Would like to reply to your email, but it seems that all .gov and contractors are blocking "adelphia.com" sources. Seems that they can't distinguish major cable service providers from fictitious spammer domains. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (ret) ***"When Thunder Rolled: *** An F-105 Pilot Over N....

Aviation Week & Space Technology 05/23/2004 F/A-22 Secrets Revealed Raptor Unwrapped With long-term military budget cuts looming once again, the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are finally talking about some of the F/A-22 Raptor's closely held secrets that they hope will keep Congress...

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:22:16 -0800, Hobo wrote: If stealth makes long distance RF AAMs ineffective, and laser blinding makes IR AAMs ineffective, wouldn't we back to the gunfights of WW1? If the aircraft are stealthy, how do they find each other for the dogfight?

A nice link for those unfamiliar with a single-seat, single-engine aircraft and some folks who qualified to fly them: http://www.marchfield.org/f102a.htm Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press

I'm pretty sure that Sunderland was the last name of one of the designers of the sunderland flying boat. I can't find any source other than a Wikipedia article concerning the origin of the name. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland), This article indicates that that the craft was named after...

I am trying to get some information on a P-51 mustang called "Spare Parts". My wifes grandfather worked on this plane while he was in WWII. Said it was his favorite airplane. He was a mechanic and help build this plane from three that were damaged. I am an amature artist and would like to make...

Anybody know about the bombing of Marauders? Wasit accurate? Abby

I was wondering, after reading the "You are on a mission..." thread, about the radar warning sounds. Is there a web site that has a .wav files of aircraft warning sounds?

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=526948

'Culture' is no excuse Savage executions in the Arab world must be condemned as wrong by anyone's standards David Aaronovitch, columnist of the year Sunday May 16, 2004 The Observer A man from Maidstone had this letter published in the Independent last

Just discovered this site; have no idea of the veracity of its articles. Typos in original. NORTH KOREA: Syrians, 'equipment' were in N. Korea train blast Syrian technicians accompanying unknown equipment were killed in the train explosion in North Korea on April 22, according to a report in...

BBC Three Counties Radio will broadcast a three hour show from the International Glenn Miller Festival 2004, LIVE from Twinwood Airfield in Bedfordshire, England on Monday 30th August. The show will be streamed live on the internet between 1100 & 1400 GMT at http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties And...

I have set up a new website to connect military members who want mail with those who want to write to them, called Write Letters to Soldiers: http://www.writeletterstosoldiers.com I already have some people signed up who want to write letters of support, but no military members yet! It's free....

In another online forum, it has been claimed that on the F-18, F-14, F-4, and possibly F-8, A-7, A-6, and A-4, all the landing gear doors stay open when the gear are extended. While typically (or at least in most other military jets), some of the landing gear doors open only during...

Is it correct to say that maximum sustained turn rate of an aircraft is equivalent to steepest bank angle aircraft can sustain in a turn? Emilio

Time to time I come across fighter aircraft instrument panel photographic images and find no red line limit on the airspeed indicator. What is the policy and who puts the red line on the airspeed indicator? Do red line speed change depending on aircraft loading? Do they rub it off for...

It is hard to believe that F-15 can fly formation with Piper Cub. http://www.pipercubforum.com/intercep.htm Do F-15 fly by wire system prevent the aircraft from stalling at that low speed? Last time I saw an aircraft with fly by wire system did such a stunt, Airbus plowed right in to the forest...

A portion of thread from different news grope: loss of a 757 a few years ago in which clogged pitot tubes caused bad overspeed warnings; the Turkish crew pulled back the power and stalled and crashed. It was later determined that the A/C had sat for a month and insects had gotten...

I understand that bridge is hard to repair and there for highly defended. But couldn't you just bomb the straight section of the rail line at low altitude for accuracy and destroy 100 mile of rail line be just as effective? One can pick and choose rail sections that are not defended. In the age...

Take a look at this 737 belly landing video clips. http://radioscanning.wox.org/Scanner/Sounds/video/737gear.mpeg On a first sequence it appears the pilot is trying to get the gear unjammed by bouncing the aircraft on the good landing gear. The second sequence shows the actual landing. But I am...