Time for you to fly after you get your Pilot's License
Time for you to fly after you get your Pilot's License
A composite image showing a US MQ-9 and a Russian Su-27 flying in close proximity (file photos edited by The Aviationist for illustration purposes only) The Russian aircraft struck the RPA’s propeller forcing the U.S. to bring the Reaper down in international waters. A Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet and a US MQ-9 Reaper Remotely …
Screenshot from the footage about to land on the Russian A-50 SATCOM antenna dome. Eventually, another clip has been released, supposedly showing the attack on the Mainstay radar jet. As reported yesterday, on Feb. 26, 2023, the Belarusian partisan group, BYPOL, claimed a Russian Beriev A-50U Mainstay airborne early warning & control aircraft had been …
The Eaglet ALE is released by the MQ-1C Gray Eagle during the first test flight. (Photo: GA-ASI) ALEs will also be a big part of the Gray Eagle 25M upgrade optimized for Multi Domain Operations. General Atomics tested a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) during a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, …
An Italian Air Force MQ-1C Predator A+. (All images: Italian Air Force, unless otherwise stated) The MQ-1C Predator A+ Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has been retired after 18 years and +30,000 flight hours. On Dec. 19, 2022, with a transfer flight from the 61° Gruppo (Squadron) APR (Aeromobili a Pilotaggio Remoto – Remotely Piloted …
The 40th Flight Test Squadron took possession of the first of two government-owned Kratos XQ 58A Valkyrie aircraft. The Valkyrie is a low-cost, high-performance uncrewed air vehicle. It is rocket-launched off a rail system and is controlled from a ground station or airborne fighter. An onboard computer system is capable determining the best flight path …
The new Kizilelma drone during its ground tests. (Image credit: Baykar) The Bayraktar Kizilelma drone has successfully completed the first autonomous taxi and take-off roll test. Baykar, the Turkish aerospace company that produces the Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Aerial Combat Vehicles which have played a starring role both in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and in the Ukrainian war, …
A Shahed 136 self-destruction drone couple of secs prior to as well as after striking a target in Ukraine .(Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP )The Iranian-made Russian-operated self-destruction drone is among the numerous released throughout the current large wave of assaults throughout Ukraine. Today Ukraine awakened once again under a rainfall of fire, with Russian pressures performing …