Browse Articles

Airsoc brings you thousands of constantly updated, aviation news articles. Search using the categories above or use the articles search button below for something specific. Read it now or bookmark for later. To post your own articles to share with fellow aviators and enthusiasts, click on the "Post an article" button above.

Your Filters:

Document Type: articles
Tags: Antonov An-225

Site Search
Sort By:

Articles

The Hughes H-4 Hercules aka the “Spruce Goose”

In July 2011 I took a journey to the town of McMinnville, Oregon, USA and the Evergreen Aviation SpaceMuseum . Apart from having an excellent collection of military, civilian and space aircraft, the museum is home to the famous Hughes H-4 Hercules or as it ...

Popularity: 37%
Posted: 2 months ago

Articles

Airbus: Giants of the Air

For years and years, the only aircraft manufacturer the average traveller ever heard of was Boeing, unless you were a plane-spotter or history buff and knew about older models such as Fokkers (WWII military aircraft and then the Friendly, which flew commer ...

Popularity: 34%
Posted: 3 months ago

Articles

Methods of lift

Lighter than air aerostats A hot air balloon in flight. Main article Aerostat Aerostats use buoyancy to float in the air in much the same way that ships float on the water. They are characterized by one or more large gasbags or canopies, filled with a rela ...

Popularity: 39%
Posted: 3 months ago

Articles

Cargo Planes

In this, post we're going to talk about cargo planes. Cargo Planes Shipping companies likeFedExandUPSown many different types of cargo planes. One of the larger ones is the Boeing 747. When configured as a freighter, the Boeing 747-400 can hold about 26,00 ...

Popularity: 37%
Posted: 4 months ago

Articles

Rocket system could lower cost of access to space, Allen says

SEATTLE--Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan have teamed up on a new winged rocket that would be carried aloft by a gargantuan twin-fuselage mothership and then dropped from 30,000 feet for the climb to orbit, they an ...

Popularity: 34%
Posted: 5 months ago