A U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter takes off from the deck of USS aircraft carrier Nimitz during an exercise at sea on March 3, 2008 off the coast of South Korea. The catapult is a more powerful, but more complex means of launching aircraft. Carriers such as France’s...
China launched a new amphibious assault ship Friday, capable of launching fighter jets. Here, a J-15 Chinese fighter jet prepares to take off from the Shandong carrier during a 2023 exercise near Taiwan. (An Ni/Xinhua via AP) BANGKOK — China launched a new amphibious assa...
An air-to-air left, underside view of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft before launching an advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) over the Pacific Missile Test Center Range, 1981. One of the coolest innovations in aviation during the Cold War was the variable geometry wing, or “swing...
Encore Jets, a leading full-service private aviation company, announced today it is launching SummerJet, a trans-Mediterranean private jet shuttle this summer, offering single-seat private travel between Ibiza and Mykonos fromThursday, July 12. For the first time in aviation history, travellers seek...
Corporate travel penetration:65 percent corporate and 35 percent leisure. Corporate travel buyers are OpenJet’s “first target,” and it is launching a commercial campaign aimed at corporate travel managers, COO Raphael Vullierme said. Distribution:A partnership with Amadeus launched in January, and...
s deadliest warship for more than 80 years. Whether it can hold on for another 80 is a good question, but the carrier’s adaptability bodes well for the future. We could certainly see catapults and ski ramps on carriers—or whatever warship carries aircraft in the year 2100—well int...
A U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter takes off from the deck of USS aircraft carrier Nimitz during an exercise at sea on March 3, 2008 off the coast of South Korea. The catapult is a more powerful, but more complex means of launching aircraft. Carriers such as France’s...