#navalaviation — Public Fediverse posts
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Navy's MH-53E Sea Dragon Fades into Sunset
Meet Steve Jones, a former MH-53E Sea Dragon pilot who learned the helicopter's limits the hard way - and lived to tell the tale of this powerful machine, built for brute strength and endurance with three GE engines and massive fuel sponsons. The MH-53E was a beast that could fly, hover, and tow with the best of them, but as Jones puts it,…
#MilitaryAviation #Mh53eSeaDragon #HelicopterDesign #NavalAviation #MilitaryTechnology
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China's 'Bohai Sea Monster' Emerges with Apparent Combat Capabilities
Newly surfaced images of China's mysterious Bohai Sea Monster reveal a surprising detail: four turboprop engines, each driving a three-bladed propeller, hinting at a more complex role and extended range than initially thought. This game-changing feature has analysts reevaluating the capabilities of this enigmatic craft.
#China #EmergingThreats #NavalAviation #TurbopropEngines #BohaiSeaMonster
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Navy's MQ-25 Stingray Drone Completes Key Test Flight
The MQ-25 Stingray Drone just made history with its first test flight, successfully taking off, flying, and landing autonomously - a major milestone in integrating unmanned aerial refueling and giving manned fighters the ability to fly further and faster. This game-changing tech is set to revolutionize naval aviation.
#UnmannedAerialSystems #Mq25StingrayDrone #Aviation #NavalAviation #EmergingTechnologies
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Northrop Grumman Unveils F/A-XX Naval Fighter Concept
Get ready to rethink naval aviation: Northrop Grumman's F/A-XX fighter concept ditches the tail for a sleek, cutting-edge design that could revolutionize carrier-based combat. A new video reveals the tailless fighter's intriguing features - but will it become a game-changer or just a concept curiosity?
#Aerospace #NavalAviation #Faxx #NorthropGrumman #EmergingTechnologies
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Navy Tests Enhanced JDAM with Jet-Powered Propulsion
Imagine a guided bomb with a built-in engine, capable of transforming the face of modern warfare - that's exactly what the Navy recently tested with its enhanced JDAM, powered by a jet propulsion system. This game-changing technology could revolutionize affordable standoff strike capabilities.
#Jdamlr #JetpoweredJdam #NavalAviation #PrecisionStrike #StandoffStrike
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Sailors monitor and facilitate F/A-18E Super Hornet flight operations from Primary Flight Control aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in the Northern Red Sea, as part of Operation Epic Fury, March 15, 2026. #MilitaryOperations #NavalAviation
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US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets and E/A-18G Growlers have been deployed from the USS Abraham Lincoln for operations targeting Iran this week. #MilitaryOperations #NavalAviation
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Brewster Buffalo of 805 NAS Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm being trialled on HMS Eagle in Alexandria harbour in 1941 https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/brewster-buffalo-in-british-service/ #BrewsterBuffalo #FleetAirArm #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory #Aviation #NavalAviation
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The Blackburn firebrand was a carrier based strike fighter of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. Originally designed as a fighter, its low performance led to a redesign as a strike fighter.https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/blackburn-firebrand/ #BlackburnFirebrand #TorpedoFighter #StrikeAircraft #RoyalNavy #FleetAirArm #fighter #fighterplane #plane #aeroplane #aircraft #airplane #aviation #aerialwarfare #military #navy #naval #navalaviation
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Justice will be coming to #Muscovy 🇷🇺 from the sky 🌌 .
Long live #NATO-1 the future of pan European defense!
#SlavaNATO 🇪🇺2.0 #SlavaUkraine 💪🇺🇦Repost from @ksea.ba
Nothing like some sunset touch n goes 🤙
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Taken 11/8/23
EA-18G Growler
Coupeville, Whidbey Island
#whidbey #whidbeyisland #Coupeville #naswhidbeyisland #growler #ea18growler #f18 #f18superhornet #military #militaryaviation #militaryjets #navy #flynavy #navalaviation #Boeing -
Justice will be coming to #Muscovy 🇷🇺 from the sky 🌌 .
Long live #NATO-1 the future of pan European defense!
