• Eurocopter EC145 in Mercedes-Benz Style

    Eurocopter’s special edition EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style helicopter features a convenient modular interior and sets the standard for high-end corporate, executive and private operations. Created by a style team led by the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio in Como, Italy, the interior of the Eurocopter EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style is inspired by the exclusivity of high-end vehicles in…

  • Video – C130 Flies Into Hurricane Sandy

    A Hurricane Hunter USAF Lockheed WC-130J Hercules assigned to the 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron located at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi flies into Hurricane Sandy off the East Coast of the United States. 29 Oct 2012. Video by Tech. Sgt. J Wilcox 1st Combat Camera Squadron. The 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (AFRC), also known by its nickname,…

  • Video – Robinson R-22 Rescues P-51 Mustang

    How cool is that? Two guys in a Robinson R-22 fishing out a P-51 Mustang model airplane after it crashed into trees. True heros! 🙂

  • Youngest B-52 Stratofortress Turns 50

    Today marks 50 years since Boeing delivered its last B-52 Stratofortress to the U.S. Air Force. H-model bomber 61-040 was assigned to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., where it remains in active service. Boeing built 744 B-52s, in eight different models, from 1952 to 1962. The Air Force fleet today comprises 76 H-models – two…

  • Airbus A350 XWB Final Assembly Line Opened

    French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer, Fabrice Brégier tofficially inaugurated the 74,000 square-metre Airbus A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL), in Toulouse, France. At full production, the FAL will employ some 1,500 people who will build up to ten aircraft a month as from 2018. Guests at the ceremony…

  • Cockpit Video – A380 Landing Primary Flight Display (PFD) View

    A great video of a Qantas Airbus A380 landing at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN/WSSS) from an unusual perspective. Enjoy the entire landing from Primary Flight Display (PFD) view! Make sure to watch it in HD fullscreen!

  • Embraer Delivers 900th E-Jet

    Embraer today announced the delivery of its 900th E-Jet, an Embraer 190. “The delivery of the 900th E-Jet is a great achievement for Embraer, and we are very pleased to deliver this aircraft to Kenya Airways, one of Africa’s leading airlines, only eight years after the first E-Jets entered revenue service in 2004,” said Paulo…

  • Video – THAI’s First Airbus A380 Takes Off

    THAI’s first Airbus A380 takes off for a flight to Bangkok in advance of the milestone jetliner’s service entry. This A380, which is the first of six the airline has on order, will operate on Thai Airways‘ Bangkok to Singapore and Bangkok to Hong-Kong routes when it begins revenue operations in October.

  • Airbus 2050 Future Vision

    Airbus today unveiled the latest instalment of the Future by Airbus, its vision for sustainable aviation in 2050 and beyond. For the first time the vision looks beyond aircraft design to how the aircraft is operated both on the ground and in the air in order to meet the expected growth in air travel in…

  • Air India Receives First Boeing 787

    Boeing today delivered the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Air India (VT-ANI). Air India is the fifth airline in the world to take delivery of a Boeing 787. This delivery is the first of 27 Dreamliners for Air India. The airplane is equipped with 18 business class seats and 238 economy class seats. The 787…

  • Photo – Superb Stallion

    This North American Aviation P-51B Mustang is owned by John T. Sessions and is part of his Historic Flight Foundation collection based at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. This photo was taken onboard a B-25 Mitchell Bomber, the landscape in the background is Mt. Pilchuck near Everett, Washington. John T. Sessions is at the controls…

  • Delivery – First Boeing 787 for LAN

    Delivery – First Boeing 787 for LAN

    Boeing and LAN Airlines, one of Latin America’s leading passenger and cargo carriers, celebrated the delivery of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to LAN making it the first airline in the Americas to receive the new airplane. LAN is only the fourth customer in the world to include the Boeing 787 in its fleet with…

  • Hires Photo – Flying Bulls Vought F4U-4 Corsair

    If you’re following us on Facebook, you’ve already seen this awesome photo of the Flying Bulls Vought F4U-4 Corsair (c/n 9149 / OE-EAS). Photographer Maxim Termote has now sent us his masterpiece in high resolution to be posted here! Click image to download in full size! – 12/29/12 Fullsize image removal requested by photographer. (c)…

  • P-51D Mustang Flight of Chris Thompson

    The President of Visit Florida, Chris Thompson, stopped by Fantasy of Flight and was lucky enough to catch a ride with Kermit Weeks in his P-51D Mustang, “Cripes A’ Mighty 3rd” for Aircraft of the Day demonstration. Neat HD video features some loud passes for the gathered crowd, as well as a cockpit view of…

  • Happy Birthday CH-47 Chinook

    Boeing marks the 50th anniversary of delivering the first H-47 Chinook military helicopter. Boeing has delivered more than 1,200 Chinooks to 18 operators around the world since delivering the first to the U.S. Army on Aug. 16, 1962. More than 800 are in operation today, conducting combat, cargo transport and humanitarian relief missions. The Chinook,…

  • Call Me Maybe – U.S. Marines

    Carly Rae Jepsen’s song “Call Me Maybe” has been parodied again. This time by U.S. Marines stationed in Afghanistan. Note the nice McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II in background. 🙂

  • Power-On – A350 XWB MSN1 Flight-Deck

    Airbus has successfully powered-up the flight-deck of the first Airbus A350 XWB (MSN1). This significant milestone was passed only two weeks after the front fuselage section was delivered to the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse. Moreover, it gives a promising indication of the Airbus A350 XWB’s progress in pre-FAL and the readiness of the…

  • Video – The Art of Landing

    Another great video from Cap’n Aux. Watch him explaining the different techniques of a good landing. Aux is an airline Captain from Phoenix.

  • Photo of the Week – Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 Summer Sky

    Our new Photo of the Week – This beautiful shot of a Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 climbing into the summer sky at Frankfurt International Airport (Germany). (c) Photographer: RetinaPhoto Did you know that your photo could be featured here, too? Just enter the Flightstory Flickr Photo Contest.

  • HD Cockpit Video – Airbus A380 Night Departure

    An amazing cockpit video of a Qantas Airbus A380 departing from London Heathrow Airport. This footage was filmed using a headrest cam and includes crystal-clear ATC audio. Make sure to watch it in HD quality.

  • United Orders 737 MAX – Marking 10000th 737 Order

    At Farnborough Airshow, Boeing announced today an order by United Airlines for 150 737 airplanes, including 100 of the new 737 MAX 9. United, the world’s largest airline by traffic, is the latest carrier to choose the newest member of the 737 family, which today eclipsed 10,000 orders overall. The deal also includes 50 Next…

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