In the late 1980s, McDonnell Douglas tested the GE36 propfan on an MD-80. It combined the fuel efficiency of a turboprop with the speed of a jet and proved the concept could work. But with fuel prices dropping, noise concerns, and changing priorities, it never made it into

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    Emirates A380 making weather! 📹: SpeedbirdHD

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    Boeing 707 low pass at Mashonaland Flying Club Air Day in Harare Zimbabwe back in 1995. First pass was around 400 knots at extremely low altitude followed by a second slow pass at…

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    Just a normal day at Sydney Airport! 📹: Sydneyspotting

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    A rare air-to-air view of Tanker 944 during a retardant drop. The Boeing 747 SuperTanker could deliver over 18,000 gallons of fire retardant in a single pass. 📹: z.haverty

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    Concorde's famous droop nose mechanism and a crosswind landing into RAF Brize Norton during post-crash test flights in 2001.

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    On March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed after the relief captain let his children into the cockpit. His 15-year-old son unknowingly partially disengaged the autopilot, caus…

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