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A Bulgarian Man Just Bought an Attack Helicopter to Combat Potential Terrorism by Himself

March 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

According to The Daily Mail and The Sun, a Bulgarian “migrant hunter”, Dinko Valev, has somehow managed to get his hands on an ex-Bulgarian Air Force Mil Mi-24 [read more...]

Greek Fighters Were Scrambled to Intercept a Boeing 767 Whose Pilots Had Fallen Asleep

May 23, 2016 // 4 Comments

The latest incident in the aviation world from the past week comes to you courtesy of the Hellenic Air Force and Delta Air Lines. According to The Aviation Herald and Mirage [read more...]

A US Army Apache was Involved in Bizarre Incident at Ft. Irwin

May 15, 2016 // 2 Comments

The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, was host to one of the most bizarre incidents to have taken place this year, involving Army Aviation. According to [read more...]

111 Years Ago Today: Man’s First Powered Flight.

by tomdemerly in In History

By Tom Demerly for Alert 5. It is equipped with side stick controls like an F-16 Fighting Falcon. It uses an advanced, “mission adaptive” wing that has no seams at the control surfaces. The wing is so unique its design is protected under U.S. patent 821,393. The entire wing changes shape to control the roll axis of the aircraft. Like many [read more...]