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India has been over-dependent on foreign countries for its Air Force inventory instead of being self-reliant and most of its Aircraft or Aircraft inventory either have structural defects or are aging which is a major concern. defenceaviation.com/2010/10/…
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F-21?
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Why is today's launch such a big deal? 🚀It's the first launch to the ISS from US soil in nearly a decade 🚀It's the first crewed launch to orbit from a private spacecraft #LaunchAmerica
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Proof that complex photoshoots with assets from different bases can work seamlessly - it's all in the planning @DT_britain #aviationphotography
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✔️ Strapped in ✔️ Ready for the ride #LaunchAmerica
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The hatch is closed. The crew is settled in. #LaunchAmerica is on.
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Saw this giant once at MIA 🥰 – at Floridablanca, Central Luzon
China plans to resurrect The World’s Largest Plane by restarting Antonov AN-225 ‘Mriya’ production bit.ly/2dES0jT
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Did #China steal stealth technology from US and Russia for Chengdu J-20? @DefenceAviation And is reverse engineering the way to become a super power? Good question bit.ly/2a0SNyq
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If this "aircraft" has #Stealth features then I am the Arbishop of Canterbury.
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L'investissement dans la défense rapporte plus que ce qu'il coûte latribune.fr/opinions/tribun… via @latribune
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🇪🇺 C’était il y a 15 ans jour pour jour, le premier Airbus A380 s’envolait depuis Toulouse. ▫️Même si le succès commercial n’a pas été au rendez-vous, cet avion reste néanmoins un exploit technologique pour l’avionneur européen.
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What if you could generate wind power without needing to build wind turbine towers? Supported by ESA, Dutch company @AmpyxPower is developing flying kite-like tethered drones to harness energy directly from high-altitude wind 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image… @ESA_nl
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Today is #WorldPilotsDay! #TeamLossie has a few pilots... You'll know if you've met any of them. They'd have told you they're a pilot.
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I’ve made my own cut of the 360-degree video of the Frecce Tricolori flyover over Rome (story and link to the whole video at this link: theaviationist.com/2020/04/2…). Here’s a 140 sec version of it.
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Went flying today to maintain proficiency and we saw hundreds of @Delta and @SouthwestAir jets parked in the desert. They don’t look happy there. It will be a great day when this fleet departs en masse and these birds fly again.
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5 Insane weapons of Chinese Air Force (People’s Liberation Army Air Force) That Will Give You The Shivers defenceaviation.com/2016/06/… via @defenceaviation
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Anuncio oficial da Boeing, informando a rescisão de contrato, porque a Embraer não cumpriu exigências: avioesemusicas.com/oficial-b…
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@Boeing pulls plug on @embraer merger plans - and the latter isn't happy about it... check out story by my @FlightGlobal colleague David Kaminski-Morrow: flightglobal.com/aerospace/e…
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Hard landing?!
Abakan Avia Mi-26 heavy helicopter made hard landing at Yamal peninsula in North Russia this morning
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Europe Was Just Getting Better at Moving Militaries buff.ly/2S0Lie0
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