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In Pictures: Aircraft Used In The North American X-15 Hypersonic Program

The X-15 was the first aircraft to cross the boundaries of outer space. It was also the first airplane to...
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Aviation Vocabulary-General Aviation: In Pictures

General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as “all civil aviation aircraft operations except for...
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Ukrainian Air Force Gains 30 F-16s From Belgium, Loses Sweden’s Gripens.

Belgium, in a show of solidarity, will provide 30 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters to Ukraine, aligning with three other NATO...
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Aviation Vocabulary: Aircraft Boneyard (In Pictures)

Aircraft Boneyard is defined as, “a storage area for aircraft which are retired from...
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Aviation Vocabulary: Rotorcraft (In pictures)

According to GlobeAir Rotorcraft i Ernest G. Gentle’s aviation dictionary defines a rotorcraft as “A heavier-than-air aircraft that depends principally...
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Aviation Vocabulary: Cockpit (In Pictures)

A cockpit in an aircraft or spacecraft is where the pilot crew controls. It consists of a control instrument, and...
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Aviation Vocabulary: Flight data recorder (in pictures)

As per Merriam Webster’s dictionary, “Flight data recorder is a device on an aircraft that records information (such as airspeed...
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Aviation Vocabulary: Convertiplane (in pictures)

  An aircraft that can take-off vertically, hover, and land like a rotorcraft while “flying purely as a fixed-wing aircraft...
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In Pictures: The Busiest International Airports of 2024

Some airports handle tens of millions of travelers annually, demonstrating the continued importance of air travel in maintaining global connection...
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