currinsaviation
Currins Aviation
Military and Civilian Aircraft - Past and present
747 posts
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Last Seen Blogs
michelemoutons
alone, against the clock
lolly-pop-girl732
Fandomy Mess
paleoglutenfreerecipes-blog
WhittyPaleo | Paleo Gluten Free Recipes
nowritingonthewall
We are going to be okay
Text
CAAT to investigate Nok Air captain’s decision to delay evacuation after crash
CAAT to investigate Nok Air captain’s decision to delay evacuation after crash
on 2nd August 2022
Image : Alec Wilson / Wikimedia Commons
AVIATION SAFETY
GABRIELE PETRAUSKAITE
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said that the captain of a Nok Air Boeing 737 aircraft that slid off the runway at Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) will be summoned to explain why passengers were held on board for about an hour after the incident in northern…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
CAAT to investigate Nok Air captain’s decision to delay evacuation after crash
CAAT to investigate Nok Air captain’s decision to delay evacuation after crash
on 2nd August 2022
Image : Alec Wilson / Wikimedia Commons
AVIATION SAFETY
GABRIELE PETRAUSKAITE
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said that the captain of a Nok Air Boeing 737 aircraft that slid off the runway at Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) will be summoned to explain why passengers were held on board for about an hour after the incident in northern…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
The last Liberators – History and lots of photos on blog – https://ift.tt/LDx2izl
Alongside the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator was one of the main American bomber types of WWII pending arrival of the B-29 to the Pacific theatre. Despite the huge number built, they disappeared with amazing quickness from the postwar American military, serving on only in China and India.
(The EZB-24 test plane which was the very last Liberator in the US Air Force.)
(Indian B-24…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
The last Liberators - History and lots of photos on blog - https://ift.tt/LDx2izl
The last Liberators – History and lots of photos on blog – https://ift.tt/LDx2izl
Alongside the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator was one of the main American bomber types of WWII pending arrival of the B-29 to the Pacific theatre. Despite the huge number built, they disappeared with amazing quickness from the postwar American military, serving on only in China and India.
(The EZB-24 test plane which was the very last Liberator in the US Air Force.)
(Indian B-24…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
Spitfire Mk.Ia P9374 coming in to land at Duxford.
Spitfire Mk.Ia P9374 coming in to land at Duxford.
from Aviation – Military and Civilian – with JC https://ift.tt/qQIhc78
via IFTTT
from JC’s Aviation https://ift.tt/dqmERCT
via IFTTT
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
Spitfire Mk.Ia P9374 coming in to land at Duxford.
Spitfire Mk.Ia P9374 coming in to land at Duxford.
from Aviation – Military and Civilian – with JC https://ift.tt/qQIhc78
via IFTTT
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
EXCLUSIVE: NEW PICS OF B-2 SPIRIT BOMBERS AT AMBERLEY written by Adam Thorn | July 12, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: NEW PICS OF B-2 SPIRIT BOMBERS AT AMBERLEY written by Adam Thorn | July 12, 2022
The B-2 Spirit bomber as captured by Craig Murray.
Two more B-2 Spirit bombers arrived at RAAF Base Amberley on Tuesday – and Australian Aviation photographer Craig Murray was on hand to capture the moment.
The iconic stealth aircraft, from the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), are visiting as part of an initiative to improve interoperability between the US Air Force and the RAAF.
The B-2s will be…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
AAI EYES ‘FULLY ELECTRIC’ ALBATROSS FLYING BOAT BY 2032 written by Hannah Dowling | July 4, 2022
AAI EYES ‘FULLY ELECTRIC’ ALBATROSS FLYING BOAT BY 2032 written by Hannah Dowling | July 4, 2022
Dan Webster, CEO of the company in charge of bringing the Grumman G-111T Albatross into the 21st century, has said he “won’t’ stop” just at the first remodelled variant, and is ready to future-proof the next-generation flying boat.
