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Informative call indicating aircrew cannot take eyes off an aircraft or a surface position without risk of losing tally/visual. Paint(s) Interrogated group/radar contact that is responding with any of the specified IFF modes and correct codes established for the id criteria. Panther Enemy nuclear powered attack submarine. Parrot IFF transponder ...
The Ryan X-13 Vertijet (company designation Model 69) is an experimental tail-sitting vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft built by Ryan Aeronautical and flown in the United States in the 1950s. The main objective of the project was to demonstrate the ability of a pure jet to vertically take off, hover, transition to horizontal ...
An F/A-18 taking off from an aircraft carrier An Embraer E175 taking off. Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne. For aircraft traveling vertically, this is known as liftoff.
This is a list of Russian military aircraft currently in service across three branches of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the National Guard of Russia. The list further encompasses Russia's experimental aircraft and those currently in development.
From 1999 to 2020, the number of alcohol-related deaths has nearly doubled, according to Florida Atlantic University study. A researcher and addiction specialists discuss the risk factors.
This is a list of fixed-wing aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing arranged under manufacturer. The list excludes helicopters, including compound helicopters and gyrocopters, because they are assumed to have this capability. For more detail on subtypes of VTOL, see List of tiltrotor aircraft
1983 Scotland Learjet 25 crash, on Wednesday 18 May 1983, a pilotless Learjet 25 flew across the UK, crashing 260 miles off Stornoway at around 8.30pm; a Nimrod from RAF Kinloss searched for wreckage; [30] the West German aircraft had taken off from Vienna International Airport at 2.53pm, flying at around 40,000 ft (FL390) across Holland; radio ...
A Russian Air Force Su-34 A Russian Air Force Su-35S A Tu-160 during the 2018 Victory Day Parade A Beriev A-50 in flight A Tu-214R taking off from Borisoglebskoye Airfield An Il-78M of the 203rd Guards Air Refuelling Regiment An An-124-100 accompanied by a Su-27UB A Russian Air Force Ka-52 in flight A Yak-130 at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow