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Another post-war marvel. The 1946 Lockheed R6V Constitution (XR6O-1) was the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever operated by the US Navy it had a 189-ft wingspan and a double-decker pressurized fuselage. Only two prototypes flew. It was also tested with six JATO rockets mounted in the wing roots—shortened takeoff run... show more

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Go BIG or go home. The Beardmore Inflexible, aka Rohrbach Ro VI, was the world's largest aircraft in 1928 with a 157-ft wingspan—16 ft wider than the WWII B-29 Superfortress. This all-metal prototype used advanced stressed-skin construction, powered by three 500-hp Rolls-Royce engines. Built in Scotland, it first flew March 5, 1928, but was underpowered, saw no production, and was scrapped in 1930.👀

Go BIG or go home. The Beardmore Inflexible, aka Rohrbach Ro VI, was the world's largest aircraft in 1928 with a 157-ft wingspan—16 ft wider than the WWII B-29 Superfortress. This all-metal prototype used advanced stressed-skin construction, powered by three 500-hp Rolls-Royce engines. Built in Scotland, it first flew March 5, 1928, but was underpowered, saw no production, and was scrapped in 1930.👀

Tim Farmer

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I like big 1920's planes and I can not lie. The Massive Blackburn T.4 Cubaroo was a 1924 British prototype torpedo bomber, among the largest single-engine aircraft ever built. With an 88 ft wingspan and powered by a 1,000 hp Napier Cub engine, it could carry a 21-inch torpedo over 800 miles. Only two prototypes flew; none entered service.

I like big 1920's planes and I can not lie. The Massive Blackburn T.4 Cubaroo was a 1924 British prototype torpedo bomber, among the largest single-engine aircraft ever built. With an 88 ft wingspan and powered by a 1,000 hp Napier Cub engine, it could carry a 21-inch torpedo over 800 miles. Only two prototypes flew; none entered service.

Aviation Archive - Tim Farmer

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The Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy is the U.S. military's largest aircraft, and the Emirates Airbus A380-800 is the world's biggest passenger plane. But the truly massive one that actually flew? The Antonov An-225 Mriya—the largest and heaviest aircraft ever built.Built to carry the Soviet Buran space shuttle and Energiya rocket components, it was an enlarged version of the An-124 Ruslan, with a longer fuselage and six engines for hauling oversized, ultra-heavy payloads no other plane could handle. It was expensive to operate but legendary for its capabilities. Sadly, the sole An-225 was destroyed in February 2022 during the Battle of Antonov Airport amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Plans to rebuild or complete a second airframe have been discussed, but as of now, it's gone.)Now you know the story of this aviation giant!

The Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy is the U.S. military's largest aircraft, and the Emirates Airbus A380-800 is the world's biggest passenger plane. But the truly massive one that actually flew? The Antonov An-225 Mriya—the largest and heaviest aircraft ever built.Built to carry the Soviet Buran space shuttle and Energiya rocket components, it was an enlarged version of the An-124 Ruslan, with a longer fuselage and six engines for hauling oversized, ultra-heavy payloads no other plane could handle. It was expensive to operate but legendary for its capabilities. Sadly, the sole An-225 was destroyed in February 2022 during the Battle of Antonov Airport amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Plans to rebuild or complete a second airframe have been discussed, but as of now, it's gone.)Now you know the story of this aviation giant!

Croxxed Out

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Russia's Typhoon (Akula)-class nuclear submarine. This isn't just a submarine-it's a moving city beneath the ocean. At 175 meters long and over 48,000 tons submerged, it remains the largest submarine ever built. For perspective: even stacking two massive Boeing 747s wouldn't match its length. Inside, the Typhoon had a swimming pool, gym, and full crew living areas. Its enormous size was made possible by a double-hull design with two fully pressurized, parallel hulls-something no other submarine has matched at this scale. That double hull also gave it incredible survivability. Even if the outer hull was damaged, the submarine could continue its mission. Power came from two nuclear reactors, each producing around 190 MW of thermal power, giving it virtually unlimited range and enough strength to surface through Arctic ice.

Russia's Typhoon (Akula)-class nuclear submarine. This isn't just a submarine-it's a moving city beneath the ocean. At 175 meters long and over 48,000 tons submerged, it remains the largest submarine ever built. For perspective: even stacking two massive Boeing 747s wouldn't match its length. Inside, the Typhoon had a swimming pool, gym, and full crew living areas. Its enormous size was made possible by a double-hull design with two fully pressurized, parallel hulls-something no other submarine has matched at this scale. That double hull also gave it incredible survivability. Even if the outer hull was damaged, the submarine could continue its mission. Power came from two nuclear reactors, each producing around 190 MW of thermal power, giving it virtually unlimited range and enough strength to surface through Arctic ice.

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The Blackburn Perth was Britain's largest biplane flying boat to serve with the RAF in the 1930s. Built as an upgraded Blackburn Iris, this massive three-engine beast (Rolls-Royce Buzzard engines, each pumping out over 800 hp) had a 97-foot wingspan, could haul 2,000 lb of bombs or depth charges, and flew with a crew of five or six. Its standout feature was the bow-mounted Coventry Ordnance Works (C.O.W.) 37mm automatic cannon — a rapid-firing anti-shipping weapon that fired up to 100 rounds per minute with a one-mile range, meant to target enemy vessels from the air. K3580 seen here was lost in heavy seas off Stornoway in 1935 when a wing float tore away during takeoff, sealing the type's short RAF career with No. 209 Squadron before monoplane flying boats took over.

