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today a MIG-21 crashed at Uttarlai AirForce Station in Barmer, district of Rajasthan.
the accident occured during landing.
pilot safe

Boeing received the US$ 70 million QF-16 engineering and manufacturing development contract in March 2010. Initial production of 6 QF-16 test aircraft is planned to begin next month at Cecil Field, Fla. First test flight expected to take place in February 2012. The QF-16 production contract will, wh...

accident happened in Huambo.
in the accident 3 army generals and the aircraft's crew were killed.
3 survivors.
no info on the type of aircraft.

Yesterday it was unveiled by the Malta Aviation Society that the Frecce Tricolori will be making a comeback to this year's Malta International Air show.
Other aerobatic team present will be the Swiss PC-7 team

Boeing is set to deliver the first 747-8F to Cargolux on September 19th, at Paine Field, Wa.

2 days later, the second of in total 13 747-8F will be delivered to Cargolux.

MIG-21 crashed around 11 am in the northern state of PUnjab, near Shambu in the state's Patiala district, on Tuesday soon after take-off from Ambala for a training flight.
pilot ejected safely

today I saw a 'oversized load' truck on the I10 LA-Phoenix with a F/A-18 on the back.
A/c was completely covered.

maybe there is somebody who can identify it ?

rgds
Coert

best way from Nederland is via Maastricht, direction Luik. take direction Aachen : watch out for the 'belgium roadsigns / construction' at that point. Still don't know how they could have built something like that..... Then on to Verviers (be careful for the new speedcamera in the 'middenberm' at th...

yesterday evening the B777 made an emergency landing shortly after take-off when one of its engines and its landing gear caught fire.
Plane landed safely, after dumping fuel in midair.
B777 was bound for Brazil.

FAA hasn't determined what caused the fire.

Indonesia will get 50 South Korean KF-X fighter jets under a cooperative agreement between the 2 countries.

source: english.chosun.com

the project to get 100 new fighters to update its worn-out fleet of air force jets has been postponed by the Brazilian Government until the start of 2012.

still in the race, are F/A-18 Super Hornet, Rafale and Grippen.

source : airforce-technology.com

a Phantom is always nice

Hi Bart, access is indeed limited. only with a (military) sponsor you can visit the museum. It is best to request a sponsor beforehand. You could also try on the day itself at the maingate, but then you are depending on the availability of staff at that moment. Should you be able to visit the museum...

some from the other side

Lufthansa A340 on take-off run almost collided with Egypt Air B777

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