The Helicopter’s Technology Update

We often hear a lot of news on new technology and innovation for airplanes like flexible wings and turbulence-detecting lasers. However, there is not an incredible amount of news on helicopter technology--and there should be. Helicopters and airplanes are two entirely different machines; one generates lift through spinning rotors while airplanes fly by moving forward while [...]

By |March 7th, 2018|Technology|Comments Off on The Helicopter’s Technology Update

U.S. Navy Fighter Fleet Upgrades

Within the last year, the United States Navy heavily focused on improving the strike fighters in their fleet. The F/A-18 Hornet is a modern version of the Air Force's F-16 Fighting Falcon and designed to be a fighter and attack jet. The more current aircraft in the fleet, the F/A-18 Super Hornet, is about to [...]

By |February 28th, 2018|Aviation News, Technology|Comments Off on U.S. Navy Fighter Fleet Upgrades

Plane of the Week: F/A-18 Super Hornet

The Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet is not to be confused with the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet—although the former was based on the latter. This hornet is super   This twin-engine, supersonic, all-weather multirole fighter jet is capable of landing and taking off from an aircraft carrier. What is perhaps the most impressive feat [...]

By |November 17th, 2017|Plane Of The Week|Comments Off on Plane of the Week: F/A-18 Super Hornet

Plane of the Week: Lockheed XFV-1

Sit. Stay. Good plane. https://youtu.be/lF_w9bq8vyc XFV "Salmon" Trust us: there's nothing super fishy about this plane, even if you question the ability of a plane to "sit" on its tail. This experimental "tail sitter" prototype originated from a proposal by the U.S. Navy in 1948. They were looking for an aircraft that was capable of [...]

By |September 9th, 2016|Plane Of The Week|Comments Off on Plane of the Week: Lockheed XFV-1