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Researchers Ape Nature With Flapping-Wing Aircraft by
Otis Willie
Researchers Ape Nature With Flapping-Wing Aircraft
(EXCERPT) Versatile Ornithopters Hold Promise for Space or Military
Missions, by Sumitra Rajagopalan Special to The Washington Post
Monday, September 1, 2003; Page A09
"Mentor" looked like a cross between a dragonfly and a Chinese lantern
as it...
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AF to host Air, Space Power Day at Osan by
Otis Willie
AF to host Air, Space Power Day at Osan
(EXCERPT) , By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition,
Tuesday, September 2, 2003
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — High-performance jet fighters roaring
past in formation, a dramatic “rescue” mission, live bands and a play
area for kids all will be...
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WW2 Story by
Mike Marron
Bruce Carr: The Dead Chicken Around My Neck Was Beginning To Smell
After carrying it for several days, 20-year-old Bruce Carr still
hadn't decided how to cook it without the Germans catching him.
But, as hungry as he was, he couldn't bring himself to eat it. In his
mind, no meat was better than...
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Status of Gulf War pilot still unknown by
Otis Willie
Status of Gulf War pilot still unknown
(EXCERPT) By Robert Burns Associated Press
WASHINGTON — U.S. investigators searching in Iraq for clues to the
fate of missing Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher, shot down on the
opening night of the 1991 Gulf War, have returned to an early
hypothesis: that...
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Off topic: Learning to Be Stupid by
Michael Petukhov
Learning to Be Stupid in the Culture of Cash
by Luciana Bohne
You might think that reading about a Podunk University's English
teacher's attempt to connect the dots between the poverty of American
education and the gullibility of the American public may be a little
trivial, considering we've...
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F-111 over Nam by
[email protected]
In article ,
meport wrote:
There was a segment about the F-111 and it's "introduction" into combat. It
seems that there were two very serious design flaws with the plane - the
movable wings would not move...
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September 1st 03 06:30 PM
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AF Academy finished by
Joey Bishop
"Seven 20- and 21-year-old cadets were ticketed by police for drinking
alcohol in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two young
women, aged 16 and 18. "
As far as I'm concerned, the AF Academy has failed it's mission, and the
tax dollars should be shifted to the Army and Naval Academies. ...
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F-4 vs S-3..."sea story" or 17 Nov 83 TAF Losses by
Juvat
Yesterday I was flying with a former S-3 "Hoover" guy...he told a "sea
story" where a pair of Allied F-4s and an S-3 were hassling over the
Med. He thought they were Greek.
Anyway...the story basically has the S-3 heading toward the water in a
steep dive (evasive maneuver) with both F-4s in...
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#1 Jet of World War II by
Christopher
Hi the Meteor was used to shoot down V1 missiles it was quite good at it!
too so it was band from front line service i think until the end of the war.
"Gordon" wrote in message
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They were so confident
in the Meteor...
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Military jet makes emergency landing at MidAmerica by
Otis Willie
Military jet makes emergency landing at MidAmerica
(EXCERPT) BY JENNIFER A. BOWEN
Plane lands safely;
no one injured --
MASCOUTAH -- An Air National Guard plane made an emergency landing
Saturday night at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport after a warning light
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Aviano thanks base guardians as Puerto Rican guardsmen head home by
Otis Willie
Aviano thanks base guardians as Puerto Rican guardsmen head home
(EXCERPT) , By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes European edition,
Sunday, August 31, 2003
AVIANO, Italy — They’ve been guarding the gates at selected American
military bases in Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy for more than
six...
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USAF RAPE Academy by
BUFDRVR
A department official who had read the report, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said the survey done this year showed that 109 of the 579
female cadets surveyed, or 18.8 percent, said they had been sexually
assaulted in their time at the academy. Sexual assault was defined as
anything from...
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Tornado Crash? by
IanDTurner
Hi all
heard rumours of an RAF Tornado going down last week - any info?
Ian
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DESTROY ALL OIL INSTALLATIONS!!! by
PirateJohn
There is NO evidence that the US is taking any Iraqi oil so
that assertion is a complete lie.
I don't know about that. There have been rumors for some time, backed up by
aerial photos that have been in the public domain, that indicate that pipelines
from the Iraqi oil fields to Kuwait are...
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Zionists Are Nazis, Palestinians Are Semites by
PirateJohn
We separated religion and state long ago and are much much better for
it.
Been to Alabama lately? ;)
ducking for cover
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OT- north korean nuke weapon plutonium - source? by
patrick mitchel
What's the source of the material that the north koreans are using to make
their nukes. Does it come from their own reactors? It's being described in
the press as "reprocessed nuclear fuel rods". Are they getting the stuff
from sources in the west ?
As an aside- interesting that the 2 countries...
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Questions Raised About Boeing Lease by
Henry J. Cobb
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=3362900
"Boeing officials say Air Force officials gave them details of the
size and price of the Airbus 330 bid."
-HJC
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Aircraft Walkaround Center update, new section by
Robert Lundin
I have added a section to the Aircraft Walkaround Center site, listing
all walkaround collections (known to me) that are available on the
Internet. There are 150 sites all in all that contain collections of
aircraft walkarounds from all over the world. Welcome in to check it
out.
Aircraft...
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