The Blackburn Perth was Britain's largest biplane flying boat to serve with the RAF in the 1930s. Built as an upgraded Blackburn Iris, this massive three-engine beast (Rolls-Royce Buzzard engines, each pumping out over 800 hp) had a 97-foot wingspan, could haul 2,000 lb of bombs or depth charges, and flew with a crew of five or six. Its standout feature was the bow-mounted Coventry Ordnance Works (C.O.W.) 37mm automatic cannon — a rapid-firing anti-shipping weapon that fired up to 100 rounds per minute with a one-mile range, meant to target enemy vessels from the air. K3580 seen here was lost in heavy seas off Stornoway in 1935 when a wing float tore away during takeoff, sealing the type's short RAF career with No. 209 Squadron before monoplane flying boats took over.

Aviation Archive - Tim Farmer

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🚨 The Submarine That Was a Floating Underwater City Russia’s Typhoon-class nuclear submarine was the largest ever built. At 175 meters long and over 48,000 tons submerged, even two Boeing 747s stacked end to end wouldn’t match its length. Designed for long missions, it included crew living areas, a gym, and a swimming pool. Its double hull design increased survivability, even if the outer hull was damaged, the submarine could continue operating. Powered by two nuclear reactors producing around 190 MW each, it had virtually unlimited range and could surface through Arctic ice. All Typhoon-class submarines have now been decommissioned, with the last one, TK‑208 Dmitry Donskoy, retired in 2023. Plans are underway to convert it into a museum ship. A remarkable achievement in naval engineering, unmatched in size and ambition.

🚨 The Submarine That Was a Floating Underwater City Russia’s Typhoon-class nuclear submarine was the largest ever built. At 175 meters long and over 48,000 tons submerged, even two Boeing 747s stacked end to end wouldn’t match its length. Designed for long missions, it included crew living areas, a gym, and a swimming pool. Its double hull design increased survivability, even if the outer hull was damaged, the submarine could continue operating. Powered by two nuclear reactors producing around 190 MW each, it had virtually unlimited range and could surface through Arctic ice. All Typhoon-class submarines have now been decommissioned, with the last one, TK‑208 Dmitry Donskoy, retired in 2023. Plans are underway to convert it into a museum ship. A remarkable achievement in naval engineering, unmatched in size and ambition.

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Jetran, owner of Boeing 777-200LR N705DN, just issued a statement on that risky test flight maneuver in Texas. They’re not happy with the crew’s actions, stressing the aircraft isn’t Qatar Airways’ yet — no Qatar pilots were onboard. The plane is still theirs during passenger-to-cargo conversion by Mammoth Freighters. Jetran expects a full investigation and accountability for those responsible. That right wingtip was extremely close to the ground on that pass. When I first watched it I thought I was going to be watching a crash. Extremely reckless. The aircraft according to data if correct was at 760ft, the airport is at 722ft. That’s only 38ft up and then making that turn I bet that wing was only a few ft from the ground. 📹 Eric Breno ✈️🇧🇷 #Boeing #Aviation #N705DN

Jetran, owner of Boeing 777-200LR N705DN, just issued a statement on that risky test flight maneuver in Texas. They’re not happy with the crew’s actions, stressing the aircraft isn’t Qatar Airways’ yet — no Qatar pilots were onboard. The plane is still theirs during passenger-to-cargo conversion by Mammoth Freighters. Jetran expects a full investigation and accountability for those responsible. That right wingtip was extremely close to the ground on that pass. When I first watched it I thought I was going to be watching a crash. Extremely reckless. The aircraft according to data if correct was at 760ft, the airport is at 722ft. That’s only 38ft up and then making that turn I bet that wing was only a few ft from the ground. 📹 Eric Breno ✈️🇧🇷 #Boeing #Aviation #N705DN

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BOEING HAS QUIETLY SCRAPPED ONE OF ITS EARLIEST-BUILT 777-9 AIRCRAFT As first reported by The Air Current, Boeing has dismantled WH007 (Line No. 1611), the seventh Boeing 777-9 ever built, after the aircraft sat undelivered at Everett since 2019. The jet, originally destined for Emirates as A6-EZT, even rolled out with its folding wingtips painted in Emirates' livery. Instead of being delivered, it was reportedly disassembled in late summer 2025 due to the extensive and costly modifications required to bring it up to the final certified design standard. The aircraft later formed part of the billions of dollars in charges Boeing has accumulated on the delayed 777X program. Every aircraft built before certification must undergo "change incorporation"—a process of retrofitting already-assembled airframes to match the final certified configuration. Boeing has around 40 already-built 777X aircraft requiring these complex reworks, and reports indicate that some customers are reluctant to accept the earliest-build airframes because of the amount of modification involved. WH007 ultimately became the first known 777-9 to be scrapped before ever entering commercial service. 📹: SkyEye787