#SlavaNATO 🇪🇺2.0 #SlavaUkraine 💪🇺🇦Repost from @ksea.ba
Nothing like some sunset touch n goes 🤙
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Taken 11/8/23
EA-18G Growler
Coupeville, Whidbey Island
#whidbey #whidbeyisland #Coupeville #naswhidbeyisland #growler #ea18growler #f18 #f18superhornet #military #militaryaviation #militaryjets #navy #flynavy #navalaviation #Boeing -
Curtiss Model D Pusher, 1912 (replica). Glenn Curtiss was engaged, sometimes in a legal sense, in a fight with the Wright Brothers for dominance in the world of early aviation - Curtiss machines had ailerons, rather than the Wright-designed wing warping, for roll control. Although the Model D suffered, as did most of the early pusher designs, from higher drag due to the wide-spaced rear fuselage frame members, it was still a useful machine, performing both the first take-off from a vessel (Nov. 1910) and the first landing (Jan. 1911). This replica is of a 'headless pusher', so called by Curtiss because the earlier forward mounted canard control surfaces were omitted in this model #earlyaviation #biplane #GlennCurtiss #Curtiss #aeroplane #pusher #aircraft #navalaviation #USA #WrightBrothers #avgeek #aviationlovers #CurtissModelD #museum #replica
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A very Merry Christmas to you all ! Here's a festive RA-5C Vigilante, seen here at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in East Glenville, New York State. #USN #eastglenville #NY #NewYork #EmpireState #EmpireStateAerosciencesMuseum #aviation #museum #MerryChristmas #snow #snowdrift #USNavy #NorthAmerican #RA5C #vigilante #avgeek #Aviationgeek #aviationlovers #aircraft #navalaviation #aircraft #photograpy #aviationphotography
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Fairey Firefly Mk I (TT.I) Seen here in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovliton, the Firefly was the last time the Royal Navy shoehorned a navigator into one of their carrier fighters! Theythought that the pilot needed a navigator to stop him getting lost at sea! Needless to say, this increased the size and weight of the aircraft, and reduced performance. Despite being powered by a Rolls-Griffon IIB engine of 1,735hp, the Firefly I could only manage 319 mph - this was 5 mph slower than a Merlin-powered Hawker Hurricane Mk I of 1940! This Firefly was sold to Svensk Flygtjänst AB of Sweden after conversion to a target tug, eventually being restored as an aircraft which took part on attacks on the Japanese Home Islands in 1945. #FaireyFirefly #FleetAirArm #RN #RoyalNavy #Pacific #Japan #HomeIslands #WW2 #history #photography #museum #aviation #avgeek #targettug #Sweden #yeovilton #FleetAirArmMuseum #navalaviation #fighter #aircraft #rollsroyce #rrgriffon
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Supermarine Walrus I, Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton. The Walrus was designed to be an aircraft that could be catapulted from capital ships of the Royal Navy, but ended up being a most useful amphibian. As well as spotting naval gunfire, the Walrus provided excellent air/sea rescue service around the coast of Britain and in other areas. Some were supplied to the Republic of Ireland, and this preserved example is one of these. #amphibian #WW2 #royalnavy #aircraft #capitalship #navalhistory #navalaviation #naval #avgeek #FleetAirArm #FleetAirArmMuseum #yeovilton #supermarine #walrus #aviation #aviationgeek
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Supermarine Walrus I, Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton. The Walrus was designed to be an aircraft that could be catapulted from capital ships of the Royal Navy, but ended up being a most useful amphibian. As well as spotting naval gunfire, the Walrus provided excellent air/sea rescue service around the coast of Britain and in other areas. Some were supplied to the Republic of Ireland, and this preserved example is one of these. #amphibian #WW2 #royalnavy #aircraft #capitalship #navalhistory #navalaviation #naval #avgeek #FleetAirArm #FleetAirArmMuseum #yeovilton #supermarine #walrus #aviation #aviationgeek
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Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the F/A-18 Hornet.
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Watching #TopGunMaverick for the umpteenth time. Even better on the new #LG #C3 - never had an #OLED tv before this! Still think the original is better, but it is the primary driving force behind my love for #NavalAviation
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Really enjoyed "Devotion" this afternoon. Even the CGI carrier looked way better on screen than it did on TV. #putteringinthestudy #NavalAviation http://putteringinthestudy.com/2022/11/28/devotion/