Key Points and Summary - Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” is designed to replace the iconic SR-71 with a hypersonic, largely unmanned ISR and strike platform capable of speeds above Mach 6. ...
Number of grounded jets rises nearly 90 aircraft between mid-year and end-October, with storage rates holding steady at ...
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is still working on a new turboprop engine called the PT9A-11 and is also continuing to seek certification of a new helicopter turboshaft powerplant called the PW220A.
Owning one of the fastest machines on the market, however, is a flex on an entirely different level. Ever since Chuck ...
Most modern aircraft use four jet engines, but the B-52 bomber has eight. The reasons start in one frantic weekend its ...
To celebrate his 21st birthday, Joseph Brambila set out alone on Nov. 10 to climb Mount Whitney. He had successfully summited Whitney before, earlier in the year, but this time, winter conditions were ...
Revista Aérea Collection Collection, Acc. 2003-0028, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should ...