BOEING HAS QUIETLY SCRAPPED ONE OF ITS EARLIEST-BUILT 777-9 AIRCRAFT As first reported by The Air Current, Boeing has dismantled WH007 (Line No. 1611), the seventh Boeing 777-9 ever built, after the aircraft sat undelivered at Everett since 2019. The jet, originally destined for Emirates as A6-EZT, even rolled out with its folding wingtips painted in Emirates' livery. Instead of being delivered, it was reportedly disassembled in late summer 2025 due to the extensive and costly modifications required to bring it up to the final certified design standard. The aircraft later formed part of the billions of dollars in charges Boeing has accumulated on the delayed 777X program. Every aircraft built before certification must undergo "change incorporation"—a process of retrofitting already-assembled airframes to match the final certified configuration. Boeing has around 40 already-built 777X aircraft requiring these complex reworks, and reports indicate that some customers are reluctant to accept the earliest-build airframes because of the amount of modification involved. WH007 ultimately became the first known 777-9 to be scrapped before ever entering commercial service. 📹: SkyEye787

Turbine Traveller

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The shot-down movie star On this day in 1943: BOAC Flight 777, a DC-3, is shotdown by Luftwaffe Ju-88s over the Bay of Biscay. All 17 aboard die, including actor Leslie Howard. The aircraft was attacked around 218 mi North of Spain. Contemporary inquiries pointed to the misidentification of the civilian plane by the Luftwaffe. Aircraft operating the Lisbon–Whitchurch route flew unmolested at the start of the war, as both Allied and Axis powers respected Portugal’s neutrality. However, by 1942, aerial combat had intensified over the Bay of Biscay, north of Spain and off the west coast of France. The aircraft lost in this attack had previously survived Luftwaffe fighter engagements in November 1942 and April 1943. Do note that despite the aircraft being painted in the standard RAF camo pattern, it was a civilian aircraft. Both aircraft and crew were from KLM (in fact, it was the first ever DC-3 received by the Dutch airline) and had escaped to the UK after the invasion, where they ended up flying for BOAC. An established Hollywood actor in the 30s, Leslie Howard is mostly remembered by his role as Ashley Wilkes in the 1939 classic “Gone with the Wind” (in the video below, you can see him - he is the gentleman on the receiving end of the love slap)

The shot-down movie star On this day in 1943: BOAC Flight 777, a DC-3, is shotdown by Luftwaffe Ju-88s over the Bay of Biscay. All 17 aboard die, including actor Leslie Howard. The aircraft was attacked around 218 mi North of Spain. Contemporary inquiries pointed to the misidentification of the civilian plane by the Luftwaffe. Aircraft operating the Lisbon–Whitchurch route flew unmolested at the start of the war, as both Allied and Axis powers respected Portugal’s neutrality. However, by 1942, aerial combat had intensified over the Bay of Biscay, north of Spain and off the west coast of France. The aircraft lost in this attack had previously survived Luftwaffe fighter engagements in November 1942 and April 1943. Do note that despite the aircraft being painted in the standard RAF camo pattern, it was a civilian aircraft. Both aircraft and crew were from KLM (in fact, it was the first ever DC-3 received by the Dutch airline) and had escaped to the UK after the invasion, where they ended up flying for BOAC. An established Hollywood actor in the 30s, Leslie Howard is mostly remembered by his role as Ashley Wilkes in the 1939 classic “Gone with the Wind” (in the video below, you can see him - he is the gentleman on the receiving end of the love slap)

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🇨🇳 Nobody was supposed to see this, but someone filmed it. China flew what could be its first sixth-generation fighter, the Chengdu J-36. A massive tailless aircraft with a diamond-shaped wing, powered by three engines and built without a vertical tail. Bigger than anything China has ever put in the air in this category. It looks closer to a long-range strike platform, possibly with a 2-seat cockpit and internal weapons bays built for extended missions. And during testing, it pulled off a full vertical loop. That alone tells you this isn’t just a concept. Why this matters China hasn’t officially confirmed it exists. The world only saw it because people on the ground captured it on their phones. And now, China may have just stepped into the next generation of air warfare. Source: DefenceDec YT

🇨🇳 Nobody was supposed to see this, but someone filmed it. China flew what could be its first sixth-generation fighter, the Chengdu J-36. A massive tailless aircraft with a diamond-shaped wing, powered by three engines and built without a vertical tail. Bigger than anything China has ever put in the air in this category. It looks closer to a long-range strike platform, possibly with a 2-seat cockpit and internal weapons bays built for extended missions. And during testing, it pulled off a full vertical loop. That alone tells you this isn’t just a concept. Why this matters China hasn’t officially confirmed it exists. The world only saw it because people on the ground captured it on their phones. And now, China may have just stepped into the next generation of air warfare. Source: DefenceDec YT

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This is VT-ANB, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, captured here gracefully taxiing for takeoff at Kansai Airport, Japan—11 years ago. 🎥: akino33 Today, this very aircraft was involved in the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171, marking the first-ever hull loss of the Boeing 787-8. 💔 Flight #AI171 was en route from Ahmedabad (AMD) to London Gatwick (LGW) on June 12, 2025, when disaster struck shortly after takeoff. VT-ANB, bearing MSN 36279 / LN 26, first took to the skies on December 14, 2013, and was delivered to Air India on January 31, 2014. It was powered by two GE GEnx-1B engines and had served the airline faithfully for over a decade. Our thoughts are with the passengers, crew, families, and all those affected by this heartbreaking event.🕊️💐

