Time Out3d
Royal Air Force Museum
Since opening in 1972, the RAF Museum has gathered a collection of some 130 historic aircraft ... the Cold War era and the Avro 504K which served way back during WW1. Besides the planes, the ...
The National Interest4d
Avro Lancaster vs. Halifax: Which was Britain’s Best WWII Heavy Bomber?
The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal ...
TechCrunch3d
Boom’s XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup ...
New Scientist3d
Experimental XB-1 aircraft goes supersonic for the first time
The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over ...
scmp.com5d
Chinese scientists build world’s first deep sea radar that detects high-flying aircraft
In a secret location, an acoustic sensor array deployed on the seabed at a depth of 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) has successfully detected and tracked a fixed-wing aircraft flying at an altitude of ...
Reuters4d
Exclusive: US military aircraft with deported migrants lands in Guatemala, officials say
Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aircraft landed in Guatemala on Monday afternoon after a flight from Texas. A Guatemalan official told Reuters the military ...
Business Insider6d
The US Navy needs drone aircraft carriers, naval analysts argue
The time has come for the US Navy to field a new type of ship to supplement its supercarriers: Drone flattops. They would be crewed by robots and artificial intelligence, alongside human sailors ...
Newsweek2d
What Is the Boom XB-1? Civil Jet Makes History by Breaking Sound Barrier
During the XB-1's historic flight on Tuesday—its 12th test flight overall—the aircraft stayed supersonic for around four minutes before breaking the sound barrier two more times during the ...
Reuters5d
US, Colombia reach deal on deportations; tariff, sanctions put on hold
The use of U.S. military aircraft to carry out deportation flights is unusual. U.S. military aircraft carried out two flights, each with about 80 migrants, to Guatemala on Friday. Mexico also ...
Hindustan Times6d
Donald Trump deploys more military planes for mass deportations, mulling ‘unprecedented’ commercial aircraft use
Donald Trump's administration, which has launched a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the US, is now working to secure additional aircraft to expedite the process of mass deportations ...
The New York Times1d
World News
The release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as laid out in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal had been in doubt after crowds in southern Gaza surrounded hostages who were being freed. The ...