• USAF C-17 Globemaster III Crashed in Alaska

    Updated: 2010-07-29 20:53:15
    Today a USAF McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III, assigned to the 3rd Wing at Anchorage-Elmendorf Air Force Base crashed near the AFB. At the time of the accident, the C-17 was on a training mission for the upcoming Arctic Thunder air show. All four crew members have been killed. Three of the crew were members of [...]

  • Airblue Airbus A321 Crashed in Pakistan

    Updated: 2010-07-28 21:12:48
    Today an Airblue Airbus A321-231 (AP-BJB) crashed into a mountains near Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport (ISB), Pakistan. Flight ED202 was bound from Karachi to Islamabad. All 6 crew members and 146 passengers on board were killed. The plane AP-BJB, MSN (Manufacturer Serial Number) 1218, was initially delivered from the production line in 2000. The aircraft was formerly [...]

  • Lufthansa Cargo MD11 Crashed in Riyadh

    Updated: 2010-07-27 22:23:01
    Today a Lufthansa Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (D-ALCQ) crashed during landing at Riyadh-King Khaled International Airport (RUH), Saudi Arabia. Flight LH8460 was bound from Frankfurt to Hong Kong with stopovers in Riyadh and Sharjah. Both crew members were able to leave the aircraft down the emergency slide and have been treated in hospital. The aircraft was delivered [...]

  • The sound of 48 radial engines

    Updated: 2010-07-27 01:39:27
    Arrived in Oshkosh last night after covering the DC-3 fly-in held last weekend at Sterling, Illinois. It was a fantastic event–yes, there will be a story in a future issue of AOPA Pilot–but the most memorable aspect was watching two dozen DC-3s and C-47s fly overhead yesterday afternoon on their way to Oshkosh. Did you happen [...]

  • Airplane becomes a scooter

    Updated: 2010-07-24 16:39:10
    Kit for a Glasair Sportsman converts it to a roadable scooter.

  • Images - Airbus Concept Plane

    Updated: 2010-07-24 14:08:11
    How does Airbus see the future of aviation? Last week at Farnborough Airshow Airbus came up with a new futuristic concept plane. Airbus experts in materials, aerodynamics, cabins and engines put heads together and designed this “engineer’s dream”, illustrating what air transport could look like in 2050. “Here we are stretching our imagination and thinking beyond our [...]

  • Sport Pilot Exceeds 120 Knots

    Updated: 2010-07-16 15:53:45
    As a brand-new Sport Pilot, U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael Blair has been limited to a top speed of 120 knots while learning to fly the AOPA’s 2010 “Fun to Fly” Remos GX Light Sport Aircraft. But there was no such speed limit on July 4 when Blair flew as a passenger in an aerobatic L-39 Jet [...]

  • Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Farnborough Airshow

    Updated: 2010-07-10 23:15:34
    Boeing announced that the 787 Dreamliner will make its international debut this month at the Farnborough International Airshow outside London. “We’ve chosen Farnborough as a venue for spotlighting the breakthrough capabilities and innovations of both our commercial airplanes and our defense, space and security businesses,” said Tom Downey, senior vice president, Boeing Communications. “We look [...]

  • I’m Done!

    Updated: 2010-07-05 17:12:55
    Folks, as it turns out, last night was my last post on this site. No hard feelings and thanks for the last four years. It’s been fun. Tom K. Share this post... More »

  • This Week In Military/Aviation History 5-11 July

    Updated: 2010-07-05 02:45:34
    Well Folks, It’s official. It’s been four years since I started this little weekly post. My actual anniversary was last week. You see, I did a little research on how long I’ve been here because of my mini-rant last week, which, by the way was a monumental FLOP! Nothing showed up on WIX about this [...]

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