This is VT-ANB, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, captured here gracefully taxiing for takeoff at Kansai Airport, Japan—11 years ago. 🎥: akino33 Today, this very aircraft was involved in the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171, marking the first-ever hull loss of the Boeing 787-8. 💔 Flight #AI171 was en route from Ahmedabad (AMD) to London Gatwick (LGW) on June 12, 2025, when disaster struck shortly after takeoff. VT-ANB, bearing MSN 36279 / LN 26, first took to the skies on December 14, 2013, and was delivered to Air India on January 31, 2014. It was powered by two GE GEnx-1B engines and had served the airline faithfully for over a decade. Our thoughts are with the passengers, crew, families, and all those affected by this heartbreaking event.🕊️💐

Turbine Traveller

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$Two air forces started the Pacific war. One trained its pilots, then kept them fighting until they died. The other trained its pilots, then often pulled many of its experienced combat pilots out to teach everyone else. This is one of the reasons America won the Pacific air war, let's dive in.. Japan's Elite Aviators At the start of the war, Japan had some of the finest fighter pilots in the world. The aviators who attacked Pearl Harbor were elite. Many had hundreds of hours in the cockpit and real combat experience from the fighting in China. Flying the nimble A6M Zero, they cut through Allied opposition in the early months of the war and earned a fearsome reputation. But Japan made a fateful choice about these men. It kept them in combat, more or less indefinitely. Japanese pilots flew mission after mission with no real system to rotate them home. They fought until they were shot down, crippled, or killed. It seemed ruthless and efficient. In reality, it was a slow-motion disaster. The Difference in Philosophy Because every time Japan lost one of those veterans, everything he knew died with him. America did the opposite. It regularly rotated many of its experienced combat pilots back home once they had done their share of fighting. There, they became instructors, pouring everything they had learned in real air combat directly into the next generation of pilots. So the two systems pulled in opposite directions. Japan's pool of skill drained away with every ace it buried. America's pool of skill grew, as each returning veteran multiplied his knowledge across hundreds of students. One nation was teaching. The other was simply dying. The Training Gap The gap became a chasm, and it was made worse by sheer scale. By 1944, the United States was training around 8,000 new aviators every month, each of them getting well over a year of instruction and hundreds of hours in the air before they ever saw combat. Japan could not come close. As its veterans vanished, its training program collapsed, and it was crippled by something else, too. Fuel. Japan was running so short of it that many trainees could barely fly enough hours to learn their trade. By the later part of the war, Japanese pilots were being rushed into battle with barely 100 hours of flying time, and sometimes far less. They were teenagers with almost no training, being sent up against American veterans who had been taught by the best combat pilots in the fleet. The outcome was no longer a contest. It was a slaughter. The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot Nowhere was that clearer than in the skies over the Mariana Islands in June 1944. When the Japanese launched hundreds of aircraft against the American fleet, they flew into a wall of Hellcat fighters, guided by radar and expert fighter direction that positioned the Americans at the perfect height and moment to strike. The green Japanese pilots in their now outdated Zeros never had a chance. In and around that battle, Japan lost nearly 480 aircraft, while the Americans lost only a few dozen. It was so one-sided that the American aviators nicknamed it the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. Japan's naval air power, once the terror of the Pacific, was broken in a matter of days. Better Aircraft, Better Technology It was not only the pilots. It was the machines too. America kept producing better and better aircraft, like the tough, heavily armed F6F Hellcat, designed after studying a captured Zero and built to beat it. It could take punishment, out-dive and out-gun its opponent, and it was forgiving enough that even a less experienced pilot could survive his first fights and become a veteran. Over the war, Hellcat pilots claimed more than 5,000 enemy aircraft for a tiny fraction of that in losses. Japan, meanwhile, kept sending men up in the aging Zero, a plane that had been revolutionary in 1941 but was now underpowered, fragile, and outclassed. It was fast and agile, but a single burst of American fire could tear it apart, because it had traded armor and protection for maneuverability. Better pilots, in better planes, backed by better technology. The advantages stacked on top of one another. The Spiral Ends By the end, Japan had reached the final, desperate stage of the spiral. With almost no trained pilots left, and no way to make more in time, it turned to the kamikaze. A pilot did not need 500 hours of training to crash his aircraft into a ship. He only needed to take off, aim, and die. It was the last resort of an air force that had run out of the one thing it could never mass produce. Experienced men. America won the Pacific air war for many reasons. Its factories out-built the enemy. Its radar and intelligence gave it eyes the Japanese lacked. Its aircraft grew deadlier every year. But underneath all of it was something simpler. America treated its best pilots as a resource to be protected and passed on. Japan treated them as fuel to be burned. One of those choices built an air force that kept getting stronger. The other burned brightly, and then burned out. This was why America won the Pacific air war. I post a story like this every single day. Most people never see them. Follow so you don't miss the next one.$

