November 2013
T-50-5, the fifth 5th generation fighter test aircraft (PAK FA), arrived to M.M. Gromov Flight Research Institute’s airfield in Zhukovsky near Moscow today. The aircraft performed a ferry flight with three interim landings from UAC’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur facility where the aircraft was assembled to Zhukovsky airport. Yury Vashchuk, Sukhoi Chief Pilot, honored test-pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation, world-class master of air sports, piloted the aircraft. T-50-5 performed well during the ...
Category: Russian Aviation
Boeing’s chief F/A-18 test pilot pulled the nose of the Super Hornet up into a steep 40-degree angle, then tilted the wings to the left and right, as he demonstrated the popular Navy fighter jet’s ability to manoeuvre, even when under attack. Loops, pirouettes and even a freefall on the plane’s back followed during a demonstration flight on the opening day of the Dubai Airshow, where Boeing is showcasing a ...
Category: Military Aviation
The 33rd Fighter Wing and the F-35 Lightning II program reached a new milestone when Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501 completed its first short take-off and vertical landing mission here Oct. 24. Maj. Brendan M. Walsh flew the hour-long mission in which the aircraft remained in the STOVL configuration for the entire flight. The aircraft flew pattern procedures around the base before gliding in, stopping in mid-air about 100 feet off the Eglin runway, ...
Category: F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet dropped a 500-pound bomb this week, hitting a tank at Edwards Air Force Base in California and marking the first time the new warplane has fired a laser-guided weapon, the Pentagon said Wednesday. An F-35 B-model jet released the Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II bomb from its internal weapons bay while flying at around 25,000 feet, successfully smashing into a tank parked ...
Category: F-35 Lightning II
