Wings n Wheels air and military vehicle show http://web.tcpalm.com/photos/2004/06/13/airshow/00.html (EXCERPT) Fort Pierce Tribune, FL - 1 rose to the low 90s on Saturday, so did the faces of thousands of people as they turned to the sky during the Wings N Wheels Air & Military Vehicle Show...

I'm looking for a copy of the March, 1978 issue of Wings & Airpower. Specifically, I'd like a copy of the article 'Built For Speed'. If anyone has this issue laying around, I'd be happy to pay for all copying expenses, etc. Thanks! Ken Balch

Looks like a plane, but isn't: http://www.windjet.co.uk/land/vehicle.php Rob

Anti-Kerry vets not there that day By William B. Rood Chicago Tribune Published August 21, 2004 Rood and Kerry: http://images.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2004-08/13907885.jpg Rood's citation: http://images.chicagotribune.com/media/graphic/2004-08/13909195.jpg

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031213/APN/312130537 Rob p.s. At least the GW No.21 replicas built by two different historical societies, in two different nations, at two different times, with two different pilots (one of which was a Luftwaffe pilot) flew easily. That...

Will the increased cruising speed of the Osprey make it a better bet for going downtown in the third world than the current fleet of helicopters? -HJC

In spite of the mounting HATE against Bush and the American way of life? http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/18/bush.protest.ap/in dex.html Democracy is the worst enemy of USA global...

Writes John Fund in the email Political Diary: ********************************************** CBS isn't saying whether the Kerry campaign or prominent Democrats were the origin of the highly suspicious documents the network used to challenge George W. Bush's Vietnam-era Air National Guard...

The North Korean economy may be reaching a breaking point. See the Nov 5, 2003 section of: http://www.strategypage.com/fyeo/qndguide/default.asp?target=KOREA.HTM As its economy crumbles, will N. Korea lash out, the way the Argentine Junta went after the Falklands when they began losing their grip...

Hi, Since apparently both EF-2000 and Rafale have had budgeting troubles, will companies like Dassault and Bae end up developing systems for both planes and sharing the cost of development? This may have already started happening but I don't keep up to date with military economics news. Thanks,

An FM-2 went down on approach to Ellington Field in Texas yesterday. The pilot, William K. Johnson, 62 years old, was killed. Johnson flew in the air show earlier that day at the field, then did a video shoot with other planes right before the crash. The Houston Chronicle says Johnson was an...

I haven't thought about John O'Brian in years. But a comment made on this NG reminded me of him. He was a bit older than the rest of us. He had a civilian pilots license when the war started in Europe. He went to Canada and ended up flying Hurricanes in the MTO. When the US entered the war he...

It seems like,with available hp the WWII George and Jack should have been faster (specs on new a/c). Both are commonly referred to as being in the 360 mph class under optimum conditions. Yet they had high hp engines with four bladed props. Bad airfoils? Too much frontal cross section? ...

.. .........stood down on 9/11?

Looking at the stats, it seems fairly ordinary for late WWI fighters, but it's always described as dominating the skys over the Western Front. -- --Matthew Saroff Rules to live by: 1) To thine own self be true 2) Don't let your mouth write no checks that your butt can't cash 3) Interference in the...

Guess it was all they figured he could handle. And when he went AWOL they didn't even bother to come after him. They figured he wasn't worth the trouble. And it turns out they were right. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...

PRAGUE, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic chose a Swedish offer of Gripen combat jets over U.S.-made fighters mainly on technical merits, senior defense ministry officials said on Thursday. The cabinet voted late on Wednesday to accept an offer to lease 14 new JAS 39 Gripens, made by Saab and...

Why has the AF chosen to jump fighter designations from 22 to 35? Thanks

A question-- why haven't any CAS aircrarft been designed with turboprops or the pusher varient (I foreget what you call it)? Given their slow operating speed, it would seem to be a natural match up. Is it a case the they are obsolete, or more of a case that people (read-- budget officials) have...

Wouldnt a cannon on a police helicopter solve a lot of problems for law enforcement? Is it possible to put a round right through the engine block of a suspect fleeing and stop them from killing innocents? Seems like that kind of accuracy is possible now isnt it? When those guys were robbing the...