AboveTopSecret.com New Topics In Aircraft Projects http://feeds.abovetopsecret.com/23.xml Aircraft Projects en-us http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread948156/pg1 X-47B Accomplishes First Ever Carrier Touch and Go aboard CVN 77 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread948156/pg1 The Navys X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) has begun touch and go landing operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 17. ... _Del_ 2013-05-18T17:25:36-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947985/pg1 Air Force Publications from 2000 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947985/pg1 So Ive been thinking long and hard about this, whether to put this out there or not, and Ive decided to go ahead and do it, WITHIN LIMITS. As on another thread I had, these limits... Zaphod58 2013-05-17T19:10:49-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947743/pg1 Germany kills Euro Hawk http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947743/pg1 Germany has reportedly pulled the plug on the Euro Hawk, an RQ-4 Global Hawk based platform, according to press reports. Northrop Grumman reports they have received no word on the... Zaphod58 2013-05-16T20:13:39-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947731/pg1 GE issues warning to 777-300ER operators http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947731/pg1 GE has issued two Service Bulletins to Boeing 777-300ER operators over the GE90-115B installed on newer aircraft. A six month production run of gearboxes have a material anomaly... Zaphod58 2013-05-16T19:15:49-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947352/pg1 X-47B First Catapult Launch at Sea http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947352/pg1 The X-47B completed its first Catapult launch today. It was launched from the USS George H. W. Bush aircraft carrier. It did not return to trap. The unmanned... _Del_ 2013-05-15T01:22:56-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947111/pg1 British Exchange pilot becomes first to attend Top Gun http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947111/pg1 A Royal Navy exchange pilot, only 26 years old, has become the first British pilot to ever attend the US Navy Top Gun training program. Hes on an exchange program that allows British... Zaphod58 2013-05-14T01:48:36-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947054/pg1 What is it? (w/pics) http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947054/pg1 After hearing an abnormally loud aircraft I looked up to the sky and saw this. Lo-and-behold I had a camera on my person. My apologies that these are not the greatest pictures,... METACOMET 2013-05-13T20:52:54-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947004/pg1 First Flights redux http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread947004/pg1 It seems there are to be some more first flights coming up, so I thought I would start a thread with updates for them. First up, the A350XWB. The first aircraft has rolled out... Zaphod58 2013-05-13T17:32:14-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread946998/pg1 Second of three M346 prototypes crashes http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread946998/pg1 Alenia Aermacchi lost the second of three pre-production prototype M346 trainers over the weekend. The first prototype crashed in 2011 after a performance at a Dubai airshow. Both... Zaphod58 2013-05-13T17:23:42-00:00 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread946996/pg1 First flight test A350 comes out of paint http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread946996/pg1 Airbus has unveiled the first flight test A350-900 in its full colors. The aircraft came out of paint after seven days, on time, which is the last step before testing begins. The... Zaphod58 2013-05-13T17:18:10-00:00