A MiG-31 jet fighter aircraft performs at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon, in Zhukovskiy, outside of Moscow, Russia. Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images The MiG-31 is one of the oldest jets still in operation today. It was designed to be a more user-friendly vers...
Pilot’s Body Found 2 Weeks After Japan’s Fighter Jet Vanished From Radar jackwitch3 years ago Japan’s airforce stated Sunday that it had recovered the frame of certainly considered one among crewmen of a fighter jet that went lacking weeks ago. The F-15 fighter jet changed into on a...
The SSC Tuatara is an upcoming high-performance sports car to be manufactured by SSC North America. Influenced by fighter jet performance and aerodynamics, the presence of the Tuatara inspires a sense of both intensity and simplistic design. The car is named afterreptilesendemic to New Zealand, k...
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (English: griffin) is a light single-engine multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls. It is powered by the Volvo RM12,...
and Vietnam, escorting search-and-rescue helicopters in a propeller-driven Douglas A-1 Skyraider. The unexpected trajectory of his flying career—switching from the U.S. military’s fastest airplane to among its slowest—is not lost on him. “A great change of pace,” he laughs today. ...
Ken Warby, which broke down on 8 October 1978, setting the world record in water speed. Warby and his son Dave are currently engaged in the construction of a new Australian Spirit boat powered by a Bristol Siddeley Orpheus jet engine taken from an Italian Fiat Gina Fiat G.91 fighter ...
In the 20th century, and on through today, we have been heading to areas in which we can take our cars to the max. But who wants normal production cars when they can have land-speed machines with jets for engines. That's the true speed lovers way, take the motor from a plane and ...
An Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet © Sanjay Kanojia AFP India has for the first time fired a BrahMos missile from a Sukhoi Su-30 plane, with the country’s Defense Ministry claiming the air-launch a success. The missile’s developer said it “can be a game changer for ...
The rest of the instruments are a mixture of aviation-style dials and more familiar buttons with icons for the heaters and aircon. It’s a snug fit, not unlike the cockpit of a fighter jet, though today they’ve left the hatch open to help me see where I’m going. Thankfully, I wo...
The Ultima GTR may not look a world beater but the British-built supercar has racked up a string of first place titles over the years with the latest being the fastest lap time set by a production car for the Top Gear circuit. The time posted for the standard production Ultima GTR720 ...