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Avro Lancaster takes flight: Marking 85 years since the prototype's maiden airborne test

Eighty-five years ago, the Avro Lancaster prototype made its first flight, marking the beginning of one of the RAF's most ...
Avionics International

Boeing Receives Sole Source Award For C-17 Flight Deck Replacement, As USAF Projects Spares For Two LRUs Will Run Out in FY 2028

December, the Air Force awarded Boeing a $266 million sole source contract through 2031 to replace the flight deck of the ...

Match Preview: Everton v Brentford

Brentford will make their first visit to Hill Dickinson Stadium when they face Everton in the Premier League on Sunday (3pm ...
Citizen Digital

Bichiok leads five-man exit as Nairobi United reshuffles squad

One of the most notable exits is that of South Sudan international defender Daniel Bichiok Dang. Born in Kakuma Refugee Camp, ...
DAZN

The World Cup, a new FIFA video game and the GOATs' last dance: 26 things to look forward to in 2026

A new year brings new possibilities, and the beautiful game arrives in 2026 with massive promise. Not only are we now ...
WCBD

C-17 ‘safely towed’ from runway after landing in Charleston with collapsed nose gear

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft that landed at Charleston International Airport with a collapsed nose gear has been safely towed to a hangar. The aircraft, assigned to ...
Reuters

Embraer's Eve makes maiden flight of 'flying car' prototype

SAO PAULO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Eve (EVEX.N), opens new tab, the electric aircraft unit of Embraer (EMBJ3.SA), opens new tab, said on Friday its full-scale "flying car" prototype has completed its first ...
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This C-17 flight pushed a 400,000-pound aircraft to the limit

This video captured one of the most aggressive mission profiles a C-17 Globemaster could fly. The aircraft performed formation flying, low-level terrain following, aerial refueling, tactical descents, ...
Flying

New Gulfstream G300 Makes First Flight

Gulfstream's new G300 super-midsize business jet successfully completed its maiden flight, officially commencing its flight testing program. Positioned as a "game changer" to replace the G280, the ...
Aviation Today

USAF To Award Pratt & Whitney Engine Performance Restoration Contract For C-17 By End Of FY 2027

The Air Force plans to award a 10-year firm fixed price contract at the end of fiscal 2027 to RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney for the restoration of the company’s F117 engines for the service’s 222 C-17 ...
Post and Courier

Clemson captured footage of a C-17 football stadium flyover from above. Here's how they did it.

CLEMSON — As Lt. Col. Scott Huebel peered through the bug-splattered windshield of a C-17 cargo plane, he was trying to find his target. Memorial Stadium was somewhere in a fast-approaching concrete ...
Defense Daily Network

USAF To Award Pratt & Whitney Engine Performance Restoration Contract For C-17 By End Of FY 2027

Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of 62nd Airlift Wing personnel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord loading an Altec high-reach crane onto a C-17 for the replacement of a pitch trim actuator in the tail of ...