Aviation 2024, May

A pair of B-52Hs in flight over the Baltic Sea, October 23, 2019 Despite a record age, the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress long-range bombers remain the backbone of US strategic aviation. Moreover, they will maintain this status for the next several decades. The current plans of the Air Force

UAV D-21 on a transport trolley. US Air Force Photo In 1969, the Central Intelligence Agency and the United States Air Force began operating the latest unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, the Lockheed D-21. The use of such an aircraft turned out to be overly complicated and did not guarantee

Model of the XAT-5 aircraft, 2017 Photo by Hccapa.com The design was completed, the first flight prototype was built, and on June 10 it made its maiden flight. Expected that

B-58A during service When properly operated, a strategic bomber is only dangerous to the enemy. However, any violation of the instructions leads to risks and dangers for the flight and technical personnel. Safety issues are always given great attention, especially when it comes to

The first flight prototype Yak-152 In the interests of the Russian aerospace forces, a promising training aircraft for initial flight training Yak-152 has been developed. Currently, this machine is being tested, and in the foreseeable future it will be able to enter the troops. Over time, the Yak-152 will become

The first experienced IL-114-300 in the original livery, December 29, 2019 In 2014, the country's leadership ordered to launch the production of IL-114 passenger aircraft at domestic enterprises. The next few years were spent on developing an updated project, preparing production facilities and

Model of a "flying wing" aircraft in a wind tunnel. According to some versions, he was related to the PAK DA project. Photo TsAGI / tsagi.ruSince 2009, PJSC Tupolev and other enterprises of the industry have been working on the "Perspective Aviation Complex for Long-Range Aviation" (PAK DA). To the present

The Russian industry has completed work on a promising unguided aircraft missile S-8OFP "Armor-piercer". As it became known the other day, the production of such products has begun and documents are being prepared for their official acceptance into service. Everything

Mi-17V-5 for one of the foreign customers. Photo: Rosoboronexport / roe.ru The Afghan army now has several dozen Russian-made Mi-17V-5 multipurpose helicopters. This technique finds application in solving a variety of problems and is well behaved

Symbols and Reality When talking about US strategic aviation, the first association is the veteran Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. This is logical, since this aircraft still constitutes its backbone and is the only one of the three American "strategists" who will serve on a par with

The world market for MALE-class UAVs (Medium Altitude Long Endurance - medium-altitude, long flight duration) today turns into a site of fierce three-way rivalry between suppliers from the United States, Israel and China. As these technologies are already entering the fifth generation level

In one of the recent articles, airships and balloons were considered as a means of providing anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) with the possibility of hitting low-flying targets at a great distance, without involving the aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force). However, the capabilities of airships are not limited to

The Be-4 ship reconnaissance aircraft has become a significant step forward in the domestic seaplane industry. At the time of its creation, this flying boat was in no way inferior, and in a number of parameters, even surpassed the best foreign aircraft of a similar purpose. Confirmation of the success of the construction of this

The Soviet Union was one of the founders and world leaders in the construction of helicopter technology. Soviet developers achieved no less success in the field of creating guided weapons, in particular, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM). The combination of these two directions predetermined

Since its inception, military aviation has striven to increase the speed and altitude of aircraft. The increase in flight altitude made it possible to get out of the zone of destruction of anti-aircraft artillery, the combination of high altitude and speed made it possible to gain advantages in aerial combat

In the first article, we considered the possibility of countering aircraft equipped with laser weapons, using the tactics of massive launches of air-to-air (V-V) long and medium-range missiles, in order to oversaturate the capabilities of laser weapons and interceptors to repel a strike

Before us today is a very extraordinary aircraft, which in fact became the prototype and platform for the development of a whole family of machines, the main purpose of which would be to provide amphibious operations. It all began in the mid-30s of the last century, when the aircraft building boom began

Yes, now we will delve into the "Abschussbalkens" in relation to such an iconic aircraft as the F-16A "Fighting Falcon", aka "Fighting Falcon". And the purpose of this study is to determine how "Falcon" really is an eagle, as is usually shown by the American profile media

Already once on our pages this plane was considered and there was even an article-reaction. But there it was about a few different things. Compared Hs. 129 and IL-2, from LTH to the number of issued and use. My opponent argued that the German attack aircraft was almost a miracle of technology, in a careless

Eric Tegler of Popular Mechanics has done a pretty good job trying to explain to everyone why the F / A-18 is still the main attack aircraft of naval aviation for good reason and will be relevant in this role for a long time to come. a Badass Plane, a bold move considering the F / A-18's

