A Russian fighter jet has flown extremely close to an American spy plane over the Black Sea. The distance between the SU-27 warplane and the EP-3 spy plane was just 1.5m. The US Navy said that the ...

If you like crafty projects and tinkering with mechanical parts, building models kits is probably one of your hobbies. It’s ...

In other respects, however, the aircraft is ordinary. The forward fuselage, vertical stabilizers, and landing gear were all taken directly from the Su-27. With canards leading the wings ...

A pair of Russian Su-27 aircraft intercepted a US MQ-9 drone. “They dumped fuel upon and struck the propeller of the MQ-9,” according to U.S. European Command. The "unsafe" Intercepts forced U ...

Interfax reported the new delivery of Su-34M aircraft. Although the Russians present the transfer of more combat aircraft as a success of their industry, it actually highlights its struggles.

After the foreign plane made a U-turn from Russia’s state border, the fighter safely returned to its home airfield MOSCOW, July 14. /TASS/. A Russian Su-27 fighter was scrambled to intercept a ...

Electric RC aircraft are not known for long flight times, with multirotors usually doing 20-45 minutes, while most fixed wings will struggle to get past two hours. [Matthew Heiskell] blew these ...

MOSCOW, February 22. /TASS/. Russia's Su-27 fighter jet has intercepted Sweden's Gulfstream reconnaisance plane that was approaching Russian borders, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

The exact airfoil shape of a wing has a massive effect on the performance and efficiency of an aircraft and will be selected based on the intended flight envelope. If you’re moving beyond foam ...

According to a popular Telegram channel reported to be run by a former Russian military aviator, a Russian Aerospace Force's Sukhoi Su-34 (NATO reporting name Fullback) fighter-bomber aircraft was ...

If you ever sit in an airplane row overlooking a wing, then you probably notice multiple flaps along its edges that adjust during takeoffs and landings. Much like bird feathers, these components ...

In January of 1987, Amy Knowlton, a research scientist at the New England Aquarium, was conducting surveys of northern right whales off the coast of Georgia when the twin-engine plane she was ...