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I went to Helsinki today to see the USS Kearsarge, which was leaving harbour for exercises off the south...

South Korean spacecraft launched to the moon, country’s 1st
India, Russia and Japan have new moon missions launching later this year or next, as do...

Erik Molberg - 1942 – 2022
It is with deep, deep sadness we share with you that Erik passed away on Friday 8th July 2022, after bravely fighting a...

Prompted by the sad news of a passenger killed by contact with a helicopter tail rotor I was apt to think of the Cabri light helicopter which has a...

2 pilots killed in Idaho helicopter crash while fighting forest fire
The CH047D Chinook went down near Salmon where the Moose Fire has been raging....

Delta to buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 planes

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Delta Air Lines will buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 jets worth about $13.5 billion at list prices and has...

Small planes collide near Las Vegas, killing all four on board
The two single-engine aircraft crashed over North Las Vegas Airport, authorities...

Victims in BCSO helicopter crash identified

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Four people have died after the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office’s...

14 people killed in Mexican Blackhawk helicopter crash
Black Hawk helicopter was used in the mission to capture drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero....

US carries out two successful hypersonic missile tests

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The Pentagon carried out successful tests of two different hypersonic missiles...

Oklahoma man arrested in alleged slaying of fisherman out of fear of being eaten by Bigfoot, authorities say
Larry Doil Sanders, 53, allegedly...

Caution: Aviation Hyperbole
Link has photos and videos.

(CNN) — Flying into Saba isn't for the faint hearted. The vertiginous slopes and sea...

Link has video

MOUNT HOOD, Ore. - A climber who fell hundreds of feet from the summit of Mt. Hood, Oregon, was rescued in a dramatic fashion...

American Airlines scheduling glitch allows pilots to drop thousands of flights :-o #-o
More than 12,000 July flights lacked either a captain, first...

6 dead in southern W.Va. helicopter crash

LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Ray Bryant, the Chief of Operations for the Logan Emergency Management...

What the below really means to say that he was hot and high on the approach and had to stand on the brakes to avoid going off the end. The tyre...

China launches third, most advanced aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’

China on Friday launched its third and most advanced aircraft carrier from...

HAMBURG—Airbus embarked on the flight test program for the A321XLR, a project that is expected to last around one year and 1,000 flight hours, with...

Gwladys Fouche
Fri, 10 June 2022,
By Gwladys Fouche

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway said it would axe its fleet of NH90 military helicopters and ask for a...

NASA is assembling a team to gather data on unidentifiable events in the sky

NASA is putting a team together to study unidentified aerial...

New Zealand to price sheep and cow burps to cut greenhouse gases
The proposal would make New Zealand, a large agricultural exporter, the first...

While aviation draws the ire of environmentalists due to the industry's big carbon footprint (although still dwarfed by the shipping industry), there...

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FAA inspectors took part in a safety briefing that preceded an impromptu STOL landing and takeoff competition that turned fatal...

I don't know if any forum members are into sailing boats, but if you would like to pass some time, then watching this young gentleman resurrect the...