Absolutely stunning picture of this Panavia Tornado GR4 on the Mach loop in Wales by AirSpace user Andy Chittock. It may have been slightly Photoshopped but it's still pretty awesome.
Credit: Andy Chittock on Flightglobal/AirSpace
April 2012 Archives
The Lockheed Martin F-35A on April 21, completed the programme's first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Test aircraft AF-4 was fitted with two external inert AIM-9X weapons and four external stores. Internally, the jet was carrying two Joint Direct Attack Munitions and two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles. The two-hour mission tested the flying qualities of the aircraft while maneuvering with external weapons. This test paves the way for weapons separation testing later this year.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Borrowed from the Australian Defence Images site is this terrific picture of a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
Credit: Crown Copyright/NZ Defence Force
Picture: Boeing
It might not generate nearly as much media buzz as the A380 or the Dreamliner, but the Boeing 747-8 is already a reality and, from what Stephen Trimble tells us on Flightblogger, the freighter version is doing quite well when it comes to reliability...
From Airbus Military's multimedia collection is this stunning image of the A400M undergoing high altitude testing at La Paz.
Chosen with a passing topicality, as engine supplier Europrop International recently announced the ramp up of the aircraft's TP400 engine production.
Chosen with a passing topicality, as engine supplier Europrop International recently announced the ramp up of the aircraft's TP400 engine production.
Credit: Airbus Military
The task of military planners if to think years, if not generations, ahead, so no wonder that, while lots of uncertainties still remain over aircraft programmes currently under development, such as the F-35, a RFI has been launched to look into the new US Navy fighter to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler in the 2030s.
Here is an artist's impression of how it could look like.
Here is an artist's impression of how it could look like.
Credit: Stephen Trimble/Flightglobal
The Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) made its last ever flight today to its final rest home at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum annex near Dulles Airport, Washington D.C. Read more...
Credit: British AirwaysA few days ago this blog presented British Airways new "Olympic Dove" livery", today the British carrier takes again the main slot in this blog, as work has started on BA's first A380.
In the image above you can see how BA's first A380 is being built at Airbus' facilities. This aircraft is expected to enter service next year
British Airways has 12 Airbus A380s currently on order, but this is not going to be the only addition to BA's wide-body fleet in the coming years, as the airline has also ordered 24 Dreamliners from Boeing...
A press release from Taiwan's favourite carrier Eva Air stumbled this way the other day, announcing it was going to paint another two of its Airbus A330s in Hello Kitty livery and increase the number of destinations served by the jets. While I quite like Eva for the sheer eye-melting cuteness of it all, I'm not sure I'd ever want to travel on the Hello Kitty express - imagine the shrieking... Also note the attention to detail in painting the tug in a similar colour scheme. Lawks.
Credit: Eva Air
Much as the title suggests, Airbus's newest airliner is slowly coming together at Toulouse and final assembly of the first aircraft has begun.
Credit: Airbus
To celebrate the 2012 London Olympic Games and being the Official Air Travel Partner and Carrier What's Really Quite British and Everything. BA has produced this gold-festooned Airbus. No, we don't know why they've done a dove either (and it took us some time to work out they were feathers down the side, not the results of a particularly choppy flight). Anyway, enjoy the images.
Credit: Geoffrey Lee/BA
Pictured on our AirSpace gallery, courtesy of user Dave Vaughan, is this terrific night shot of an Air Tahiti Nui Airbus A340-300 (F-OSEA). According to our Ascend data tool-a-majig the aircraft is a 2001-built airframe which the airline operated from new.
Credit: David Vaughan
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