Amphibian Aerospace Industries revealed in December that it was taking on the task of building the new generation of Albatross, including updated digital avionics and…
View On WordPress
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
Hawker Sea Hawk WV908 Arrives at Yeovilton for Restoration to Flight
Hawker Sea Hawk WV908 Arrives at Yeovilton for Restoration to Flight
June 28, 2022 Editor Warbird Restorations 0
Hawker Sea Hawk arriving at Navy Wings’ Heritage Hangar in recent days. The aircraft is set to undergo restoration back to airworthy condition, with a hoped-for first flight taking place in the next two years or so. (image via Navy Wings)
As most readers will know, Navy Wings is a charitable trust which operates a fleet of former Royal Navy Fleet Air…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
USAF Museum Douglas A-1H Skyraider – Restoration Report
USAF Museum Douglas A-1H Skyraider – Restoration Report
June 21, 2022 Editor Warbird Restorations 1
Douglas A-1H Skyraider BuNo.134600 undergoing its repaint within the restoration hangar at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio this June. (image via USAFM)
by Adam Estes
Inside a large hangar on the facilities of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, an example of the venerable Douglas A-1H Skyraider is currently undergoing…
View On WordPress
1 note
·
View note
Text
Hawker Sea Hawk WV908 Arrives at Yeovilton for Restoration to Flight
Hawker Sea Hawk WV908 Arrives at Yeovilton for Restoration to Flight
June 28, 2022 Editor Warbird Restorations 0
Hawker Sea Hawk arriving at Navy Wings’ Heritage Hangar in recent days. The aircraft is set to undergo restoration back to airworthy condition, with a hoped-for first flight taking place in the next two years or so. (image via Navy Wings)
As most readers will know, Navy Wings is a charitable trust which operates a fleet of former Royal Navy Fleet Air…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
USAF Museum Douglas A-1H Skyraider – Restoration Report
USAF Museum Douglas A-1H Skyraider – Restoration Report
June 21, 2022 Editor Warbird Restorations 1
Douglas A-1H Skyraider BuNo.134600 undergoing its repaint within the restoration hangar at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio this June. (image via USAFM)
by Adam Estes
Inside a large hangar on the facilities of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, an example of the venerable Douglas A-1H Skyraider is currently undergoing…
View On WordPress
1 note
·
View note
Text
Germany’s first Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters could arrive from 2026
Germany’s first Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters could arrive from 2026
VICTORIA BRYAN
Germany’s first Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters could be delivered as soon as 2026, according to executives from Boeing.
The US manufacturer beat out Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion for the German heavy-lift helicopter (STH) bid, with the German government announcing the decision on June 1, 2022.
Work will be done over the next four to five months to finalize the…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
Lockheed Martin “sprinting” to finalize German F-35 contract
Lockheed Martin “sprinting” to finalize German F-35 contract
VICTORIA BRYAN
Lockheed Martin is working at top speed to finalize a deal for F-35 Lightning II fighters for Germany, an executive at the defense manufacturer said at the Berlin ILA Airshow.
“We are sprinting now to try and understand the German requirements,” JR McDonald, VP F-35 strategy and business development, told reporters during a briefing at the air show on June 22,…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
Flapping into the future: why Dune’s ornithopters are not a daft idea
Flapping into the future: why Dune’s ornithopters are not a daft idea
ADVERTISEMENT
on 26th June 2022
Image : Alsacien31 / Wikipedia
SUSTAINABILITY
VALIUS VENCKUNAS
A number of iconic images spring to mind when Frank Herbert’s 1965 seminal sci-fi work, Dune, is mentioned: boundless desert, giant sandworms, and an ornithopter flying above the scene.
This peculiar machine was not invented by Herbert, though. The concept of ornithopters has existed for a…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
Germany’s first Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters could arrive from 2026
Germany’s first Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters could arrive from 2026
VICTORIA BRYAN
Germany’s first Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters could be delivered as soon as 2026, according to executives from Boeing.
The US manufacturer beat out Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion for the German heavy-lift helicopter (STH) bid, with the German government announcing the decision on June 1, 2022.
Work will be done over the next four to five months to finalize the…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
Lockheed Martin “sprinting” to finalize German F-35 contract
Lockheed Martin “sprinting” to finalize German F-35 contract
VICTORIA BRYAN
Lockheed Martin is working at top speed to finalize a deal for F-35 Lightning II fighters for Germany, an executive at the defense manufacturer said at the Berlin ILA Airshow.
“We are sprinting now to try and understand the German requirements,” JR McDonald, VP F-35 strategy and business development, told reporters during a briefing at the air show on June 22,…
View On WordPress
0 notes