Aviation 2024, November

The creation and development of new technologies in the field of aviation can give serious advantages over competitors, and the results of such work should be protected from unauthorized persons. This is exactly the approach that the American company Otto Aviation Group uses in its Celera 500L experimental aircraft project

In a duel situation, our fighter has more chances Su-27 heavy fighters will be the main tool for the operational maneuver of air defense groups in the most dangerous areas. His opponent will most likely be the main fighter of the United States Air Force, the F-15C

Loitering munitions, also called "kamikaze" UAVs, which are unmanned vehicles launched both from the surface of the earth and from air and sea carriers, equipped, in addition to reconnaissance and surveillance equipment, with a warhead integrated with the aircraft itself

At the Paris Air Show 2015 in Le Bourget, the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG demonstrates the latest multi-role fighter MiG-35 - according to NATO classification Fulcrum-F, which means "fulcrum." New fighter MiG-35

The political crisis in the country and the ensuing long fratricidal Civil War left their mark on the decoration of the combat vehicles of the aviation units of the opposing sides. Despite the certain apolitical character of the red aviators (during this period

In the coming years, they may be replaced by attack drones, but infantry combat support helicopters will still remain one of the most effective types of military equipment supporting infantry attacks. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, the world was shaken by dozens of local military conflicts, the participants of which

The Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft entered service with the United States in the second half of the fifties, but still remains in service. Such longevity in the service is ensured by timely repairs and upgrades. Recently, the next events on

Experienced Tu-126 on trials. Only this car carried the number on board. Photo Aviahistory.ucoz.ru In the fifties of the last century, the issue of building an air defense system capable of covering all the borders of our country was of particular importance. Ground-based radar stations were deployed in most directions, but

“It was divinely again to soar silently over the Atlantic, surrounded by a sea of raging plasma, knowing that you are invisible and inaccessible to anyone … Only the whistle of the cooling of the nuclear reactor and the exchange of replicas of the crew members broke the heavenly silence and the greatness of the flight …” I confess, I came up with it myself, it inspired you know

More than a year has passed since the first publication of this post. During this time, I learned a lot about myself and listened to a certain number of "flattering and witty" reviews. Fortunately, there were many constructs among them, thanks to which I corrected the data on the quantitative composition of aviation. Our and

Army aviation is usually called helicopter units that operate in conjunction with the ground forces - they support them with fire from the air, supply their troops with various supplies, land troops and evacuate the wounded. The value of army aviation is that it almost always

In March 1982, the USSR and India signed an intergovernmental agreement on the licensed production of the MiG-27 at the facilities of the HAL corporation. Earlier, a similar agreement was concluded for the Franco-British Jaguar fighter-bomber, with deliveries starting in the summer of 1979. It can be considered

Yes, it's finally time for the right talk about Zero! It was in the company of their own kind, in the company of those with whom the Zero crossed machine-gun tracks, and not completely indistinct land fighters or (horror!) Fighter-bombers. The first takeoff from the deck of a ship was

Yes, we got to him. Khariton Hawkerovich Pterodactyl. We have more than once noted the advantages of technology that came to us under Lend-Lease, but this is the case when the advantages will have to be found in a heap of (huge) disadvantages. Why? Because the Hurricane as an airplane was just

From time to time, foreign countries that are armed with weapons and equipment of Soviet or Russian production, try on their own or with the help of new foreign partners to modernize the available samples. Each such case is of interest to Russian specialists and

The Langkawi Island Air Show in Malaysia takes place every two years in December. We bring to your attention a photo report about the last year's air show. Taking an example from Oshkosh, which is great. "Santa" prepares F-18 Paphos of the moment when taxiing

Southeast Asia In 2012, Indonesia bought four 500 kg IAI Searcher IIs, which are used primarily to combat pirates in the Strait of Malacca. In April 2013, plans were announced for the local development of the 120 kg Wulung for the Indonesian Air Force. It will be designed by

Lavochkin's drones In 1950, the design bureau # 301, headed by S.A. Lavochkin, was instructed to develop the product "203". The direct customer was the Air Force, because they needed a "training manual" for the pilots - the target aircraft. The device was supposed to be disposable and, as a result

Exactly 90 years ago, on November 26, 1925, the Soviet TB-1 bomber, designed by Tupolev, made its first flight. It was the world's first serial all-metal heavy twin-engine bomber, made according to a cantilever monoplane design. The plane managed to develop only

In May 1996, the National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, announced the receipt of a new exhibit. The Pentagon and the defense industry donated a unique aircraft to the museum, the very existence of which until recently was a secret. Only

