So I was flying home on Qantas the other day and it occurred to me that ages ago I began a series of posts (an EPIC series of posts) about runways from around the world. I thought that now might be a good time to continue this EPIC collection, this cavalcade of landing strips. The [...]

I absolutely love airplanes and flying. We did a lot of flying even when I was just a baby, and my father used to take me to the airport to watch planes take off and land. I love to travel and that means I get to see my fair share of airports, terminals, runways and [...]

This is the new HMDS (Head Mounted Display System) worn by the pilot of the new F-35 Lightning II (also known as the Joint Strike Fighter project) built by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and British Aerospace Systems. Instead of having a head up display fitted to the cockpit, the HUD functions are part of the [...]

Most of the time, when we hear about a stealth fighter, we hear about the US B117 and the F22 Lightning. But other countries have also experimented with stealth military technology, and have been doing so for quite some time. Not much is known about these, and there are very few photographs. But here’s some [...]