Two air forces started the Pacific war. One trained its pilots, then kept them fighting until they died. The other trained its pilots, then often pulled many of its experienced combat pilots out to teach everyone else. This is one of the reasons America won the Pacific air war, let's dive in.. Japan's Elite Aviators At the start of the war, Japan had some of the finest fighter pilots in the world. The aviators who attacked Pearl Harbor were elite. Many had hundreds of hours in the cockpit and real combat experience from the fighting in China. Flying the nimble A6M Zero, they cut through Allied opposition in the early months of the war and earned a fearsome reputation. But Japan made a fateful choice about these men. It kept them in combat, more or less indefinitely. Japanese pilots flew mission after mission with no real system to rotate them home. They fought until they were shot down, crippled, or killed. It seemed ruthless and efficient. In reality, it was a slow-motion disaster. The Difference in Philosophy Because every time Japan lost one of those veterans, everything he knew died with him. America did the opposite. It regularly rotated many of its experienced combat pilots back home once they had done their share of fighting. There, they became instructors, pouring everything they had learned in real air combat directly into the next generation of pilots. So the two systems pulled in opposite directions. Japan's pool of skill drained away with every ace it buried. America's pool of skill grew, as each returning veteran multiplied his knowledge across hundreds of students. One nation was teaching. The other was simply dying. The Training Gap The gap became a chasm, and it was made worse by sheer scale. By 1944, the United States was training around 8,000 new aviators every month, each of them getting well over a year of instruction and hundreds of hours in the air before they ever saw combat. Japan could not come close. As its veterans vanished, its training program collapsed, and it was crippled by something else, too. Fuel. Japan was running so short of it that many trainees could barely fly enough hours to learn their trade. By the later part of the war, Japanese pilots were being rushed into battle with barely 100 hours of flying time, and sometimes far less. They were teenagers with almost no training, being sent up against American veterans who had been taught by the best combat pilots in the fleet. The outcome was no longer a contest. It was a slaughter. The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot Nowhere was that clearer than in the skies over the Mariana Islands in June 1944. When the Japanese launched hundreds of aircraft against the American fleet, they flew into a wall of Hellcat fighters, guided by radar and expert fighter direction that positioned the Americans at the perfect height and moment to strike. The green Japanese pilots in their now outdated Zeros never had a chance. In and around that battle, Japan lost nearly 480 aircraft, while the Americans lost only a few dozen. It was so one-sided that the American aviators nicknamed it the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. Japan's naval air power, once the terror of the Pacific, was broken in a matter of days. Better Aircraft, Better Technology It was not only the pilots. It was the machines too. America kept producing better and better aircraft, like the tough, heavily armed F6F Hellcat, designed after studying a captured Zero and built to beat it. It could take punishment, out-dive and out-gun its opponent, and it was forgiving enough that even a less experienced pilot could survive his first fights and become a veteran. Over the war, Hellcat pilots claimed more than 5,000 enemy aircraft for a tiny fraction of that in losses. Japan, meanwhile, kept sending men up in the aging Zero, a plane that had been revolutionary in 1941 but was now underpowered, fragile, and outclassed. It was fast and agile, but a single burst of American fire could tear it apart, because it had traded armor and protection for maneuverability. Better pilots, in better planes, backed by better technology. The advantages stacked on top of one another. The Spiral Ends By the end, Japan had reached the final, desperate stage of the spiral. With almost no trained pilots left, and no way to make more in time, it turned to the kamikaze. A pilot did not need 500 hours of training to crash his aircraft into a ship. He only needed to take off, aim, and die. It was the last resort of an air force that had run out of the one thing it could never mass produce. Experienced men. America won the Pacific air war for many reasons. Its factories out-built the enemy. Its radar and intelligence gave it eyes the Japanese lacked. Its aircraft grew deadlier every year. But underneath all of it was something simpler. America treated its best pilots as a resource to be protected and passed on. Japan treated them as fuel to be burned. One of those choices built an air force that kept getting stronger. The other burned brightly, and then burned out. This was why America won the Pacific air war. I post a story like this every single day. Most people never see them. Follow so you don't miss the next one.

Untold War Stories

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49 years ago today: America´s worst air disaster May 25 1979: American Airlines Flight 191, a DC-10, crashes on takeoff from O'Hare (Chicago, US). All 271 aboard plus 2 on the ground die, the deadliest airliner crash in US, a figure only surpassed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. On take-off, the engine separated from the wing due to improper maintenance, damaging hydraulics, and causing loss of control, as detailed below. Specifically, it was determined that during takeoff rotation, the No. 1 (left) engine separated from the left wing, flipped over the wing, and landed on the runway. The separation severed the hydraulic lines that lock the leading-edge slats in place and damaged a 3-foot (1 m) section of the left wing’s leading edge. Aerodynamic forces then caused an uncommanded retraction of the outboard slats. As the aircraft climbed, the damaged left wing generated substantially less lift than the right wing, whose slats remained deployed, and the engine provided full takeoff thrust. The resulting aerodynamic imbalance produced an abrupt left roll to a 112° bank angle—partially inverted—before the aircraft crashed in an open field adjacent to a trailer park near the runway’s end. The engine separation was caused by structural damage to the pylon, resulting from improper maintenance procedures at American Airlines, which are detailed in the thread below 1/6 ⬇️ 🧵 Video – Plane N´ Boom (animation from Mayday ACI series)

