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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

http://www.lazygranch.com/red_audio.htm New audio is the top link.

"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. ...

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...

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 ... They were so confident in the Meteor...

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

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...

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...

http://home.earthlink.net/~socal_airshow_review Three galleries now up, 2003 Camarillo airshow photos coming soon!

Hi all heard rumours of an RAF Tornado going down last week - any info? Ian

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...

We separated religion and state long ago and are much much better for it. Been to Alabama lately? ;) ducking for cover ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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...

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

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...