Passengers aboard a Moscow-bound Boeing 757 flying from Blagoveshchensk were in for a shock and horror when bees had broke free from the business class cabin mid-flight, Yakutia Airlines said Thursday. A tipsy business-class passenger, it turned out, had smuggled two beehives on board at the request of the Blagoveshchensk airport’s deputy director, who wanted [...]
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Bees on a Plane: Russian Flight
Posted: August 18, 2011 by admin in Airplane NewsTags: bees on a plane, bees on a plane news, bees on a russian flight, blagoveshchensh flight, boeing 757, boeing 757 model, boeing 757 with bees, model airplanes, wooden model, yakutia airlines
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Israel Acquires Additional Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
Posted: May 3, 2011 by admin in Airplane NewsTags: c-130j, c130j, c130j hercules, c130j models, israel c130j, super hercules, super hercules model planes
Lockheed Martin has received an Undefinitized Contract Action from the U.S. Government for the Foreign Military Sale of an additional C130J Super Hercules to Israel, with funding for advanced procurement items for a third aircraft. Israel ordered its first C-130J in April 2010 and will receive that aircraft in spring 2013. The next two aircraft [...]
Southwest plane skids off runway
Posted: April 27, 2011 by admin in Airplane NewsTags: b-737, b-737 aircraft, b-737 models, b737, b737 southwest airlines, boeing 737, boeing 737-700, chicago midway international airport, slid off, southwest airlines, wooden model airplanes
The Southwest Airlines reported that one of its planes slid off a runway during heavy rain at Chicago Midway International Airport yesterday, April 26. The Southwest Flight 1919 had just landed en route from Denver when the Boeing 737-700 ran off the runway. Fortunately, there were no immediate reports of injuries. The report is the [...]
T-38 Talon arrives to supplement F-22 training
Posted: April 8, 2011 by admin in Airplane NewsTags: f-22 raptor news, f15, f15 model, f22 raptor, f22 training, northrop t38, northrop t38 model, raptor model, t-38 talon, t38 models, t38 wood model, wood model airplanes
After the March 2010 successful test run and approval by Air Combat Command officials, the first of several T-38 Talons from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., arrived April 1 for the beginning of the 1st Operations Group’s T-38 Adversary Air Program. Col. Matt Molloy, the 1st Fighter Wing’s commander, and Col. Kevin Mastin, the 1st [...]
US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt crashes in Germany
Posted: April 4, 2011 by admin in Airplane News, USAFTags: a-10, a-10 news, a-10 thunderbolt, a-10 thunderbolt crash germany, a-10 thunderbolt model plane, a10, a10 models, a10 thunderbold crash, wood model airplane
In western Germany, a United States Air Force attack jet on a training mission crashed on Friday, injuring the pilot as he ejected to safety, authorities said. Police spokeswoman Monika Peters said, “The A-10 Thunderbolt II went down near the village of Laufeld, between the former West German capital of Bonn and Trier.” The pilot [...]
Altus AFB C-17s take training to Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Posted: March 30, 2011 by admin in Airplane News, USAFTags: afb, altus air force, boeing c17, c-17, c-17 globemaster, c-17 globemaster model plane, c-5 galaxy model, c17, c17 globemaster iii, c17 model, c17 models, c5 galaxy, fort sill
Members in Fort Sill are transforming the fort into an airfield busy with frequent evening arrivals and departures as C-17 Globemaster III aircrews from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., are training here. Altus AFB pilots are honing their skills in assault landing zone procedures that require them to land in a 500-foot area on the runway and [...]
Pilot found unhurt in airplane crash near Beluga Lake
Posted: March 24, 2011 by admin in Airplane NewsA law enforcement special agent with the U.S. Forest Service, John Burick, was rescued Wednesday by the Alaska Air National Guard, almost four days after crashing his Piper PA-18 Super Cub about 65 miles west of Anchorage near the west end of Beluga Lake. Despite the airplane crash, 45 years old Burick did not file [...]
Boeing 747-8I Makes Successful Maiden Flight
Posted: March 21, 2011 by admin in Airplane News, Airplane VideoTags: boeing, Boeing 747, Boeing 747-8, Boeing 747-8 Interational, Boeing 747-8 Interational first flight, boeing 747-8 International airliner, Boeing 747-8I, Boeing 747-8I Makes Successful Maiden Flight, boeing 747-8I model plane, maiden flight Boeing 747-8 Interational
The Boeing’s newest Jumbo jet plane, Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, took off for its first test flight at Paine Field Airport March 20, 2011 in Everett, Washington. The pilots flying the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jet on its maiden flight say the aircraft was so well-prepared for the flight, and performed so flawlessly throughout, that [...]
Lockheed Martin Support Enables F-22 Deployments Worldwide
Posted: March 18, 2011 by admin in Airplane News, USAFTags: F-22, F-22 Raptor, F-22 Raptor airplane, f-22 raptor models, f22 model, f22 raptor, f22 raptor fighter, f22 raptor models, fighter f22 raptor, lockheed martin f-22, Lockheed Martin Support Enables F-22 Deployments Worldwide, raptor usaf
After a hectic 2010, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is logging a deployment-intensive pace in early 2011. The company continues to provide key support to the fleet as the Raptor projects power globally. In January and February, the USAF had Raptors deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, as part of a rotational deployment for a [...]
U-2 reconnaissance aircraft deployed to aid Japan relief efforts
Posted: March 14, 2011 by admin in Airplane NewsTags: dragon lady, global hawk, japan relief efforts, osan air base, plane models, RQ-4 global hawk, RQ-4 model plane, RQ4 global hawk, south korea base, U-2, U-2 dragon lady, U-2 model plane, U2 model airplane, wood model airplane
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AFNS) — It was last Friday, March 11, when Japan hits 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami. Two days after the said tragedy, United States has sent help in the form of personnel, equipment and a watchful eye in the sky: a U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft [...]