Category Archives: Video
Convair B-58 Hustler: Why Did This Beautiful Plane Fail?
The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. It used a delta wing, which was also employed by Convair fighters such as the F-102, with four General Electric J79 engines in pods under the wing. Continue reading
NASA’s X-56A Flexible Wing Aircraft in Flight
NASA just published this video of the X-56A which flew with a flexible wing configuration at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California on August 31. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin UAE Payload Challenge
The inaugural Unmanned Aerial Systems Payload Design Challenge brings university students together from across the United Arab Emirates to design, develop and integrate payloads with commercial and industrial applications. Continue reading
NASA X-Planes – Discovery Through Flight Video
How can early exposure to flight accelerate the practical use of technology? NASA experts with in-depth knowledge of past X-Plane and one-of-a-kind Flight Research Programs selected excerpts from past flight test campaigns. Continue reading
US Navy Blue Angels at Oshkosh 2017
The US Navy Blue Angels perform a full high show aerobatic demonstration for the first time on Friday at the 2017 EAA AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, WI. Continue reading
USAF B-2 Spirit – Taxiing, Takeoff, Mid-Air Refuelling
The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy penetration strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two. Continue reading
Alpha Unmanned Systems Partners with Sightec
Madrid, Spain based Alpha Unmanned Systems, manufacturer of the gasoline-powered helicopter UAV known as the Alpha 800, has announced its technology partnership with Sightec, an Israeli developer of pioneering video image stabilization and object detection software. Continue reading