I am looking for more specs on the B24D Liberator other than just length wingspan and height. I am interested in such things as the thickness of the wing at its thickest point, at its leading edge and trailing edge same with the stabilizer. That would be the most important but I am aslo...

Interesting article in this months issue of Aerospace Engineering on 100 years of unmanned flight in America. Well worth a look. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

DEATH OVER PARIS On preparation for D-Day the 344th was hitting bridges and rail lines leading to Omaha Beach. A critical target was the Paris RR bridge which allowed vast amounts of train traffic to move west toward Omaha. We hit the Paris RR bridge on the morning 28 May, 1944. The defenses were...

http://lenta.ru/russia/2003/11/12/moon/ (in russian) Today russia's agency for aviation and space research and india's organization for space research signed a deal to prepare joint automatic and manned missions to Moon by 2008. Michael

Clell Harmon wrote in message ... On 10 Nov 2003 04:00:37 -0800, fleeing his large male nurses, (Transition Zone) wrote: "Chris Crandall" wrote... : : "Will" wrote in...

Anyone else catch the low flyby at about 1145am today, heading north along the Potomac over Arlington National Cemetery? Looked like F-14's to me, in missing-man formation (funeral?) Any comments? MM

I was looking at Joe Baugher's site. I got the front page, but could not get any of the aircraft. Does it shut down from time to time?

In Kunming last Saturday, without any fanfare and despite earlier pronouncements that the project would be delayed to December or January, the Chinese lifted a P-40 from the mud of Dianchi lake. It was immediately removed, but nobody seems to know where. (China is still a closed society, we keep...

Just read this in a Brazilian Aviation Magazine's website. Absolute nonsense IMHO... Of course, the editor is known for his preference for russian aircraft. ;-) Of course he has the right to have his opinion and prefereces, but I guess some good sense might help a bit... For those who can...

They just awarded the contract to Boeing. I doubt we'll see it until the FA-22 gets fielded (or canceled) -- Les F-4C(WW),D,E,G(WW)/AC-130A/MC-130E EWO (ret) .. "Hobo" wrote in message

This has to be the most acitve and responsive threads in the history of this NG. And it has only been around for about two weeks if that. I guess it goes to the very core of widespread aviation interests generating passion, flames as well as thoughtful gentlemanly responses. And it all started...

from Debka: http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=677 Rob

Think anybody would want a "Polhemus Celestial Computer-Air Navagation" Type CPU-41/P------New, never unpacked --in original plastic case.--- I can supply a picture of one unpacked, if you're really interested... Jerry

Military jet crashes, pilot ejects safely (EXCERPT) LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- An attack jet on a training mission crashed at an Air Force range, but the pilot ejected safely, officials said. The A-10 Thunderbolt II went down shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Nellis Air Force range in southern...

Two programs help officers join JAG Corps (EXCERPT) 11/18/2003 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Company grade officers who want to join forces with the Air Force's Judge Advocate General Corps will have a chance from January to March. Two programs, the Funded Legal Education Program and the Excess...

Air Force board game debuts Dec. 1 (EXCERPT) by Staff Sgt. Melanie Streeter Air Force Print News 11/18/2003 - WASHINGTON -- A new game is scheduled to hit the shelves of base exchanges Dec. 1 when the Army and Air Force Exchange Service introduces Air Force Edition Monopoly. “This is a...

Legal proceedings set for cadets (EXCERPT) 11/18/2003 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) -- Four cadets are facing legal proceedings here Nov. 20 and 24. Three of the cadets are charged with drug use, and one is charged with sexual assault. Cadet 1st Class Jacob Billeter faces a court-martial...

Thunderbirds celebrate 50 years as Air Force ambassadors (EXCERPT), by Jace Radke ASSOCIATED PRESS 4:05 p.m. November 14, 2003 LAS VEGAS – A dry lake bed in an uninhabited stretch of desert northwest of town would normally be disturbed only by skittering reptiles and the wind blowing through the...

Bush has already won re-election from http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/159216 Meanwhile in Ohio, Diebold Inc. is one of the companies vying to sell electronic voting machines in that state. Diebold and its CEO have strong Republican ties, specifically to the Bush...

Whatever happened happened forty years ago. It's time to let the dead rest in peace. Anyway, if I have a choice of believing the findings of a commission headed by a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court or the rantings of a bunch of conspiracy loons, it's not much of a...