On the eve of the world championship of remote-control flight, an American financier, a three-star general, a jet engineer and the Air Force’s most powerful civilian have come together in Thailand to build the perfect fighting plane—at 1:5 scale

If a sodden rice paddy feels soft and forgiving underfoot, it is not a merciful place to set down an airplane at 200 mph. And that’s only one of Mike Selby’s reasons to look nervous as he watches his A-10 Warthog—a 10-foot-wide, 65-pound, ...
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The Air Force is helping the Army test an unmanned aircraft that can be flown locally but controlled by a pilot thousands of miles away.

If such an operation sounds familiar, it is - the Air Force perfected it a while back with its Predator and Reaper unmanned aircraft but the Army has had no such program and its operators must be in close proximity to the airplane. In the Air Force's case, the unmanned planes are launched locally, in this case Iraq and Afghanistan, but are contro...
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YOUNG aviation enthusiasts will be treated to a remote-controlled aeroplane show and will be able to pilot a plane in a flight simulator at a first-of-its-kind fair.

The 10-day Youth Aviation Fair to be held from tomorrow at the Youth Innovation Centre, Umm Al Hassam, aims at spreading awareness about the aviation industry.

Participants, aged 14 to 25, will also attend lectures, workshops and an aviation photography exhibition in addition to visits to various aviati...
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