Perhaps, in the history of that war, there were few such aircraft, the least suitable for the role of combat, but, nevertheless, plowed the whole war. Perhaps, Polikarpovsky Po-2 is beyond competition here, but our hero is from a different weight category. And the question "Who are you?" for him very so topical. For where

Yes, the sound of the engines of this plane was not supernatural or terrible. This is not the pulsating sound of the Heinkel-111 motors, not the howling of the diving "Stuka", not the low-frequency hum of the IL-2 motor, in general, everything that was associated during the Second World War with the upcoming total

We continue to delve into the thirties of the last century. At this time, a lot of really beautiful cars appeared. Our today's hero is the fruit of a very peculiar experiment, mixed with a passion for twin-engine fighters, imperial ambitions and a war far from our own

So, having considered the best representatives of the motors of the Second World War, the god of motors himself orders to reflect on which of the heroes was more profitable and cooler. There are many opinions here, but let's try to look at the engines impartially and with some lust

Immediately after this material, a comparison and a long and thoughtful analysis on the topic of who was better: air vents or liquid-cooled motors downright suggests itself. But before that, it is really worth looking at the best representatives of water motors. And then just compare who was better, who was

We have already raised the topic of twin-engine fighters more than once, today there are a couple more under consideration. It cannot be called sweet in any way, but these planes took to the skies of World War II, respectively, they have the right to be here. The story began somewhere in the mid-thirties, when in many countries the military

We talked a lot about airplanes in this section. We disassemble, sort out, discuss. Cannons and machine guns were under consideration. Probably the case when it's just time to talk about motors. The very ones that instead of the heart, but very fiery in the truest sense of the word

I really wanted to start with the phrase of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol about "Turn around, son, what you are …" Indeed, they were just like that - neither here nor there. But - the British underdecked fighters "Sea Hurricane" and "Seafire."

In contrast to the sea and especially the ocean water expanses, in the air ocean everything is more or less in order. There is everything: interceptors, fighters and bombers. Plus there is also some potential for modifications and (knock-knock, so as not to jinx) new developments. Not very beautiful with

During our broadcast on airplanes, a question was asked about aircraft diesel engines. The topic is not at all ethereal, since there is not much to argue about, but there are interesting moments that have been continued today. Therefore, here it is, aviation diesel

Many will be outraged right after the headline. Author, what are you talking about? "Zero" does not get out of the ratings of the same as you, films were made about it and in general … And in general, and in particular especially. I will not tire of repeating that the "rating", where a pre-war carrier-based fighter is adjacent to

So, as promised, we tried, together with those who came to the stream, to discuss the question of how to build a rating for fighters of the Second World War. Discussed. The picture turned out … original. Let's start with the fact that from the very beginning we set a slightly different way of defining

Our "history" and our "historians" are surprising. It is clear that the winners write history, but here the question arises: in general, who won? And where? When did the war end, after which the total census of history began? It is a fact that, despite all attempts to introduce something into the constitution about

Perhaps the format will be somewhat unusual, but the story itself, without the technical details of this aircraft, is worthy of a separate story. Many people mistakenly believe (and I myself have not quite correctly expressed myself several times about this aircraft) that the Tu-2 was adopted by running

Blame, however, indirectly, that the "Meteor" turned out exactly like that, the aircraft carrier "Taiho". In general, "Ryusei" / "Meteor" quite claims to be one of the most beautiful and graceful aircraft of the Second World War. And at the same time, it is the heaviest carrier-based strike aircraft of Imperial Japan

Another reflection inspired by questions from readers. What is the Il-10 and how much the Red Army Air Force needed it at all, given the presence of the Il-2, a "flying tank" and so on? It must be said right away that new aircraft in our Air Force after 06/22/1941 were extremely rare. Actually, there were only three of them

It was called the "flying coffin". On the one hand, it seems to be fair, on the other - it is completely attracted. Let's try to figure it out, because many of the planes that were called coffins, in fact, turned out to be completely different. What about the Devastator. Back in 1912, an American

I will never tire of expressing my gratitude to those readers who not only read line by line, but also think over what they have read. And they supplement what is written without expressing Their Personal Opinion. Therefore, this reflection is the fruit precisely on the grounds of those who supplemented the article about the IL-10 with their conclusions

Well, yes, here we have a real symbol of the Royal Air Force and at the same time the most massive Italian bomber during the Second World War. A very peculiar creation by Alessandro Marchetti, released in a very decent (for Italy) circulation of almost one and a half thousand units (1458 to be exact)

Another Japanese aircraft that fought in World War II. The conqueror, we will immediately note, is so-so, but here it is really like a proverb about how we will look at dragons without fish. And let's start from the very thirties of the last century, from the very beginning