Auto GCAS is designed to prevent CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) mishaps by executing an automatic recovery maneuver when terrain impact is imminent. The system predicts those conditions by means of a continuous comparison between a trajectory prediction and a terrain profile that is generated from onboard terrain elevation data.
Russian Ministry of Defense statement: On September 7, 2016US Navy reconnaissance aircraft P-8 “Poseidon” tried twice to get close to the state border of the Russian Federation over the Black Sea without transponders. Su-27 fighters from Belbek airbase were scrambled. When Russian fighters approached the US reconnaissance aircraft for visual identification, American plane abruptly changed course to the opposite…
This video shows an Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 performing a low passage along a taxiway of the military airfield of at Lutsk airbase in northwestern Ukraine.
Monday at around 16:30 (local time) an F/A-18 C (single seat) of the Swiss Air Force has been missing in the Alps area. Rescue team was immediately activated. UPDATE Wednesday Swiss find dead pilot from crashed Air Force F/A-18. UPDATE Tuesday Swiss search parties have found crashed air force fighter jet, still seeking pilot, Swiss Defense Ministry…
14 aircraft from 4 nations forming up behind a KC-135 over the Baltic Sea during the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2016 exercise. Aircraft include one USAF B-52, four USAF F-16s, two German Eurofighters, two Polish F-16s, and four Swedish JAS 39 Gripens.
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The captain had placed his personal digital SLR camera between the captain’s seat armrest and the left-hand side-stick controller during a flight from the U.K. to Afghanistan. As the captain moved his seat forward, the position of the camera forced the side-stick fully forward. This initiated a pitch-down command, sending the aircraft into a steep…