49 years ago today: America´s worst air disaster May 25 1979: American Airlines Flight 191, a DC-10, crashes on takeoff from O'Hare (Chicago, US). All 271 aboard plus 2 on the ground die, the deadliest airliner crash in US, a figure only surpassed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. On take-off, the engine separated from the wing due to improper maintenance, damaging hydraulics, and causing loss of control, as detailed below. Specifically, it was determined that during takeoff rotation, the No. 1 (left) engine separated from the left wing, flipped over the wing, and landed on the runway. The separation severed the hydraulic lines that lock the leading-edge slats in place and damaged a 3-foot (1 m) section of the left wing’s leading edge. Aerodynamic forces then caused an uncommanded retraction of the outboard slats. As the aircraft climbed, the damaged left wing generated substantially less lift than the right wing, whose slats remained deployed, and the engine provided full takeoff thrust. The resulting aerodynamic imbalance produced an abrupt left roll to a 112° bank angle—partially inverted—before the aircraft crashed in an open field adjacent to a trailer park near the runway’s end. The engine separation was caused by structural damage to the pylon, resulting from improper maintenance procedures at American Airlines, which are detailed in the thread below 1/6 ⬇️ 🧵 Video – Plane N´ Boom (animation from Mayday ACI series)

Francisco Cunha

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The fighter the Air Force rejected went on to become the backbone of Navy carrier aviation. Northrop’s YF-17 Cobra first flew on June 9, 1974 at Edwards Air Force Base. Powered by twin General Electric YJ101 engines producing up to 15,000 pounds of thrust each, it stretched 55 feet 6 inches long with a 35-foot wingspan and could hit nearly Mach 1.95 while pulling 9.4 g. Two days after its maiden flight it became the first American jet to go supersonic in level flight without afterburner. Though it lost the Lightweight Fighter fly-off to the YF-16, the design was reworked into the F/A-18 Hornet and has served on carrier decks ever since. 🫡

The fighter the Air Force rejected went on to become the backbone of Navy carrier aviation. Northrop’s YF-17 Cobra first flew on June 9, 1974 at Edwards Air Force Base. Powered by twin General Electric YJ101 engines producing up to 15,000 pounds of thrust each, it stretched 55 feet 6 inches long with a 35-foot wingspan and could hit nearly Mach 1.95 while pulling 9.4 g. Two days after its maiden flight it became the first American jet to go supersonic in level flight without afterburner. Though it lost the Lightweight Fighter fly-off to the YF-16, the design was reworked into the F/A-18 Hornet and has served on carrier decks ever since. 🫡

Aviation Archive - Tim Farmer

21,338 次观看 • 1 个月前

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" was written by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff specifically for The Breakfast Club (1985). Simple Minds were initially reluctant to record it because they preferred to perform their own material, and singer Jim Kerr was not particularly impressed with some of the lyrics. Before the Scottish band finally accepted the song, it had also been offered to other artists including Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol, both of whom turned it down. Eventually the band agreed to record the song after developing a friendship with Forsey, while Kerr's then-wife, Chrissie Hynde, also encouraged him to give it a chance. Released in 1985 and featured prominently in The Breakfast Club, the song became Simple Minds' biggest hit in the US, spending one week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1985. It was their only US chart-topper and also reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. The famous "la-la-la-la" ending was improvised by Kerr during the recording session and was originally meant as a placeholder, but Forsey insisted on keeping it.

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" was written by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff specifically for The Breakfast Club (1985). Simple Minds were initially reluctant to record it because they preferred to perform their own material, and singer Jim Kerr was not particularly impressed with some of the lyrics. Before the Scottish band finally accepted the song, it had also been offered to other artists including Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol, both of whom turned it down. Eventually the band agreed to record the song after developing a friendship with Forsey, while Kerr's then-wife, Chrissie Hynde, also encouraged him to give it a chance. Released in 1985 and featured prominently in The Breakfast Club, the song became Simple Minds' biggest hit in the US, spending one week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1985. It was their only US chart-topper and also reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. The famous "la-la-la-la" ending was improvised by Kerr during the recording session and was originally meant as a placeholder, but Forsey insisted on keeping it.