There are more types of aircraft in the Air Force than there are real tasks for them By 2020, the Russian Air Force is planning to have two or three types of highly specialized aircraft for each combat mission. Differing in price, the new machines have almost the same characteristics and capabilities. On the contrary, the USA and

The presentation of the country's first "airship" took place in Russia. It took place on August 8, 2013 in the city of Kirzhach, located on the territory of the Vladimir region. Here "Avgur Aeronautical Center" presented the Russian-made airship AU-30. Modern Russian airships

History of creation In May 1958, Sikorsky presented the S-62 amphibious helicopter. The development of this helicopter began after successful tests on the modernized S-58 helicopter of the General Electric T-58 gas turbine engine with a free turbine. The Sikorsky S-62 helicopter was developed on the basis of the S-55

The main purpose of the SH-5 is to solve search and rescue tasks, counteract enemy submarines, bombard surface ships, mine a given area, as well as defeat ground targets, deliver various cargo, amphibious assault, and conduct photographic and radio reconnaissance. except

On April 18, 2014, the United States banned an inspection flight of a Russian aerial surveillance aircraft over its territory. Such flights are performed regularly within the framework of a multilateral international treaty signed in 1992 in Helsinki (DON) - the Open Skies program. As stated

People simply love to look into the future, it is not for nothing that fortune-tellers, mediums and horoscopes are so popular who can answer the question: “what is there” ?! There is even a special science - prognostics, which does the same thing, except that people who do it usually do not look into a crystal ball! To the best of my ability

With the outbreak of World War II, the US industry, which perfectly mastered the technology of mass conveyor production, very quickly reoriented itself from consumer goods to weapons and military equipment. Tanks, guns, airplanes and even ships were assembled on conveyors. In the second half of the war

The La-7 fighter was truly the pinnacle of the development of Lavochkin's aircraft during the Great Patriotic War. It surpassed its main enemy, the German FW-190A, in speed, rate of climb and maneuverability, and had quite powerful weapons. Of course, the car also had weak points caused by

An interesting coincidence: on the same day, August 3, 1938, three new combat aircraft took off for the first time in the USSR, Great Britain and Italy. However, for various reasons, all three prototypes did not suit the military, they were not accepted into service, and after a while they were scrapped. Let's start with

US carrier-based fighters The Grumman F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter, which began development in 1941, became a logical continuation of the F4F Wildcat fighter line. "Hellcat" has absorbed the rich combat experience of its predecessor, whom it was supposed to replace, and, most importantly

American carrier-based fighters (continued) The Chance-Vout F4U Corsair was considered the best American carrier-based aircraft in its class. Development of a fighter to replace the F2A Buffalo and F4F Wildcat began in 1938. The Corsair made its first flight in May 1940

In the late 1930s - early 1940s, the main and practically the only tactical technique for attack aircraft was an attack from a horizontal flight at extremely low altitudes (from a low level flight). And in those days, and later - in the 1950s, when designing single-engine attack aircraft using

In June, the prototype of the Russian high-speed helicopter, known by the acronym PSV, is promised to take off for the first time and accelerate to a speed of 450 km / h. Does this mean that we are on the verge of a breakthrough in the practical creation of truly high-speed helicopters? Thursday, May 19, in Moscow

Due to its armament, maneuverability and offensive nature of operations during the Great Patriotic War, air defense fighter aircraft (air defense IA) remained the main striking force of the country's Air Defense Forces. Interacting with various types of troops, she covered large

A monument is erected at Cape Canaveral in the United States, from which the spacecraft launched to the moon. No, not to Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the surface of another planet, but to the Russian engineer Yuri Kondratyuk. However, the name of this genius, whose ideas the Americans took to develop the project

Even before the end of World War II, Soviet aircraft designers began to study the problems of aircraft with turbojet engines. The first real results of these works were obtained already in April 1946, when two of the newest

The American defense industry continues to develop the direction of aviation weapons. The promising Raytheon GBU-53 / B Small Diameter Bomb II project is nearing completion, the goal of which is to create a new guided bomb with a number of characteristic features. At the expense of

Mid-thirties - the golden age of aviation. New models of commercial aircraft appeared almost every month. The latest achievements of aviation science and technology were applied in their design. As a result, over time, an air liner was simply obliged to appear, embodying

A new life begins for Russian attack aircraft The Su-25 aircraft has been one of the most belligerent aircraft for more than thirty years. Behind the Rooks are the wars in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, both the Chechen conflicts, the Georgian campaign and, of course, the ongoing operation in Syria. By now, the Su-25 fleet has passed

The Russian defense industry continues to work on the promising fifth-generation fighter Su-57 / T-50 / PAK FA. At the moment, the program is solving a number of tasks related to the creation of this or that equipment, as well as new weapons. One of the main goals now