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U.S. Navy’s Next Trainer Jet Won’t Need to Land on Carriers
The U.S. Navy released a new Request for Information for the T-45’s replacement, which will only be required to conduct Field ...
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In the early jet age, pilots had good reason to fear the F7U
Its monster nosegear—the first to be fully steerable—placed the pilot 14 feet in the air, and during carrier landings tended to collapse. It also had the first hydraulic system at high ...
Travel + Leisure on MSN6d
This International Flight Had to Turn Around After an Embarrassing Mistake By the Pilot
A United Airlines plane had to turn around for one seriously frustrating reason for passengers: the pilot forgot his passport ...
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Pilots of MiG-29 fighters practice landing on aircraft carrier in Crimea — source
The pilots of deck-based MiG-29KR fighter jets for the first time started practicing flights with landings on the deck of an aircraft carrier at ... the two countries view Russian nukes as a ...