Ladytron Fan Account

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(WARNING: content may disturb viewers) On This day: in 2005 Mandala Airlines Flight 091, a Boeing 737, crashes in Sumatra (Indonesia). Seconds after taking off from Polonia Int, Airport. The jet stalled and went down in a heavily populated area. 103 of 111 aboard are killed, along with another 47 on the ground die. The crash deeply shocked the people of North Sumatra, as Governor Rizal Nurdin and his predecessor, Raja Inal Siregar, were among those on board. Both were killed in the accident. Inquirty determined that the crew failed to configure the flaps and slats for take-off, pointing out a breach of SOP. It was also noted that the takeoff-configuration warning was not heard, which might also have failed, robbing the crew of another way to see their mistake. Video is AP Footage of the crash aftermath Other accidents from September 5 1999: Necon Air Flight 128, a BAe 748, crashes in Kathmandu (Nepal), all 15 aboard die. On approach to Tribhuvan airport, aircraft hit a 100 ft high communications tower and went down 9 mi from runway. Poor visibility (namely fog) was apparently a factor. 1954: KLM Flight 633, a Constellation, crashes off Shannon (Ireland) 28 of 56 aboard die. Plane impacted sea shortly after takeoff. Cause: crew actions, namely misinterpretation of instruments and inadvertent landing gear re-extension causing loss of climb performance. 1958: Loide Flight 652, a C-46, crashes in Paraíba (Brazil), 13 of 18 aboard die. On 3rd approach attempt in bad weather, plane hit ground in CFIT. Inquiry noted pilot actions, namely breach of SOP during the maneuver. Incorrect meteorological forecast was also a factor. Among the survivors was famous Brazilian Comedian Renato Aragão, then a young law student. 1946: a TLA DC-3 [“NC57850”] crashes in Nevada (US). 20 of 21 aboard die. On approach in dense fog, plane hit ground 2.4 mi from runway. Cause: crew continuing maneuver after losing visual contact with airport. Pilot unfamiliarity with terrain was also a factor. Flight (a charter) was operated by TLA – Trans Luxury Airlines 1945: a RAF C-47 [Registration “KN532”] crashes in Myingyan (Myanmar). All 31 aboard die. Enroute in a medevac flight, flight entered a monsoon thunderstorm. Shortly after plane had control issues, which caused the port wing to detach from aircraft. Aircraft was operated by No.48 Squadron 1945: a RAF C-47 [Registration “KP235”] crashes in Istres (France). 17 of 24 aboard die. On take-off run at night and in poor weather conditions, aircraft stalled out of control and hit ground near airfield. Aircraft was to start a transport mission to the Middle East.

(WARNING: content may disturb viewers) On This day: in 2005 Mandala Airlines Flight 091, a Boeing 737, crashes in Sumatra (Indonesia). Seconds after taking off from Polonia Int, Airport. The jet stalled and went down in a heavily populated area. 103 of 111 aboard are killed, along with another 47 on the ground die. The crash deeply shocked the people of North Sumatra, as Governor Rizal Nurdin and his predecessor, Raja Inal Siregar, were among those on board. Both were killed in the accident. Inquirty determined that the crew failed to configure the flaps and slats for take-off, pointing out a breach of SOP. It was also noted that the takeoff-configuration warning was not heard, which might also have failed, robbing the crew of another way to see their mistake. Video is AP Footage of the crash aftermath Other accidents from September 5 1999: Necon Air Flight 128, a BAe 748, crashes in Kathmandu (Nepal), all 15 aboard die. On approach to Tribhuvan airport, aircraft hit a 100 ft high communications tower and went down 9 mi from runway. Poor visibility (namely fog) was apparently a factor. 1954: KLM Flight 633, a Constellation, crashes off Shannon (Ireland) 28 of 56 aboard die. Plane impacted sea shortly after takeoff. Cause: crew actions, namely misinterpretation of instruments and inadvertent landing gear re-extension causing loss of climb performance. 1958: Loide Flight 652, a C-46, crashes in Paraíba (Brazil), 13 of 18 aboard die. On 3rd approach attempt in bad weather, plane hit ground in CFIT. Inquiry noted pilot actions, namely breach of SOP during the maneuver. Incorrect meteorological forecast was also a factor. Among the survivors was famous Brazilian Comedian Renato Aragão, then a young law student. 1946: a TLA DC-3 [“NC57850”] crashes in Nevada (US). 20 of 21 aboard die. On approach in dense fog, plane hit ground 2.4 mi from runway. Cause: crew continuing maneuver after losing visual contact with airport. Pilot unfamiliarity with terrain was also a factor. Flight (a charter) was operated by TLA – Trans Luxury Airlines 1945: a RAF C-47 [Registration “KN532”] crashes in Myingyan (Myanmar). All 31 aboard die. Enroute in a medevac flight, flight entered a monsoon thunderstorm. Shortly after plane had control issues, which caused the port wing to detach from aircraft. Aircraft was operated by No.48 Squadron 1945: a RAF C-47 [Registration “KP235”] crashes in Istres (France). 17 of 24 aboard die. On take-off run at night and in poor weather conditions, aircraft stalled out of control and hit ground near airfield. Aircraft was to start a transport mission to the Middle East.

Francisco Cunha - ✈️ Aviation et al

106,464 次观看 • 24 天前

The SR-71 Blackbird wasn’t just fast… it was a machine that literally OUTRAN missiles. 🚀🖤 Here’s why this aircraft is still unmatched today 👇 The Blackbird could fly at Mach 3+, over 85,000 ft, with a skin temperature so hot the jet expanded mid-flight. 🔥 It leaked fuel on the ground because the titanium panels only sealed when heated at speed. 😳 Its engines—part turbojet, part ramjet—were so advanced that after Mach 2.5, the shockwaves did most of the compression work. Pure engineering magic. ⚙️✨ And here’s the crazy part: No SR-71 was ever shot down. Every time a missile was launched, pilots simply pushed the throttles forward… and outran it. 🏃‍♂️💨✈️ Built in the 1960s. Still futuristic today. A masterpiece that flew faster than the edge of human imagination. 🖤 What should I cover next? Another legendary aircraft? 👇🔥 📸 by ig/jet.nerd

