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The Ford-class Carrier’s EMALS Catapult Is Changing Naval Aviation
The EMALS is an electromagnetic catapult that relies upon a linear induction motor, rather than a traditional steam piston, ...
The World's 7 Longest Nonstop Airbus A380 Routes: What To Expect In Economy Class
The Airbus A380 is the largest-ever commercial plane to have taken to the skies - typically seating upwards of 500 passengers ...
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The A-1 Skyraider Was America’s First Close Air Support Fighter
That’s because the Pentagon needed a plane that could fly low and hover for protracted periods over a battlefield—a niche that jets couldn’t fill. In other words, the A-1 was America’s original Close ...
Fact Check: US aircraft carrier clip not 2025 ‘sensitive’ information revealed to Chinese app
A brief video tour of a U.S. aircraft carrier has been available to watch on TikTok since 2023, contrary to online ...
Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.