2017

Before the opening of the 2017 Paris Air Show, Lockheed Martin senior experimental test pilot Billie Flynn validated the F-35A Lightning II flying display for show officials, provi
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Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft Rolls Out of Hangar for First Time

Stratolaunch is the world’s largest aircraft by wingspan and is the largest all-composite plane ever built. Utilizing six Boeing 747 engines for a payload capacity of over 500,000
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Boeing, DARPA to Design, Build, Test New Experimental Spaceplane

Phantom Express will enable faster, more affordable small satellite launches   Boeing and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are collaborating to desig
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China’s AG600 large amphibious aircraft

China’s domestically developed AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, took its maiden flight ahead of schedule on Saturday from the southern city of Zhuhai, ac
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Boeing debuts 787-10 Dreamliner

The Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the third member of the 787 Dreamliner family, made its debut today at Boeing South Carolina. Thousands of employees at the North Charleston, S.C. sit
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