Rolls-Royce is retiring its Boeing 747-200 "Flying Test Bed" (FTB), registered N787RR, after 20 years of service since 2005. The uniquely modified aircraft, capable of flying with five engines, was ...
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Air Force $2B Starts B-52 Engine Swap Toward B-52J

Keeping a 1960s airframe relevant in the 2050s has less to do with nostalgia than with wiring diagrams, test cards, and the ...
The high-speed uncrewed test aircraft performed its first flight at Edwards AFB, just a year after the launch of the development. Hermeus, a U.S. company aiming to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly ...
SAS flight 751 lost both engines seconds after departure from Stockholm, leaving the aircraft gliding over dense forest as pilots attempted to restart power in heavy vibration and confusion. Just a ...
Russia has begun flight testing a new engine for its Su-57 fighter, aiming to improve performance, increase production, and support future exports.
Various videos captured by people on the ground show the J-36 making a turn, while others show a decent side and bottom view, with the landing gear still extended. The aircraft also has a flight data ...
The EU’s Clean Aviation body has provided more detail on the two new narrowbody engine concepts it plans to fund in its second phase, readying them for service entry around 2035. In December, Clean ...
United Aircraft has carried out water-ingestion tests on its initial import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100, equipped with Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplants. The aircraft, number 97023, carried out the runway ...
Venus Aerospace just took one giant leap toward hypersonic travel. The Houston-based startup successfully completed the first U.S. flight test of an exotic new type of engine, capable of enabling ...