1984 "Aces And Aircraft Of World War I" Harcover Edition Book I have for sale the out-of-print, hardcover edition book "Aces And Aircraft Of World War I" by Christopher Campbell (1984). The edition contains 144 pages including full-color, and black and white photographs profiling World War I...

1990 "Hornet: The Inside Story of the F/A-18" Fighter Jet Book I have for sale the out-of-print, 1st hardcover edition book "Hornet: The Inside Story of the F/A-18" by Orr Kelly (1990). The edition contains 231 pages including black and white photographs profiling the history of the Hornet F/A-18...

Does the airbrake put it's force on the center of gravity of the plane? If not, how does the pilot compensate for the force?

Air Force Print News for Dec. 2, 2003 Behind the wire (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123006127 Children define freedom in essays http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123006126

Air Force-Navy develop joint radio system (EXCERPT) 12/3/2003 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Air Force and Navy have agreed to merge their two formerly separate programs for the acquisition of improved radio systems. The result will be the development of the Joint Tactical Radio System, a single...

Applications soar at AFA (EXCERPT) Rise in patriotism, free education cited for high numbers, by Dick Foster, Rocky Mountain News December 3, 2003 COLORADO SPRINGS - Months of publicity about sexual assault problems at the Air Force Academy have not cooled the enthusiasm or the numbers of high...

GRAVES OF 344TH BOMB GROUP MEMBERS BURIED AT CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY COTON ENGLAND NAME RANK UNIT DATE/DEATH SER. NO. Strauss, John A. S/Sgt 494 04 June 1944 12083270 Eckert, John K. 1 lt. 494 08 March...

I watched a dvd of the Clint Eastwood movie yesterday-I've seen it before-bit of a slow movie but the Mig flying effects were cool. Anyway, over the northen ocean above Russia when Clint was bearing down on the Russian missile crusier he got it up to Mach 2.8 to Mach 3 about 50 feet above the...

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:10:46 GMT, (Brian Allardice) wrote: In article , says... Pray we never meet. It could cost your 'friends' a fortune in flowers. Why Fred, I do believe you are violating...

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TV is reporting a T-33 down in a Santa Clarita, California trailer park. No details other than three burned up trailers. -- Thomas Winston Ping

People start to worry again ...the US is restarting nuclear war tests or something.. Bush has been allowed by congress to start resumption of nuclear tests. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1001740.htm End of world is not far away now. Cheerio

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There was a time when I thought that the blackbird could secretly hit 5 on the mach meter--but isn't there solid science agains this? Such as: I don't think the engines have the ability to rev up to such a speed. Maybe the jet fuel itself cannot produce sufficent BTU's (thrust) to propel it that...

1969-70 "The Pictorial History Of The RAF " 3-Volume Hardcover Book Set I have for sale the out-of-print, 1st edition, 3-Volume hardcover book set "The Pictorial History Of The RAF " by John W.R. Taylor & Philip J.R. Moyes (1969-1970). Volume One 1918-1939, Volume Two 1930-1945, and Volume Three...

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From late WW2 onwards, many aircraft designs started using the tricycle undercarriage scheme. Prior to this, most used the other one (you know, two large wheels up in front, with the plane tilted back onto a small support wheel). Why the change? Well, good visibility (while...

This is a friend's friend's site about Peruvian aviation, both civilian and military. It also has a section on scale modeling. The site is both in Spanish and English (although the links on the main page are just in Spanish). It is a little empty yet, as I'm told he originally had a site on another...

Wednesday, December 17th is the Centennial of Flight. People around the world will celebrate. In Kitty Hawk, they will launch a Wright Flyer. And here, in Seattle, we will launch a Centennial Parade of Aircraft! Before the details, let me inspire you! Eddie Rickenbacker stated that "aviation is...

Hello, I was reading that during the Vietnam War two helicopters were downed by MiGs, one was a HB-53B which was downed by a MiG-21 on 28 Jan 1970, but I can't find much info about the other. All I found so far was a "UH-1 during 1971" on the ACIG-site. Has somebody here more info?