Aircraft

English Russia recently published a report on a "crashed" plane in the Russian forest near St. Petersburg. The plane in question is an AN-8 light military transport aircraft of a type which was used by the Soviets up until the…

It’s Volcano Week 3 here at GSS, which explains why all of our posts over the course of the week are very likely to be volcano related. Mount Nyiragongo is an active volcano in the Virunga mountain range which runs…

This weekend, I was lucky enough to see the only flying Avro Vulcan in existence, yet Murphy's Law dictated that my camera should under no circumstances work. So, whilst this post was to be interjected with marvelous self-made photography, it…

Just outside Lisbon Airport we can see an old jet airliner. Nothing unusual about that, clearly - however you'd have to go a very long way to find another aircraft that has ever been converted into a strip bar, complete…

As any bond villain will attest, a true megalomaniacal dictator should have a number of underground lairs from which to hatch evil plots. As we can see, North Korea's Kim Jong-Il and his associates have plans to go one better…

At Beijing's huge Capital International Airport, it looks as if disaster is about to strike. As one unsuspecting propeller plane begins its take-off, it seems completely unaware that a large jumbo jet is hurtling towards it, also ready to leave…