The RAF is "determined" to learn the lessons following the loss of one of its C130K transport aircraft that exploded in mid-air after enemy action started a fire in its starboard outer wing in Iraq in 2005.
The aircraft crashed following...
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Our very own Stephen Trimble wrote a blog post on the DEW line recently about Alenia Aeronautica opening up the floor to suggestions for its Aermacchie 346 jet trainer.
Have a look at the AirSpace discussion thread and see if you can come up with anything more impressive. And if Alenia Aeronautica likes your idea, you get to have a ride in the thing.
To find out what that might be like, Peter Collins, one of Flight's test pilots, had a go in the prototype...
Picture credit - Alenia Aeronautica
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