Flight Test Fact @FlightTestFact
Daily fact about experimental flight test, test pilots, flight test engineers, and flight related applications of engineering and mathematics by @markjonesjr flighttestfact.com Joined December 2010-
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When Chuck Norris does engineering, he runs Infinite Element Analysis.
First flight #flighttest of the Me 262 *with jet engines* occurred on 18 July 1942. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messersch…
July 16, 1945. A group of scientists referred to as the Manhattan Project watch an explosion light the sky and create a mushroom cloud 38,000 feet high. The Trinity Test was supposedly named by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer after Donne's "Holy Sonnet". atomicarchive.com/media/videos/t…
Today in history: July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 moon mission launched. #History #avgeek Life is like a rocket launch... flighttestfact.com/life-is-like-a…
Would become the McDonnell Douglas F-18
6/9/1974 First flight of the Northrop YF-17 prototype #video ow.ly/xMbo0 #flighttest | Primer vuelo del Northrop YF-17 fue el 6/9/1974 via @josemanzella
#flighttest pilots be like...👇🏼 (No dogfights with your hands needed to be cool)
#flighttest pilots be like...👇🏼 (No dogfights with your hands needed to be cool)
A more narrative and colorful history of the aircraft flyingmag.com/the-close-call…
A more narrative and colorful history of the aircraft flyingmag.com/the-close-call…
Primer vuelo del Northrop YA-9 fue el 5/30/1972 via @josemanzella | 5/30/1972 First flight of the Northrop YA-9A prototype fighter in USAF flyoff #flighttest | nationalmuseum.af.mil/Upcoming/Photo… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_…
Airborne! Last week, Quarterhorse Mk 1 took off from Edwards AFB, achieved stable flight and landed smoothly. Mk 1's flight validated our rapid, iterative approach to airplane development and advanced our mission to radically accelerate aviation.
Read the full press release here: hermeus.com/press-release-…
Videos are now available from the 2020 Flight Test Safety Workshop, from Greensboro NC. flighttestsafety.org/2025-greensbor… #flighttest
Now confirmed - Vertical Aerospace announces it carried out first piloted CTOL flight of its VX-4 eVTOL in European open airspace last Friday from Cotswold Airport. Wing-borne flight paves way for planned full transition by first half of this year, says firm #avgeek
Higher, faster, further. Last Thursday, our piloted VX4 prototype conducted its first wingborne flight — taking to the skies like a conventional aircraft, soaring over the UK countryside under real-world conditions. Quiet. Efficient. Electric. This is what the future of flight…
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