The SR-71 Blackbird wasn’t just fast… it was a machine that literally OUTRAN missiles. 🚀🖤 Here’s why this aircraft is still unmatched today 👇 The Blackbird could fly at Mach 3+, over 85,000 ft, with a skin temperature so hot the jet expanded mid-flight. 🔥 It leaked fuel on the ground because the titanium panels only sealed when heated at speed. 😳 Its engines—part turbojet, part ramjet—were so advanced that after Mach 2.5, the shockwaves did most of the compression work. Pure engineering magic. ⚙️✨ And here’s the crazy part: No SR-71 was ever shot down. Every time a missile was launched, pilots simply pushed the throttles forward… and outran it. 🏃‍♂️💨✈️ Built in the 1960s. Still futuristic today. A masterpiece that flew faster than the edge of human imagination. 🖤 What should I cover next? Another legendary aircraft? 👇🔥 📸 by ig/jet.nerd

aircraftmaintenancengineer

237,180 次观看 • 9 个月前

Random Information Post ❗️ The F-15 S/MTD, part Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown 's Experimental Aircraft Series Set DLC or available on it's own in the F-15 S/MTD Set DLC, is a semi-historical fictional aircraft. It is based on the real life F-15 STOL/MTD and later F-15 ACTIVE test aircraft. The aircraft used for the project was pre-production TF-15A (F-15B) No. 1 (USAF S/N 71-0290), the first two-seat F-15 Eagle built by McDonnell Douglas (out of 2 prototypes), the sixth F-15 off the assembly line, and was the oldest F-15 flying up to its retirement. The programs ran from September 7th 1988 to January 30th 2009, where the air frame was finally retired. The aircraft was used in several tests and experiments centered around thrust vectoring and advanced avionics equipment. the F-15 STOL/MTD program was intended to give F-15s the ability to take off from short or damaged runways in the event that a war with the Soviet Union damaged them or forced the use of sub-optimal backup airfields. The canards on the aircraft are stabilizers from an F/A-18 that were attached to the fuselage, removing the 20mm Vulcan cannon in the process to allow for the modification. The aircraft used two types of thruster nozzles, the first being a square 2D nozzle, allowing thrust vectoring up and down, and later a 3D nozzle allowing thrust to be vectored in all directions. The program showed good results, though not intended as a performance upgrade McDonnel Douglas engineers noted a 15% increase in the plane's overall dog fighting performance from the modifications. Also noting takeoff speeds as low as 42 mph (68 km/h), and a 25% reduction in the required runway length for takeoff. However the US Air Force did not buy these upgrades. No official reason was made public but the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 likely eliminated the need and enthusiasm to upgrade the fleet of F-15s. The test aircraft continued to serve on loan to NASA until 2008 however, and is now on display at Edwards AFB. Still a very cool aircraft to look at, and a common sight in Ace Combat games since Ace Combat 3, with it's fictional F-15S/MT Eagle+ variant being it's first appearance in the franchise, and is one of my favorite fictional aircraft in the series. Sources: Wikipedia, Acepedia, and offhand knowledge from various articles and mentions from informed friends.

Random Information Post ❗️ The F-15 S/MTD, part Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown 's Experimental Aircraft Series Set DLC or available on it's own in the F-15 S/MTD Set DLC, is a semi-historical fictional aircraft. It is based on the real life F-15 STOL/MTD and later F-15 ACTIVE test aircraft. The aircraft used for the project was pre-production TF-15A (F-15B) No. 1 (USAF S/N 71-0290), the first two-seat F-15 Eagle built by McDonnell Douglas (out of 2 prototypes), the sixth F-15 off the assembly line, and was the oldest F-15 flying up to its retirement. The programs ran from September 7th 1988 to January 30th 2009, where the air frame was finally retired. The aircraft was used in several tests and experiments centered around thrust vectoring and advanced avionics equipment. the F-15 STOL/MTD program was intended to give F-15s the ability to take off from short or damaged runways in the event that a war with the Soviet Union damaged them or forced the use of sub-optimal backup airfields. The canards on the aircraft are stabilizers from an F/A-18 that were attached to the fuselage, removing the 20mm Vulcan cannon in the process to allow for the modification. The aircraft used two types of thruster nozzles, the first being a square 2D nozzle, allowing thrust vectoring up and down, and later a 3D nozzle allowing thrust to be vectored in all directions. The program showed good results, though not intended as a performance upgrade McDonnel Douglas engineers noted a 15% increase in the plane's overall dog fighting performance from the modifications. Also noting takeoff speeds as low as 42 mph (68 km/h), and a 25% reduction in the required runway length for takeoff. However the US Air Force did not buy these upgrades. No official reason was made public but the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 likely eliminated the need and enthusiasm to upgrade the fleet of F-15s. The test aircraft continued to serve on loan to NASA until 2008 however, and is now on display at Edwards AFB. Still a very cool aircraft to look at, and a common sight in Ace Combat games since Ace Combat 3, with it's fictional F-15S/MT Eagle+ variant being it's first appearance in the franchise, and is one of my favorite fictional aircraft in the series. Sources: Wikipedia, Acepedia, and offhand knowledge from various articles and mentions from informed friends.

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23,777 次观看 • 9 个月前