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The Lockheed YF-12 is an American Mach 3+ capable, high-altitude interceptor prototype, developed and manufactured by American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. The interceptor was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a potential replacement for the F-106 Delta Dart interceptor for the United States Air Force (USAF).
LTV A-7E Corsair II, BuNo 158830, 'AC 403', of VA-72 has the dubious distinction of being the last of the type in US Navy service to need a barricade landing aboard a carrier when the nose gear was damaged on catapult launch from the USS John F. Kennedy, at start of mission 12.41 against a target in western Iraq, losing one tire. Pilot, Lt. Tom ...
The YF-12 program was a limited production variant of the A-12. Lockheed convinced the U.S. Air Force that an aircraft based on the A-12 would provide a less costly alternative to the recently canceled North American Aviation XF-108, since much of the design and development work on the YF-12 had already been done and paid for. Thus, in 1960 the ...
On 12 July 2012, a Y-12-II of the Mauritanian Air Force crashed while transporting gold, killing all 7 occupants. [49] On 12 May 2014, a Y-12-II of the Kenyan Air Force crashed in El Wak, Kenya. The airplane operated on a flight from Mandera to Nairobi with stops at El Wak and Garissa. Preliminary information suggests that one pilot was killed ...
The aircraft drifted left and left the runway, breaking off the landing gear. On 21 July 2010, Khabarovsk Avia Flight 9236, an An-12BK (RA-11376), went off the side of the runway on takeoff from Keperveyem Airport into a marsh, damaging the bottom of the fuselage and breaking off the landing gear before striking a barrier on the side of a helipad.
The crash is the fourth major aviation accident in North America in the past month and comes three weeks after an American Airlines plane collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in ...
Updated February 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM. Passengers are starting to share their stories of surviving a chilling crash-landing Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport, ...
Crossing the extended runway centerline at an altitude of 50-70 meters, the commander began to level the right bank by turning left and extended the landing gear. Suddenly, the Il-12 veered sharply to the left, lost speed, and entered a spin. At 05:44, it crashed into the ground with the right wing and engine at a 60° angle and exploded.