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Hay bales on fire at a barn in Katherine, NT. (Image: NT Fire and Rescue) Royal Australian Air Force firefighters have been thanked for helping to extinguish a massive hay fire in the Northern Territory town of Katherine last month. RAAF Base Tindal’s No. 17 Squadron Fire Section dispatched two Airfield Panther fire trucks and … Read more
The fine folks of the airline industry work extra hard this time of year so that the rest of us can enjoy the holidays. As if that weren’t enough, some of them volunteer to help share seasonal spirit with people in need. As one example, United operates “Fantasy Flights” that bring children experiencing significant medical … Read more
Many airlines fly transatlantic routes, and even Singapore Airlines is technically a transatlantic airline as it operates a flight from Frankfurt to New York-JFK. This list will consider seven of the leading transatlantic mainline carriers: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Lufthansa, and Air France. Flights between North America and … Read more
An Edelweiss Airbus A340 Recently, Edelweiss celebrated their inaugural flight from Zurich to Seattle using an Airbus A340 (4 engines 4 long haul). I was double excited not only to see a new international carrier start service at my home airport, but they are also using an AvGeek favorite: the A340. Francis Zera (our Editor-At-Large … Read more
Good ‘ol C15 at SEA… the gate I was waiting at for my friend to arrive. I am one of those who don’t mind doing airport drop offs and pickups. Often I will actually park and walk the person to security or meet them when they come out. I miss the days when you could … Read more
If an airline could wear a city like a jacket, New York Air did it. The little airline had attitude, but it never really gained enough altitude to survive the turbulent era of the late ’80s. New York Air began operations in 1980 and was based at Hangar 5 at New York’s LaGuardia International Airport … Read more
The first capabilities will be activated in the next six months, with the full system in place within two years, defence minister Cezary Tomczyk told the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Fortifications along Poland’s borders with Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad will be upgraded over the next two years with new air defence systems designed … Read more
The Boeing 747-400, introduced in the late 1980s, represented a significant evolution of the iconic 747, featuring improved aerodynamics, advanced avionics, and substantially improved fuel efficiency. One distinctive aspect of the 747-400 program was Boeing’s decision to certify the aircraft with three different engine types: the General Electric CF6-80C2, Pratt & Whitney PW4000-94, and Rolls-Royce … Read more
South Korea is working on the introduction of an air-to-ground capability for the KF-21 Boramae, as well as a new air-to-air missile and a new domestically-developed engine. South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) released on Dec. 23, 2025, a video of air-to-ground weapons’ drop trials with the indigenous KF-21 Boramae. The videos shows multiple … Read more
The YJ-21E spotted on the J-10C is a smaller variant of the larger YJ-21/KD-21 predominantly spotted on the H-6K bomber, specifically designed for fighter jets and drones. China’s J-10C fighter has emerged in a recent photograph with what observers have identified as the ‘E’ variant of the YJ-21 Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (AShBM), the YJ-21E. Describing … Read more